[defaults]

# always ask for vault pass instead of expecting user to make it available unasked
ask_vault_pass = True

# force handlers to be executed always, especially after a normal task failed to execute
# without this option, it might happen that a handler might be missed to be executed after the role was completed in multiple tries (e.g. reload certain services)
force_handlers = True

# select custom inventory parser for setting up inventory
inventory = ./hosts.py

# install & use ansible collections locally (similar to venv) instead of globally
# helps to prevent differences on developer machines to be disturbing
# collections will be automatically setup from the dependency list "collection-requirements.yml" using "make ansible_collections"
# requires dev's to documentate each external dependency inside the repository
collections_path = ./ # ansible then searches for the subdirectory "ansible_collections" for itself

# disable usage of cowsay for ansible-playbook's logging (increases readability drastically, only matters if cowsay is installed)
nocows = True

# disable storing retry files after fail because of no usage
retry_files_enabled = False

# automatically select python interpreter, should be sufficient
interpreter_python = auto

# add mitogen strategies and select mitogen as default strategy
# mitogen, see https://mitogen.networkgenomics.com/ansible_detailed.html
strategy_plugins = ./misc/mitogen/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy
strategy = mitogen_linear


[diff]

# always enable --diff option
always = True