Examples

debug

online help: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/debug_module.html offline help: ansible-doc debug (run this command on the ansible control node) ## PLAYBOOK --- - name: ansible debug module - example 1 hosts: all become: True tasks: - name: debug by printing messages or variables shell: uptime register: results - name: Debug by printing messages debug: msg="{{ results.stdout_lines }}" - name: Debug by printing variables debug: var=results.stdout_lines - name: get file stat to display info on multiple lines stat: path: /home/ansible/hello.txt register: fileinfo - debug: msg: - "line1: path={{fileinfo.stat.path}}" - "line2: mtime={{fileinfo.stat.mtime}}" - "line3: atime={{fileinfo.stat.atime}}" ## OUTPUTPLAY [ansible debug module - example 1] PLAY [ansible debug module - example 1] ************************************************************ TASK [Gathering Facts] ***************************************************************************** ok: [ubuntu20_int] ok: [debian11_int] TASK [debug by printing messages or variables] ***************************************************** changed: [ubuntu20_int] changed: [debian11_int] TASK [Debug by printing messages] ****************************************************************** ok: [debian11_int] => { "msg": [ " 12:12:53 up 3:04, 3 users, load average: 0.21, 0.10, 0.03" ] } ok: [ubuntu20_int] => { "msg": [ " 12:12:53 up 3:02, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.03, 0.00" ] } TASK [Debug by printing variables] ***************************************************************** ok: [debian11_int] => { "results.stdout_lines": [ " 12:12:53 up 3:04, 3 users, load average: 0.21, 0.10, 0.03" ] } ok: [ubuntu20_int] => { "results.stdout_lines": [ " 12:12:53 up 3:02, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.03, 0.00" ] } TASK [get file stat to display info on multiple lines] ********************************************* ok: [ubuntu20_int] ok: [debian11_int] TASK [debug] *************************************************************************************** ok: [debian11_int] => { "msg": [ "line1: path=/home/ansible/hello.txt", "line2: mtime=1635299447.3124452", "line3: atime=1635299490.8528533" ] } ok: [ubuntu20_int] => { "msg": [ "line1: path=/home/ansible/hello.txt", "line2: mtime=1635299449.8489878", "line3: atime=1635299492.513668" ] } PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************** debian11_int : ok=6 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ubuntu20_int : ok=6 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0