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Working With Plugins
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Plugins are pieces of code that augment Ansible's core functionality. Ansible uses a plugin architecture to enable a rich, flexible and expandable feature set.
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Ansible ships with a number of handy plugins, and you can easily write your own.
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This section covers the various types of plugins that are included with Ansible:
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.. toctree ::
:maxdepth: 1
action
cache
callback
connection
inventory
lookup
shell
strategy
vars
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../user_guide/playbooks_filters
../user_guide/playbooks_tests
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../user_guide/plugin_filtering_config
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.. seealso ::
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:ref: `about_playbooks`
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An introduction to playbooks
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:ref: `ansible_configuration_settings`
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Ansible configuration documentation and settings
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:doc: `../user_guide/command_line_tools`
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Ansible tools, description and options
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