About Modules ============= .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 modules_intro modules_core modules_extra common_return_values Ansible ships with a number of modules (called the 'module library') that can be executed directly on remote hosts or through :doc:`Playbooks <playbooks>`. Users can also write their own modules. These modules can control system resources, like services, packages, or files (anything really), or handle executing system commands. .. seealso:: :doc:`intro_adhoc` Examples of using modules in /usr/bin/ansible :doc:`playbooks` Examples of using modules with /usr/bin/ansible-playbook :doc:`developing_modules` How to write your own modules :doc:`developing_api` Examples of using modules with the Python API `Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project>`_ Questions? Help? Ideas? Stop by the list on Google Groups `irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_ #ansible IRC chat channel