ansible/docs/docsite/rst/plugins/shell.rst
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Due to the takeover of freenode we're moving to a different irc network. (#74775)
* Due to the takeover of freenode we're moving to a different irc network.

* Our channels updated to point at the same channel name on libera.chat
* Some links went to webchat.freenode.net.  At this time, libera.chat
  doesn't point you to an official webchat client so I changed these to
  https://libera.chat. (kiwi irc does work with libera.chat so that
  could be another option).
* In general, I used the name irc.libera.net for link names and
  https://libera.chat for link targets.  This is because the irc service
  is hosted on irc.libera.chat but the project web server is hosted on
  libera.chat.  (This appears to also be true for freenode but we were
  using http://irc.freenode.net which doesn't seem to work.  Oops).
* Removed http://irc.freenode.net from the linkcheck exceptions.
  linkcheck was actually correct to flag that as invalid (should have
  been http://frenode.net instead).

* Looks like hte important people in #yaml are now in libera.chat

* Link to where contributors should get help

Add a link target and then link to where contributors should get support
for developing groups of modules.

* Update docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_modules_in_groups.rst

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

Co-authored-by: John R Barker <john@johnrbarker.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
2021-06-01 08:48:09 +01:00

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Shell Plugins

Shell plugins work to ensure that the basic commands Ansible runs are properly formatted to work with the target machine and allow the user to configure certain behaviors related to how Ansible executes tasks.

Enabling shell plugins

You can add a custom shell plugin by dropping it into a shell_plugins directory adjacent to your play, inside a role, or by putting it in one of the shell plugin directory sources configured in ansible.cfg <ansible_configuration_settings>.

Warning

You should not alter which plugin is used unless you have a setup in which the default /bin/sh is not a POSIX compatible shell or is not available for execution.

Using shell plugins

In addition to the default configuration settings in ansible_configuration_settings, you can use the connection variable ansible_shell_type <ansible_shell_type> to select the plugin to use. In this case, you will also want to update the ansible_shell_executable <ansible_shell_executable> to match.

You can further control the settings for each plugin via other configuration options detailed in the plugin themselves (linked below).

about_playbooks

An introduction to playbooks

inventory_plugins

Ansible inventory plugins

callback_plugins

Ansible callback plugins

playbooks_filters

Jinja2 filter plugins

playbooks_tests

Jinja2 test plugins

playbooks_lookups

Jinja2 lookup plugins

User Mailing List

Have a question? Stop by the google group!

irc.libera.chat

#ansible IRC chat channel