selective – only print certain tasks

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This callback only prints tasks that have been tagged with print_action or that have failed. This allows operators to focus on the tasks that provide value only.
  • Tasks that are not printed are placed with a ‘.’.
  • If you increase verbosity all tasks are printed.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

  • set as main display callback

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
nocolor
boolean
Default:
"no"
ini entries:

[defaults]
nocolor = no

env:ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR
env:ANSIBLE_SELECTIVE_DONT_COLORIZE
This setting allows suppressing colorizing output

Examples

- debug: msg="This will not be printed"
- debug: msg="But this will"
  tags: [print_action]

Status

Authors

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