Modules Maintained by the Ansible Core Team

Cloud

Amazon

• aws_s3 – manage objects in S3

• cloudformation – Create or delete an AWS CloudFormation stack

• ec2 – create, terminate, start or stop an instance in ec2

• ec2_group – maintain an ec2 VPC security group

• ec2_metadata_facts – Gathers facts (instance metadata) about remote hosts within ec2

• ec2_snapshot – creates a snapshot from an existing volume

• ec2_vol – create and attach a volume, return volume id and device map

• ec2_vpc_net – Configure AWS virtual private clouds

• ec2_vpc_net_info – Gather information about ec2 VPCs in AWS

• ec2_vpc_subnet – Manage subnets in AWS virtual private clouds

• ec2_vpc_subnet_info – Gather information about ec2 VPC subnets in AWS

• s3_bucket – Manage S3 buckets in AWS, DigitalOcean, Ceph, Walrus and FakeS3

Commands

• command – Execute commands on targets

• raw – Executes a low-down and dirty command

• script – Runs a local script on a remote node after transferring it

• shell – Execute shell commands on targets

Files

• acl – Set and retrieve file ACL information

• assemble – Assemble configuration files from fragments

• blockinfile – Insert/update/remove a text block surrounded by marker lines

• copy – Copy files to remote locations

• fetch – Fetch files from remote nodes

• file – Manage files and file properties

• find – Return a list of files based on specific criteria

• lineinfile – Manage lines in text files

• stat – Retrieve file or file system status

• synchronize – A wrapper around rsync to make common tasks in your playbooks quick and easy

• template – Template a file out to a remote server

• unarchive – Unpacks an archive after (optionally) copying it from the local machine

Inventory

• add_host – Add a host (and alternatively a group) to the ansible-playbook in-memory inventory

• group_by – Create Ansible groups based on facts

Net_Tools

Basics

• get_url – Downloads files from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node

• slurp – Slurps a file from remote nodes

• uri – Interacts with webservices

Packaging

Language

• pip – Manages Python library dependencies

Os

• apt – Manages apt-packages

• apt_key – Add or remove an apt key

• apt_repository – Add and remove APT repositories

• dnf – Manages packages with the dnf package manager

• package – Generic OS package manager

• rpm_key – Adds or removes a gpg key from the rpm db

• yum – Manages packages with the yum package manager

• yum_repository – Add or remove YUM repositories

Source_Control

• git – Deploy software (or files) from git checkouts

• subversion – Deploys a subversion repository

System

• at – Schedule the execution of a command or script file via the at command

• authorized_key – Adds or removes an SSH authorized key

• debconf – Configure a .deb package

• gather_facts – Gathers facts about remote hosts

• getent – A wrapper to the unix getent utility

• group – Add or remove groups

• iptables – Modify iptables rules

• mount – Control active and configured mount points

• ping – Try to connect to host, verify a usable python and return pong on success

• reboot – Reboot a machine

• seboolean – Toggles SELinux booleans

• selinux – Change policy and state of SELinux

• service – Manage services

• setup – Gathers facts about remote hosts

• sysctl – Manage entries in sysctl.conf

• systemd – Manage services

• sysvinit – Manage SysV services

• user – Manage user accounts

Utilities

Helper

• meta – Execute Ansible ‘actions’

Logic

• assert – Asserts given expressions are true

• async_status – Obtain status of asynchronous task

• debug – Print statements during execution

• fail – Fail with custom message

• import_playbook – Import a playbook

• import_role – Import a role into a play

• import_tasks – Import a task list

• include – Include a play or task list

• include_role – Load and execute a role

• include_tasks – Dynamically include a task list

• include_vars – Load variables from files, dynamically within a task

• pause – Pause playbook execution

• set_fact – Set host facts from a task

• wait_for – Waits for a condition before continuing

• wait_for_connection – Waits until remote system is reachable/usable

Windows

• win_acl – Set file/directory/registry permissions for a system user or group

• win_acl_inheritance – Change ACL inheritance

• win_command – Executes a command on a remote Windows node

• win_copy – Copies files to remote locations on windows hosts

• win_disk_image – Manage ISO/VHD/VHDX mounts on Windows hosts

• win_dns_client – Configures DNS lookup on Windows hosts

• win_domain – Ensures the existence of a Windows domain

• win_domain_controller – Manage domain controller/member server state for a Windows host

• win_domain_membership – Manage domain/workgroup membership for a Windows host

• win_file – Creates, touches or removes files or directories

• win_get_url – Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node

• win_group – Add and remove local groups

• win_owner – Set owner

• win_package – Installs/uninstalls an installable package

• win_path – Manage Windows path environment variables

• win_ping – A windows version of the classic ping module

• win_reboot – Reboot a windows machine

• win_regedit – Add, change, or remove registry keys and values

• win_service – Manage and query Windows services

• win_share – Manage Windows shares

• win_shell – Execute shell commands on target hosts

• win_stat – Get information about Windows files

• win_template – Template a file out to a remote server

• win_updates – Download and install Windows updates

• win_user – Manages local Windows user accounts

Note

• (D): This marks a module as deprecated, which means a module is kept for backwards compatibility but usage is discouraged. The module documentation details page may explain more about this rationale.