community.general.log_plays – write playbook output to log file¶

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.log_plays.

Synopsis ¶

This callback writes playbook output to a file per host in the /var/log/ansible/hosts directory

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

Whitelist in configuration
A writeable /var/log/ansible/hosts directory by the user executing Ansible on the controller

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
log_folder string	Default: "/var/log/ansible/hosts"	ini entries: [callback_log_plays] log_folder = /var/log/ansible/hosts env:ANSIBLE_LOG_FOLDER	The folder where log files will be created.