community.general/docs/docsite/rst/modules.rst

About Modules
=============

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   modules_intro
   common_return_values
   modules_support


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:`dev_guide/developing_modules`
       How to write your own modules
   :doc:`dev_guide/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
Further modifications to the module formatter to adjust to the new theme, and some misc docs text corrections. 2013-12-25 19:23:58 +01:00			`About Modules`
			`=============`
Docs updates 2012-03-08 19:36:47 +01:00
Split content into subpages. 2013-12-25 00:05:41 +01:00			`.. toctree::`
moar docs added docs for new v2 features restructures modules bar and core/extras info into their own pages changed templates to refer to the new pages added some missing ansible.cfg options more info on gathering setting 2015-07-17 19:53:13 +02:00			`:maxdepth: 1`
Split content into subpages. 2013-12-25 00:05:41 +01:00
moar docs added docs for new v2 features restructures modules bar and core/extras info into their own pages changed templates to refer to the new pages added some missing ansible.cfg options more info on gathering setting 2015-07-17 19:53:13 +02:00			`modules_intro`
			`common_return_values`
Doc module meta (#20093) * updated module docs to reflect unification/meta * new doc page * also remove module refs to old core/extra * Update modules_support.rst Light edit. 2017-01-10 21:58:22 +01:00			`modules_support`
More exciting anchor tags, document more loop features! 2013-10-05 00:34:39 +02:00
Add auto-gen TOCs to a bunch of pages. 2012-08-28 21:41:10 +02:00
Fixing the MySQL docs 2012-08-03 17:31:43 +02:00			`Ansible ships with a number of modules (called the 'module library')`
Revert "Revert "Tiny RST link fix in modules documentation"" This reverts commit 658dc7a3661669c15f2b696651ae2522097b44f3. 2013-11-11 19:23:03 +01:00			that can be executed directly on remote hosts or through :doc:`Playbooks <playbooks>`.
Further modifications to the module formatter to adjust to the new theme, and some misc docs text corrections. 2013-12-25 19:23:58 +01:00
moar docs added docs for new v2 features restructures modules bar and core/extras info into their own pages changed templates to refer to the new pages added some missing ansible.cfg options more info on gathering setting 2015-07-17 19:53:13 +02:00			`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.`
Minor docs restructuring 2012-03-08 19:53:48 +01:00
Move see also blocks to bottom of each page to include reading docs, remove 'fork me' to avoid text overlap, simply menu nav so folks find the chapter link. 2012-03-31 15:29:31 +02:00
			`.. seealso::`

Resolving some doc errors. 2013-09-30 01:16:59 +02:00			:doc:`intro_adhoc`
doc fixes 2012-04-13 00:20:52 +02:00			`Examples of using modules in /usr/bin/ansible`
Move see also blocks to bottom of each page to include reading docs, remove 'fork me' to avoid text overlap, simply menu nav so folks find the chapter link. 2012-03-31 15:29:31 +02:00			:doc:`playbooks`
doc fixes 2012-04-13 00:20:52 +02:00			`Examples of using modules with /usr/bin/ansible-playbook`
Fix all RST errors for docs/docsite/rst (#20005) * developing_modules.rst is now in dev_guide, sync changes and delete the old version * Cleaner RST & formatted code * Tidyup roadmaps * Link to repomerge * Pull in abadger's fixes From https://github.com/ansible/ansible/compare/docs-code-block-fixes?expand=1 * Clean docsite/rst (apart from ROADMAP 2017-01-07 20:38:52 +01:00			:doc:`dev_guide/developing_modules`
link module dev guide from modules page 2012-03-31 16:21:28 +02:00			`How to write your own modules`
Fix all RST errors for docs/docsite/rst (#20005) * developing_modules.rst is now in dev_guide, sync changes and delete the old version * Cleaner RST & formatted code * Tidyup roadmaps * Link to repomerge * Pull in abadger's fixes From https://github.com/ansible/ansible/compare/docs-code-block-fixes?expand=1 * Clean docsite/rst (apart from ROADMAP 2017-01-07 20:38:52 +01:00			:doc:`dev_guide/developing_api`
Move see also blocks to bottom of each page to include reading docs, remove 'fork me' to avoid text overlap, simply menu nav so folks find the chapter link. 2012-03-31 15:29:31 +02:00			`Examples of using modules with the Python API`
doc fixes 2012-04-13 00:20:52 +02:00			`Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project>`_
Add IRC and google groups links to each page 2012-03-31 15:55:37 +02:00			`Questions? Help? Ideas? Stop by the list on Google Groups`
			`irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
			`#ansible IRC chat channel`