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Action Plugins
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Action plugins act in conjunction with :doc: `modules <../modules>` to execute the actions required by playbook tasks.
They usually execute automatically in the background doing prerequisite work before modules execute.
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The 'normal' action plugin is used for modules that do not already have an action plugin.
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Enabling Action Plugins
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You can enable a custom action plugin by either dropping it into the `` action_plugins `` directory adjacent to your play, inside a role, or by putting it in one of the action plugin directory sources configured in :doc: `ansible.cfg <../config>` .
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.. seealso ::
:doc: `cache`
Ansible Cache plugins
:doc: `callback`
Ansible callback plugins
:doc: `connection`
Ansible connection plugins
:doc: `inventory`
Ansible inventory plugins
:doc: `shell`
Ansible Shell plugins
:doc: `strategy`
Ansible Strategy plugins
:doc: `vars`
Ansible Vars plugins
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