From 2d17d18c1b486a22727b11f6ecae8177e90c76b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Coca Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 07:44:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] mentioned gathering settings in fact caching. --- docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst index 84f0a1f5b5..06da540452 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst @@ -762,7 +762,9 @@ To configure fact caching, enable it in ansible.cfg as follows:: fact_caching_timeout = 86400 # seconds -At the time of writing, Redis is the only supported fact caching engine. +You might also want to change the 'gathering' setting to 'smart' or 'explicit' or set gather_facts to False in most plays. + +At the time of writing, Redis is the only supported fact caching engine. To get redis up and running, perform the equivalent OS commands:: yum install redis