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Brian Coca b233f3f296 updated plugin docs (#30490)
* updated  docs

- for devs:
  - added inventory/vars section
  - made some updates to general section and other plugin types
- for users:
 - added 'user' plugin section to start describing the plugins
 - docs on types, what they are and how to use

- removed ref to deleted AUTHORS file
- corrected several typos/headers
- added descriptions to config.rst template
- ignore generated files for cli/plugins and config
- remove new generated files on `make clean`
- moved details from devguid and intro doc to plugin specific pages
- pretied up lookup notes
- changed precedence ref to not conflict config
- removed duplicate config data, as config is autogenerated and up to date
- put new plugins under playbooks
- added `pass` cause rst/python dislikes fractions
- removed dupe in .gitignore, alpha sorted to avoid moar dupes
- added try cause rst/python freaks out

* generate plugins into their own dir

only do plugins that support docs
use toctree from main plugins page
2017-09-22 23:19:50 -04:00

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Shell Plugins
-------------
These plugins work behind the scenes making sure the basic commands Ansible runs,
in order to be able to execute a task's action,
are properly formated to work with the target machine.
You normally don't have to wory about these plugins at all,
unless you have a restricted or exotic setup,
in which the default ``/bin/sh`` is not a POSIX compatible shell or not availble for execution.
Enabling Shell Plugins
++++++++++++++++++++++
You probably never need to do this, but aside from the defaul configuration settings in :doc:`../config`,
you can use a 'connection variable' :ref:`ansible_shell_type` to select the plugin to use,
you will also want to update the :ref:`ansible_executable` to match.
.. seealso::
:doc:`../playbooks`
An introduction to playbooks
:doc:`inventory`
Ansible inventory plugins
:doc:`callback`
Ansible callback plugins
:doc:`../playbooks_filters`
Jinja2 filter plugins
:doc:`../playbooks_tests`
Jinja2 test plugins
:doc:`../playbooks_lookups`
Jinja2 lookup plugins
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