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ansible.builtin.jsonfile cache – JSON formatted files.

Note

This cache plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name jsonfile. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.jsonfile for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same cache plugin name.

Synopsis

  • This cache uses JSON formatted, per host, files saved to the filesystem.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

_prefix

string

User defined prefix to use when creating the JSON files

Configuration:

_timeout

integer

Expiration timeout for the cache plugin data

Default: 86400

Configuration:

_uri

path / required

Path in which the cache plugin will save the JSON files

Configuration:

Note

Configuration entries listed above for each entry type (Ansible variable, environment variable, and so on) have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up. The entry types are also ordered by precedence from low to high priority order. For example, an ansible.cfg entry (further up in the list) is overwritten by an Ansible variable (further down in the list).

Authors

  • Ansible Core (@ansible-core)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/jsonfile_cache.html