Using Ansible collections

Welcome to the Ansible guide for working with collections.

Collections are a distribution format for Ansible content that can include playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins. You can install and use collections through a distribution server, such as Ansible Galaxy, or a Pulp 3 Galaxy server.

• Installing collections
  • Installing collections in containers
  • Installing collections with ansible-galaxy
  • Installing collections with signature verification
  • Installing an older version of a collection
  • Install multiple collections with a requirements file
  • Downloading a collection for offline use
  • Installing collections adjacent to playbooks
  • Installing a collection from source files
  • Installing a collection from a Git repository
  • Configuring the ansible-galaxy client
• Removing a collection
• Downloading collections
• Listing collections
• Verifying collections
  • Verifying collections with ansible-galaxy
  • Verifying signed collections
• Using collections in a playbook
  • Simplifying module names with the collections keyword
  • Using collections in roles
  • Using collections in playbooks
  • Using a playbook from a collection
• Collections index