selective – only print certain tasks

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• This callback only prints tasks that have been tagged with print_action or that have failed. This allows operators to focus on the tasks that provide value only.
• Tasks that are not printed are placed with a ‘.’.
• If you increase verbosity all tasks are printed.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

• set as main display callback

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
nocolor boolean	Default: "no"	ini entries: [defaults] nocolor = no env:ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR env:ANSIBLE_SELECTIVE_DONT_COLORIZE	This setting allows suppressing colorizing output

Examples

- debug: msg="This will not be printed"
- debug: msg="But this will"
  tags: [print_action]

Status

• This callback is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This callback is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• UNKNOWN