Modules

Modules are the main building blocks of Ansible playbooks. Although we do not generally speak of "module plugins", a module is a type of plugin. For a developer-focused description of the differences between modules and other plugins, see modules_vs_plugins.

Enabling modules

You can enable a custom module by dropping it into one of these locations:

• any directory added to the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable ($ANSIBLE_LIBRARY takes a colon-separated list like $PATH)
• ~/.ansible/plugins/modules/
• /usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules/

For more information on using local custom modules, see local_modules.

Using modules

For information on using modules in ad hoc tasks, see intro_adhoc. For information on using modules in playbooks, see playbooks_intro.