ANSIBLE-GALAXY(1) System administration commands ANSIBLE-GALAXY(1)

ansible-galaxy - Perform various Role and Collection related operations.

usage: ansible-galaxy [-h] [--version] [-v] TYPE ...

Command to manage Ansible roles and collections.

None of the CLI tools are designed to run concurrently with themselves. Use an external scheduler and/or locking to ensure there are no clashing operations.

--version

show program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location and exit


-h, --help

show this help message and exit


-v, --verbose

Causes Ansible to print more debug messages. Adding multiple -v will increase the verbosity, the builtin plugins currently evaluate up to -vvvvvv. A reasonable level to start is -vvv, connection debugging might require -vvvv. This argument may be specified multiple times.


Perform the action on an Ansible Galaxy collection. Must be combined with a further action like init/install as listed below.
Download collections and their dependencies as a tarball for an offline install.

--clear-response-cache

Clear the existing server response cache.


--no-cache

Do not use the server response cache.


--pre

Include pre-release versions. Semantic versioning pre-releases are ignored by default


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-n, --no-deps

Don't download collection(s) listed as dependencies.


-p 'DOWNLOAD_PATH', --download-path 'DOWNLOAD_PATH'

The directory to download the collections to.


-r 'REQUIREMENTS', --requirements-file 'REQUIREMENTS'

A file containing a list of collections to be downloaded.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Creates the skeleton framework of a role or collection that complies with the Galaxy metadata format. Requires a role or collection name. The collection name must be in the format <namespace>.<collection>.

--collection-skeleton 'COLLECTION_SKELETON'

The path to a collection skeleton that the new collection should be based upon.


--init-path 'INIT_PATH'

The path in which the skeleton collection will be created. The default is the current working directory.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-f, --force

Force overwriting an existing role or collection


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Build an Ansible Galaxy collection artifact that can be stored in a central repository like Ansible Galaxy. By default, this command builds from the current working directory. You can optionally pass in the collection input path (where the galaxy.yml file is).

--output-path 'OUTPUT_PATH'

The path in which the collection is built to. The default is the current working directory.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-f, --force

Force overwriting an existing role or collection


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Publish a collection into Ansible Galaxy. Requires the path to the collection tarball to publish.

--import-timeout 'IMPORT_TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for the collection import process to finish.


--no-wait

Don't wait for import validation results.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Install one or more roles(ansible-galaxy role install), or one or more collections(ansible-galaxy collection install). You can pass in a list (roles or collections) or use the file option listed below (these are mutually exclusive). If you pass in a list, it can be a name (which will be downloaded via the galaxy API and github), or it can be a local tar archive file.

--clear-response-cache

Clear the existing server response cache.


--disable-gpg-verify

Disable GPG signature verification when installing collections from a Galaxy server


--force-with-deps

Force overwriting an existing collection and its dependencies.


--ignore-signature-status-code

==SUPPRESS==. This argument may be specified multiple times.


--ignore-signature-status-codes

A space separated list of status codes to ignore during signature verification (for example, NO_PUBKEY FAILURE). Descriptions for the choices can be seen at L(https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/master/doc/DETAILS#general-status-codes).Note: specify these after positional arguments or use -- to separate them. This argument may be specified multiple times.


--keyring 'KEYRING'

The keyring used during signature verification


--no-cache

Do not use the server response cache.


--offline

Install collection artifacts (tarballs) without contacting any distribution servers. This does not apply to collections in remote Git repositories or URLs to remote tarballs.


--pre

Include pre-release versions. Semantic versioning pre-releases are ignored by default


--required-valid-signature-count 'REQUIRED_VALID_SIGNATURE_COUNT'

The number of signatures that must successfully verify the collection. This should be a positive integer or -1 to signify that all signatures must be used to verify the collection. Prepend the value with + to fail if no valid signatures are found for the collection (e.g. +all).


--signature

An additional signature source to verify the authenticity of the MANIFEST.json before installing the collection from a Galaxy server. Use in conjunction with a positional collection name (mutually exclusive with --requirements-file). This argument may be specified multiple times.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-U, --upgrade

Upgrade installed collection artifacts. This will also update dependencies unless --no-deps is provided


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-f, --force

Force overwriting an existing role or collection


-i, --ignore-errors

Ignore errors during installation and continue with the next specified collection. This will not ignore dependency conflict errors.


-n, --no-deps

Don't download collections listed as dependencies.


-p 'COLLECTIONS_PATH', --collections-path 'COLLECTIONS_PATH'

The path to the directory containing your collections.


-r 'REQUIREMENTS', --requirements-file 'REQUIREMENTS'

A file containing a list of collections to be installed.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


List installed collections or roles

--format 'OUTPUT_FORMAT'

Format to display the list of collections in.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-p, --collections-path

One or more directories to search for collections in addition to the default COLLECTIONS_PATHS. Separate multiple paths with ':'. This argument may be specified multiple times.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Compare checksums with the collection(s) found on the server and the installed copy. This does not verify dependencies.

--ignore-signature-status-code

==SUPPRESS==. This argument may be specified multiple times.


--ignore-signature-status-codes

A space separated list of status codes to ignore during signature verification (for example, NO_PUBKEY FAILURE). Descriptions for the choices can be seen at L(https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/master/doc/DETAILS#general-status-codes).Note: specify these after positional arguments or use -- to separate them. This argument may be specified multiple times.


--keyring 'KEYRING'

The keyring used during signature verification


--offline

Validate collection integrity locally without contacting server for canonical manifest hash.


--required-valid-signature-count 'REQUIRED_VALID_SIGNATURE_COUNT'

The number of signatures that must successfully verify the collection. This should be a positive integer or all to signify that all signatures must be used to verify the collection. Prepend the value with + to fail if no valid signatures are found for the collection (e.g. +all).


--signature

An additional signature source to verify the authenticity of the MANIFEST.json before using it to verify the rest of the contents of a collection from a Galaxy server. Use in conjunction with a positional collection name (mutually exclusive with --requirements-file). This argument may be specified multiple times.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-i, --ignore-errors

Ignore errors during verification and continue with the next specified collection.


-p, --collections-path

One or more directories to search for collections in addition to the default COLLECTIONS_PATHS. Separate multiple paths with ':'. This argument may be specified multiple times.


-r 'REQUIREMENTS', --requirements-file 'REQUIREMENTS'

A file containing a list of collections to be verified.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Perform the action on an Ansible Galaxy role. Must be combined with a further action like delete/install/init as listed below.
Creates the skeleton framework of a role or collection that complies with the Galaxy metadata format. Requires a role or collection name. The collection name must be in the format <namespace>.<collection>.

--init-path 'INIT_PATH'

The path in which the skeleton role will be created. The default is the current working directory.


--offline

Don't query the galaxy API when creating roles


--role-skeleton 'ROLE_SKELETON'

The path to a role skeleton that the new role should be based upon.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


--type 'ROLE_TYPE'

Initialize using an alternate role type. Valid types include: 'container', 'apb' and 'network'.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-f, --force

Force overwriting an existing role or collection


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


removes the list of roles passed as arguments from the local system.

--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-p, --roles-path

The path to the directory containing your roles. The default is the first writable one configured via DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH: {{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles" }} . This argument may be specified multiple times.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Delete a role from Ansible Galaxy.

--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


List installed collections or roles

--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-p, --roles-path

The path to the directory containing your roles. The default is the first writable one configured via DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH: {{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles" }} . This argument may be specified multiple times.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


searches for roles on the Ansible Galaxy server

--author 'AUTHOR'

GitHub username


--galaxy-tags 'GALAXY_TAGS'

list of galaxy tags to filter by


--platforms 'PLATFORMS'

list of OS platforms to filter by


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


used to import a role into Ansible Galaxy

--branch 'REFERENCE'

The name of a branch to import. Defaults to the repository's default branch (usually master)


--no-wait

Don't wait for import results.


--role-name 'ROLE_NAME'

The name the role should have, if different than the repo name


--status

Check the status of the most recent import request for given github_user/github_repo.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Setup an integration from Github or Travis for Ansible Galaxy roles

--list

List all of your integrations.


--remove 'REMOVE_ID'

Remove the integration matching the provided ID value. Use --list to see ID values.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-p, --roles-path

The path to the directory containing your roles. The default is the first writable one configured via DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH: {{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles" }} . This argument may be specified multiple times.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


prints out detailed information about an installed role as well as info available from the galaxy API.

--offline

Don't query the galaxy API when creating roles


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-p, --roles-path

The path to the directory containing your roles. The default is the first writable one configured via DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH: {{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles" }} . This argument may be specified multiple times.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL


Install one or more roles(ansible-galaxy role install), or one or more collections(ansible-galaxy collection install). You can pass in a list (roles or collections) or use the file option listed below (these are mutually exclusive). If you pass in a list, it can be a name (which will be downloaded via the galaxy API and github), or it can be a local tar archive file.

--force-with-deps

Force overwriting an existing role and its dependencies.


--timeout 'TIMEOUT'

The time to wait for operations against the galaxy server, defaults to 60s.


--token 'API_KEY', --api-key 'API_KEY'

The Ansible Galaxy API key which can be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/me/preferences.


-c, --ignore-certs

Ignore SSL certificate validation errors.


-f, --force

Force overwriting an existing role or collection


-g, --keep-scm-meta

Use tar instead of the scm archive option when packaging the role.


-i, --ignore-errors

Ignore errors and continue with the next specified role.


-n, --no-deps

Don't download roles listed as dependencies.


-p, --roles-path

The path to the directory containing your roles. The default is the first writable one configured via DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH: {{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles" }} . This argument may be specified multiple times.


-r 'REQUIREMENTS', --role-file 'REQUIREMENTS'

A file containing a list of roles to be installed.


-s 'API_SERVER', --server 'API_SERVER'

The Galaxy API server URL



The following environment variables may be specified.

ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file

Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the ansible-config command.

/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present

~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present

./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific' and overrides the rest if present.

As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.

Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

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