Finding the Ansible modules to use
In this section, you will learn how to find suitable modules and documentation to use inside the Ansible playbook.
Find the available modules and details using the ansible-doc command:
Figure 2.12 – Ansible module list
It will be a long or short list, depending on your type of Ansible installation. (Recall the difference between ansible, ansible-base, and ansible-core, which was explained in the previous chapter.) You can check the total module count that’s available as follows:
[ansible@ansible Chapter-02]$ ansible-doc -l |wc -l 6108
Check the module details by calling the module name with the -s (--snippet) argument, as follows:
Figure 2.13 – Ansible module snippet for the dnf module
Alternatively, Check the full details of the module as follows:
Figure 2.14 – Ansible module details for the dnf module
