How to include the Ansible config file in the ansible-playbook command?

Question

I run my ansible-playbook with the following command in my localhost:

ansible-playbook -i "localhost," -c local GitClone.yaml

However, I also have a GitClone.cfg file which has:

[defaults]
transport = ssh

[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o ForwardAgent=yes

The GitClone.cfg file is in the same directory as the GitClone.yaml file.

How do I include this file in the command?

The command mentioned above is not picking up the .cfg file.

Answer 1

The proper name for the Ansible configuration file is ansible.cfg.

It is a fixed name and Ansible does not look for any other .cfg file unless you explicitly provided the path in ANSIBLE_CONFIG variable.

Have a look at the documentation. Ansible checks the files in the following order:

• ANSIBLE_CONFIG (an environment variable)
• ansible.cfg (in the current directory)
• .ansible.cfg (in the home directory)
• /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

Answer 2

The above documentation link got expired

Here is the sample ansible.cfg file from ansible git repo https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/examples/ansible.cfg

Documentation link: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html

for checking which configuration values are active in a current directory. run the below commands will provide you the infromation