pong
on success¶pong
on successful contact. It does not make sense in playbooks, but it is useful from /usr/bin/ansible
to verify the ability to login and that a usable Python is configured.Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
data |
Default: pong
|
Data to return for the
ping return value.If this parameter is set to
crash , the module will cause an exception. |
# Test we can logon to 'webservers' and execute python with json lib.
# ansible webservers -m ping
# Example from an Ansible Playbook
- ping:
# Induce an exception to see what happens
- ping:
data: crash
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
ping
string
|
success |
value provided with the data parameter
Sample:
pong
|
This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.
For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article
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