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stderr - Splits output, sending failed tasks to stderr

New in version 2.4.

DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
 version: 2.11
Why:The ‘default’ callback plugin now supports this functionality
Alternative:‘default’ callback plugin with ‘display_failed_stderr = yes’ option

Synopsis

  • This is the stderr callback plugin, it behaves like the default callback plugin but sends error output to stderr.
  • Also it does not output skipped host/task/item status

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

  • set as main display callback

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
display_failed_stderr
boolean

(added in 2.7)
 Default:
no
ini entries:

[defaults]
display_failed_stderr = no

env:ANSIBLE_DISPLAY_FAILED_STDERR
Toggle to control whether failed tasks are displayed to STDERR (vs. STDOUT)
display_ok_hosts
boolean

(added in 2.7)
 Default:
yes
ini entries:

[defaults]
display_ok_hosts = yes

env:ANSIBLE_DISPLAY_OK_HOSTS
Toggle to control displaying 'ok' task/host results in a task
display_skipped_hosts
boolean
 Default:
yes
ini entries:

[defaults]
display_skipped_hosts = yes

env:DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS
Toggle to control displaying skipped task/host results in a task
show_custom_stats
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
ini entries:

[defaults]
show_custom_stats = no

env:ANSIBLE_SHOW_CUSTOM_STATS
This adds the custom stats set via the set_stats plugin to the play recap

Status

This callback is flagged as deprecated and will be removed in version 2.11. For more information see DEPRECATED.

Author

  • UNKNOWN

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