profile_tasks – adds time information to tasks¶
Synopsis¶
Ansible callback plugin for timing individual tasks and overall execution time.
Mashup of 2 excellent original works: https://github.com/jlafon/ansible-profile, https://github.com/junaid18183/ansible_home/blob/master/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins/timestamp.py.old
Format:
<task start timestamp> (<length of previous task>
<current elapsed playbook execution time>)It also lists the top/bottom time consuming tasks in the summary (configurable)
Before 2.4 only the environment variables were available for configuration.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.
whitelisting in configuration - see examples section below for details.
Parameters¶
Examples¶
example: >
To enable, add this to your ansible.cfg file in the defaults block
[defaults]
callback_whitelist = profile_tasks
sample output: >
#
# TASK: [ensure messaging security group exists] ********************************
# Thursday 11 June 2017 22:50:53 +0100 (0:00:00.721) 0:00:05.322 *********
# ok: [localhost]
#
# TASK: [ensure db security group exists] ***************************************
# Thursday 11 June 2017 22:50:54 +0100 (0:00:00.558) 0:00:05.880 *********
# changed: [localhost]
#
Status¶
This callback is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This callback is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
UNKNOWN
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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.