Increasing the log level output

In case of error, it is possible to add more logs during the output by adding the -v, -vvv, or -vvvv option to the Ansible command. 

The -v option enables the basic verbose mode, the -vvv option enables the verbose mode with more outputs, and the -vvvv option adds the verbose mode and the connection debugging information.

Executing the following command applies a playbook and will display more log information using the -v option that has been added:

ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml -v

This can be useful for debugging in case of Ansible errors.

We have just studied the execution of Ansible with its inventory and playbook by exploring some options that allow the following:

• Previewing the changes that will be made by Ansible
• Increasing the level of logs to make debugging easier

In the next section, we will talk about data security with the use of Ansible Vault.