What is content collection?
Content Collections are a way to package and distribute Ansible content, making it easier to share and reuse automated content.
Bash
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general -p /etc/ansible/collectionBash
Starting galaxy collection install process
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/plugin/ansible/content/published/collections/artifacts/community-general-7.5.0.tar.gz to /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-32029rn14n3e4/tmpqcc43sof/community-general-7.5.0-tg0ru1lf
Installing 'community.general:7.5.0' to '/etc/ansible/collection/ansible_collections/community/general'
community.general:7.5.0 was installed successfullyBash
# /home/ansible_ctrl/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection Version
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community.general 7.4.0Bash
ansible-galaxy collection listAdding collections_paths to ansible.cfg
Bash
# vim ansible.cfg and add the following
collections_path = home/ansible_ctrl/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections:/etc/ansible/collection