ansible-lint Command Examples

Apply rules and follow best practices with your automation content. More information: https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/.

• Lint a specific playbook and a role directory:

ansible-lint {{path/to/playbook_file}} {{path/to/role_directory}}

• Lint a playbook while excluding specific rules:

ansible-lint {{[-x|--exclude-rules]}} {{rule1,rule2,...}} {{path/to/playbook_file}}

• Lint a playbook in offline mode and format output as PEP8:

ansible-lint {{[-o|--offline]}} {{[-p|--parseable]}} {{path/to/playbook_file}}

• Lint a playbook using a custom rules directory:

ansible-lint {{[-r|--rules]}} {{path/to/custom_rules_directory}} {{path/to/playbook_file}}

• Lint all Ansible content recursively in a given directory:

ansible-lint {{path/to/project_directory}}