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Assess Resource Consumption with Ansible Callback Plugins
Profiling, Troubleshooting, and Optimizing Resources in Ansible Automation with Callback cgroup_memory_recap and cgroup_perf_recap Plugins
When managing infrastructure with Ansible, it’s essential to have insights into resource consumption and performance metrics during playbook execution. Ansible provides a powerful tool for this purpose: callback plugins. This article explores how callback plugins can help you assess resource consumption, troubleshoot issues, and gain deeper insights into Ansible playbook execution.
Understanding Ansible Callback Plugins
What are Ansible callback plugins? According to Ansible’s documentation, callback plugins enable adding new behaviors to Ansible when responding to events. These plugins control most of the output you see when running Ansible commands, but they can also be used to:
- Add additional output.
- Integrate with other tools.
- Marshal events to a storage backend.
Callback plugins are a versatile way to customize and enhance Ansible’s functionality.
