Ansible - ansible --version command

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: October 21 2024
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The ansible ad-hoc command can be used to list the version of Ansible, the location of the Ansible configuration file, and the version of Python.
ansible --version
Something like this should be returned if you are using a very old version of Ansible that has reached end of life.
ansible 2.4.2.0
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u'/home/your_username/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible playbook module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.5 (default, mm dd yyyy, hh:mm:ss) [GCC 4.8.5 yyyymmdd (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]
On the other hand, if "core" is returned this means you are using ansible-core, which is a good thing.
~]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.16.4]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/home/john.doe/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/local/ansible-core/v2_16_4/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/john.doe/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.12.0 (main, Dec 22 2023, 02:43:27) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)] (/usr/local/ansible-core/v2_16_4/lib/python3.12)
jinja version = 3.1.3
libyaml = True
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