---
title: "Dump all ansible variables"
date: 2019-10-15
description: How to dump all variables used by ansible in a task
tags:
  - ansible
---

## Task to use

Here is the task to use in order to achieve that :

```yaml
- name: Dump all vars
  action: template src=dumpall.j2 dest=ansible.all
```

## Associated template

And here is the template to use with it :

```jinja
Module Variables ("vars"):
--------------------------------
{{ vars | to_nice_json }}

Environment Variables ("environment"):
--------------------------------
{{ environment | to_nice_json }}

GROUP NAMES Variables ("group_names"):
--------------------------------
{{ group_names | to_nice_json }}

GROUPS Variables ("groups"):
--------------------------------
{{ groups | to_nice_json }}

HOST Variables ("hostvars"):
--------------------------------
{{ hostvars | to_nice_json }}
```

## Output

If you are running a local task, the output will be in your playbook directory. Otherwise, it will be on the target machine(s) in a `.ansible/tmp/ansible.all` file under the user your are connecting the machine(s)' with.