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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py index b099cd87d1..aa67a0e3fd 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py @@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ options: - A toggle that controls if the fact modules are executed in parallel or serially and in order. This can guarantee the merge order of module facts at the expense of performance. - By default it will be true if more than one fact module is used. + - For low cost/delay fact modules parallelism overhead might end up meaning the whole process takes longer. + Test your specific case to see if it is a speed improvement or not. type: bool attributes: action: support: full async: - details: multiple modules can be executed in parallel or serially, but the action itself will not be async - support: partial + details: while this action does not support the task 'async' keywords it can do its own parallel processing using the C(parallel) option. + support: none bypass_host_loop: support: none check_mode: @@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ attributes: notes: - This is mostly a wrapper around other fact gathering modules. - Options passed into this action must be supported by all the underlying fact modules configured. + - If using C(gather_timeout) and parallel execution, it will limit the total execution time of + modules that do not accept C(gather_timeout) themselves. - Facts returned by each module will be merged, conflicts will favor 'last merged'. Order is not guaranteed, when doing parallel gathering on multiple modules. author: |