https://github.com/outbit/ansible-docgen

Generate documentation from annotated Ansible Playbooks and Roles
https://github.com/outbit/ansible-docgen

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Generate documentation from annotated Ansible Playbooks and Roles

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/outbit/ansible-docgen
• Owner: outbit
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-29T04:19:31.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-10T00:43:18.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-10T04:21:22.837Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: annotated-ansible-playbooks, annotation, ansible, documentation, playbook
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/ansible-docgen/
• Size: 160 KB
• Stars: 71
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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ansible-docgen

=====================

Description

===========

ansible-docgen generates documentation from annotated Ansible Playbooks and Roles.

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Installation

===========

```shell

pip install ansible-docgen

```

or

```shell

easy_install ansible-docgen

```

Usage

===========

### Annotate Your Playbooks and Roles

```yaml

---

# test_playbook.yml

# Author: John Doe

# Description: Install a Webserver

- name: Install Apache

  yum: name=httpd state=installed

```

```yaml

---

# roles/appserver/tasks/main.yml

# Author: John Doe

# Description: Appserver role

- name: Copy Installer

  copy: src=installer dest=/tmp/

  tags:

    - copy-installer

- name:  Run Installer

  shell: /tmp/installer.sh

  tags:

    - run-installer

```

### Generate Documentation from Annotation

##### Use -p to specify your project directory. Click the links to preview the Markup generated by ansible-docgen. Warning: This will overwrite existing README files.

`ansible-docgen -p your_ansible_project`

`Generated Markup File` [your_ansible_project/rolestest/README.md](test/integration/project1/rolestest/README.md)

`Generated Markup File` [your_ansible_project/roles/README.md](test/integration/project1/roles/README.md)

`Generated Markup File` [your_ansible_project/README.md](test/integration/project1/README.md)

##### If your current directory is your project directory just run ansible-docgen without any arguments. Warning: This will overwrite existing README files.

`cd your_ansible_project && ansible-docgen`

`Generated Markup File` [otherroles/README.md](test/integration/project1/otherroles/README.md)

`Generated Markup File` [roles/README.md](test/integration/project1/roles/README.md)

`Generated Markup File` [README.md](test/integration/project1/README.md)

##### Help output

```bash

usage: ansible-docgen [-h] [-p PROJECT] [-f FILENAME] [-s STYLE] [-n] [-v]

options:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -p PROJECT, --project PROJECT

                        Path to Ansible project. Default is the current directory.

  -f FILENAME, --filename FILENAME

                        filename used for the output documentation file. Default is README

  -s STYLE, --style STYLE

                        Choose the format for the documentation. Default is markdown. Example: --style=[markdown]

  -n, --no-tags         This option disables show tags in the documentation

  -v, --version         Print version

  ```

License

=======

ansible-docgen is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE.md).

Author

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David Whiteside ()