ansible.builtin.jsonfile cache – JSON formatted files.

Note

This cache plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name jsonfile. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.jsonfile for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same cache plugin name.

Synopsis

• This cache uses JSON formatted, per host, files saved to the filesystem.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
_prefix string	User defined prefix to use when creating the JSON files Configuration: INI entry: [defaults] fact_caching_prefix = VALUE Environment variable: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_PREFIX
_timeout integer	Expiration timeout for the cache plugin data Default: 86400 Configuration: INI entry: [defaults] fact_caching_timeout = 86400 Environment variable: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT
_uri path / required	Path in which the cache plugin will save the JSON files Configuration: INI entry: [defaults] fact_caching_connection = VALUE Environment variable: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION

Authors

• Ansible Core (@ansible-core)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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