summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAdam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>2017-03-04 11:11:41 -0800
committerscottb <dharmabumstead@users.noreply.github.com>2017-03-04 11:11:41 -0800
commitd01ac3a0197e49c6c2090f7d97a33ffe5fcf9c3c (patch)
tree6c2f0a6db23bbec13e6d835c4bbdf49d1ebcc253 /docs
parent72c96b3ac30ad17fad3dda69836478fd1e54492d (diff)
downloadansible-d01ac3a0197e49c6c2090f7d97a33ffe5fcf9c3c.tar.gz
doc: Document --syntax-check flag for ansible-playbook (#22256)
It wasn't previously documented outside of the help / manpage, which made it less discoverable.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst
index 6be2c1826e..adeb5cbfd4 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ There's also a `clever playbook <https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples/blo
Tips and Tricks
```````````````
+To check the syntax of a playbook, use ``ansible-playbook`` with the ``--syntax-check`` flag. This will run the
+playbook file through the parser to ensure its included files, roles, etc. have no syntax problems.
+
Look at the bottom of the playbook execution for a summary of the nodes that were targeted
and how they performed. General failures and fatal "unreachable" communication attempts are
kept separate in the counts.