# A tool to help you visualize, understand and troubleshoot your playbook runs: ARA - Ansible Run Analysis

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-to-help-you-visualize-understand-and-troubleshoot-your-playbook-runs-ara-ansible-run-analysis/24408>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 5, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-to-help-you-visualize-understand-and-troubleshoot-your-playbook-runs-ara-ansible-run-analysis/24408 "2017-05-05T23:22:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![rfc2549](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rfc2549/32/197_2.png) [@rfc2549](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rfc2549)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-to-help-you-visualize-understand-and-troubleshoot-your-playbook-runs-ara-ansible-run-analysis/24408/1 "2017-05-05T23:22:29Z")

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Hi there !

I’m the author of a project called [ARA: Ansible Run Analysis](https://github.com/openstack/ara).

I’m here to tell you about an awesome new version of ARA that was just released and I’ve highlighted the best parts in a blog post:

[https://dmsimard.com/2017/05/05/ara-ansible-run-analysis-0-13-is-out-and-its-awesome/](https://dmsimard.com/2017/05/05/ara-ansible-run-analysis-0-13-is-out-and-its-awesome/)

If you’ve never heard of ARA before, here’s a quick excerpt from the blog post:

> ARA is an Ansible callback plugin that records your playbook runs, wherever it is.  
> Whether you’re running Ansible from your personal laptop or from a server, you basically just need to install ARA, configure Ansible to use ARA and you’re good to go.

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> ARA organizes the data in a way to help you visualize, understand and troubleshoot what happened throughout your playbook.

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> So, what does it look like ?

> Here’s a video demo of the interface where I explain the different features it offers: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i8VPCanGo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i8VPCanGo)

There is comprehensive documentation on what the project is and isn’t in the form of [Frequently Asked Questions](https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html) as well as a [project manifesto](https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manifesto.html).

I wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate this new release to invite you to AMA (Ask me anything) on Reddit over in the /r/Ansible community.  
You can find the AMA [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ansible/comments/69gkpz/hi_ransible_a_new_version_of_ara_ansible_run/).

Let me know if you have any questions !

- David Moreau Simard

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**Author:** ![Phonthip\_Namkaew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Phonthip\_Namkaew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phonthip_Namkaew)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-to-help-you-visualize-understand-and-troubleshoot-your-playbook-runs-ara-ansible-run-analysis/24408/2 "2017-05-06T13:44:43Z")

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Thanks, David. Great work!

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Fennemore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mike\_Fennemore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Fennemore)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-to-help-you-visualize-understand-and-troubleshoot-your-playbook-runs-ara-ansible-run-analysis/24408/3 "2017-05-06T20:38:44Z")

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Really awesome tool, especially when dealing with large numbers of playbooks.