Adding a new module location

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Hi,
The default location for ansible modules is /usr/share/ansible. Is there a way to append another location to this one. In the .cfg I only see the option to replace the default.

Thanks

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You can specify multiple paths seperated by colons.

Please do continue to leave the default in there at the head of the list.

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I still get the following error
ERROR: custom_module is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler.

custom_module is a simple module i wrote to do some tests. It works fine when its in /usr/share/ansible but fails when i remove it from there and put in a specific module directory.

This is the line in /etc/asnible/ansible.cfg

library = /usr/share/ansible:/path/to/custom/module

I’m running ansible 1.6.2

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​AFAIK you need to point to the directory, not the module itself?​

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Yep, its pointing to the directory.

Just to make it clearer.
library = /usr/share/ansible:/path/to/custom/module_directory

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"This is the line in /etc/asnible/ansible.cfg "

This path may be part of the problem.

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Sorry for the typos in the post but I checked and verified there are no typos in the file :slight_smile:
All of the other stuff like custom locations for roles and plugins are working fine except for the modules part.