# Ansible stdout\_call back option, can it takes error value?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stdout-call-back-option-can-it-takes-error-value/8774>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** ansible-test, ansible-core\
**Created:** [September 25, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stdout-call-back-option-can-it-takes-error-value/8774 "2024-09-25T21:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mouheb.gh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mouheb.gh/32/4583_2.png) [@mouheb.gh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mouheb.gh)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stdout-call-back-option-can-it-takes-error-value/8774/1 "2024-09-25T21:13:37Z")

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So i am creating a ansible.cfg file configuration and i am adding stdout\_callback = error in the default section and it didn’t work for me here’s my ansible.cfg file

```auto
[defaults]
remote_user = ansible
inventory = inventory
sudo_user = ansible
ask_pass = False
forks = 1 
#collections_path=
roles_path = roles:~/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles
#stdout_callback = debug
stdout_callback = error
[privilege_escalation]
become = True
become_ask_pass= False
beccome_method = sudo
become_user = root

```

And here’s the output after running a playbook that has an error:  
**ansible-playbook PbContainsError.yml**  
_ERROR! Invalid callback for stdout specified: error_

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**Author:** ![jiholland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jiholland/32/11273_2.png) [@jiholland](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jiholland)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stdout-call-back-option-can-it-takes-error-value/8774/2 "2024-09-26T10:14:44Z")

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Hi.  
I don’t think `stdout_calback = error` is a valid callback.  
You can check out the available callback plugins here [Index of all Stdout Callback Plugins — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/callback_index_stdout.html)