# C.DEFAULT\_DEBUG

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/c-default-debug/18913>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [August 1, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/c-default-debug/18913 "2015-08-01T05:51:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/c-default-debug/18913/1 "2015-08-01T05:51:15Z")

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I see C.DEFAULT\_DEBUG in the code how do I turn this on?

Only find it in 2 locations

lib/ansible/utils/debug.py  
lib/ansible/utils/display.py

So no code on where it gets set? Introspection?

ansible-playbook: error: no such option: --debug

I’m just setting it inside the debugger.

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**Author:** ![Shaps](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shaps/32/1356_2.png) [@Shaps](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shaps)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/c-default-debug/18913/2 "2015-08-01T09:44:06Z")

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Hi Bob,

C is defined in lib/ansible/constants.py and they get populated from the ansible.cfg.

In v2 you can find it here: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/constants.py#L115](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/constants.py#L115)

Andrea

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/c-default-debug/18913/3 "2015-08-01T22:53:53Z")

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Oh, I’m dumb. I was looking for C.DEFAULT\_DEBUG. Thanks for the info and link.