# make webdocs for Custom Modules

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**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/make-webdocs-for-custom-modules/35706 "2021-09-03T12:06:04Z")\
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Hi

I have developed a collection of modules on my local setup.  
Now, I’ve already verified that the CLI docstrings for the modules are printing correctly  
by running

_ansible-doc_

Next, I wanted to generate the HTML webdoc file.  
So I followed the steps listed here.  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev\_guide/developing\_modules\_general.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html)

[Installing prerequisites via yum (CentOS)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#id3)

Due to dependencies (for example ansible → paramiko → pynacl → libffi):

sudo yum check-update sudo yum update sudo yum group install “Development Tools” sudo yum install python3-devel openssl-devel libffi libffi-devel

[Creating a development environment (platform-agnostic steps)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#id4)

1. Clone the Ansible repository: $ git clone [https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git](https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git)

2. Change directory into the repository root dir: $ cd ansible

3. Create a virtual environment: $ python3 -m venv venv (or for Python 2 $ virtualenv venv. Note, this requires you to install the virtualenv package: $ pip install virtualenv)

4. Activate the virtual environment: $ . venv/bin/activate

5. Install development requirements: $ pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Run the environment setup script for each new dev shell process: $ . hacking/env-setup

Now, I manually copied my collection of modules to the location mentioned in STEP 3 below

To check the HTML output of your module documentation:

1. Ensure working [development environment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#environment-setup).

2. Install required Python packages (drop ‘–user’ in venv/virtualenv):

3. Ensure your module is in the correct directory: lib/ansible/modules/$CATEGORY/mymodule.py.

4. Build HTML from your module documentation: MODULES=mymodule make webdocs

I then tried to find all .html files on the setup, I can’t find the HTML file for the modules in my collection.

Can someone please help me figure out if I’m doing it right ?