# Where do moduls go?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-moduls-go/20157>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 8, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-moduls-go/20157 "2016-01-08T18:18:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Glenn\_Barnard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8baadc/32.png) [@Glenn\_Barnard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Glenn_Barnard)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-moduls-go/20157/1 "2016-01-08T18:18:26Z")

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While developing and testing a new module, I need to know which directory to put modules in such that Ansible will pick it up. My version is very recent (within 2 weeks) and I’ve tried changing the config file to point to a directory, but Ansible complains every time that it can’t find the module.

Also, I ASSUME that that file name of the module is the task:

tasks:

- myModuleName:

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-do-moduls-go/20157/2 "2016-01-08T18:29:27Z")

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They can go in a ./library directory, relative to your playbook path.