.. _ansible.netcommon.persistent_connection:


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ansible.netcommon.persistent
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**Use a persistent unix socket for connection**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- This is a helper plugin to allow making other connections persistent.




Parameters
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                    <b>persistent_command_timeout</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">30</div>
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                            <div> ini entries:
                                    <p>[persistent_connection]<br>command_timeout = 30</p>
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                                <div>env:ANSIBLE_PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT</div>
                                <div>var: ansible_command_timeout</div>
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                        <div>Configures, in seconds, the amount of time to wait for a command to return from the remote device.  If this timer is exceeded before the command returns, the connection plugin will raise an exception and close.</div>
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                    <b>persistent_connect_timeout</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">30</div>
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                            <div> ini entries:
                                    <p>[persistent_connection]<br>connect_timeout = 30</p>
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                                <div>env:ANSIBLE_PERSISTENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT</div>
                                <div>var: ansible_connect_timeout</div>
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                        <div>Configures, in seconds, the amount of time to wait when trying to initially establish a persistent connection.  If this value expires before the connection to the remote device is completed, the connection will fail.</div>
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                    <b>persistent_log_messages</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">"no"</div>
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                            <div> ini entries:
                                    <p>[persistent_connection]<br>log_messages = no</p>
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                                <div>env:ANSIBLE_PERSISTENT_LOG_MESSAGES</div>
                                <div>var: ansible_persistent_log_messages</div>
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                        <div>This flag will enable logging the command executed and response received from target device in the ansible log file. For this option to work &#x27;log_path&#x27; ansible configuration option is required to be set to a file path with write access.</div>
                        <div>Be sure to fully understand the security implications of enabling this option as it could create a security vulnerability by logging sensitive information in log file.</div>
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Status
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Authors
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- Ansible Networking Team (@ansible-network)


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