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Action Plugins
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These plugins act in conjunction with :doc:`modules <../modules>` to execute the actions required by playbook tasks.
They mostly execute automatically in the background doing prerequisite work for the modules of the same to be able to execute.
Action plugins act in conjunction with :doc:`modules <../modules>` to execute the actions required by playbook tasks.
They usually execute automatically in the background doing prerequisite work before modules execute.
The 'normal' action plugin takes care of modules that do not already have an action plugin.
Enabling Vars Plugins
+++++++++++++++++++++
You can activate a custom action plugins by either dropping it into a ``action_plugins`` directory adjacent to your play or inside a role
or by putting it in one of the action plugin directory sources configured in :doc:`ansible.cfg <../config>`.
The 'normal' action plugin is used for modules that do not already have an action plugin.
Enabling Action Plugins
+++++++++++++++++++++++
You can enable a custom action plugin by either dropping it into the ``action_plugins`` directory adjacent to your play, inside a role, or by putting it in one of the action plugin directory sources configured in :doc:`ansible.cfg <../config>`.
.. seealso::