The remote code is the code that Ansible transports to a remote host to execute it. This is typically module code, or in the case of action_plugins, other snippets of code. Using the debugging method we discussed in the previous section to debug module execution will not work, as Ansible simply copies the code over and then executes it. There is no Terminal attached to the remote code execution, and thus there is no way to attach it to a debugging prompt, that is, without editing the module code.
To debug module code, we need to edit the module code itself to insert a debugger breakpoint. Instead of directly editing the installed module file, create a copy of the file in a library/ directory relative to the playbooks. ...