Commit ba644e18 authored by David Wilson's avatar David Wilson

docs: Split up limitations list, add warning

parent eaea8446
...@@ -59,39 +59,49 @@ Limitations ...@@ -59,39 +59,49 @@ Limitations
This is a proof of concept: issues below are exclusively due to code immaturity. This is a proof of concept: issues below are exclusively due to code immaturity.
High Risk
~~~~~~~~~
* Connection establishment is single-threaded until more pressing issues are * Connection establishment is single-threaded until more pressing issues are
solved. To evaluate performance, target only one host. Many hosts still work, solved. To evaluate performance, target only one host. Many hosts still work,
the first playbook step will simply run unnecessarily slowly. the first playbook step will simply run unnecessarily slowly.
* Only UNIX machines running Python 2.x are supported, Windows will come later. * `Asynchronous Actions And Polling
<http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_async.html>`_ has received
minimal testing.
* Only the ``sudo`` become method is available, however adding new methods is * Transfer of large (i.e. GB-sized) files using certain Ansible-internal APIs,
straightforward, and eventually at least ``su`` will be included. such as triggered via the ``copy`` module, will cause corresponding temporary
memory and CPU spikes on both host and target machine, due to delivering the
file as a single large message. If many machines are targetted with a large
file, the host machine could easily exhaust available RAM. This will be fixed
soon as it's likely to be tickled by common playbook use cases.
* The only supported strategy is ``linear``, which is Ansible's default. Medium Risk
~~~~~~~~~~~
* The remote interpreter is temporarily hard-wired to ``/usr/bin/python``, * The remote interpreter is temporarily hard-wired to ``/usr/bin/python``,
matching Ansible's default. The ``ansible_python_interpreter`` variable is matching Ansible's default. The ``ansible_python_interpreter`` variable is
ignored. ignored.
* In some cases ``remote_tmp`` may not be respected.
* Interaction with modules employing special action plugins is minimally
tested, except for the ``synchronize``, ``template`` and ``copy`` modules.
* For now only Python command modules work, however almost all modules shipped * For now only Python command modules work, however almost all modules shipped
with Ansible are Python-based. with Ansible are Python-based.
* `Asynchronous Actions And Polling
<http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_async.html>`_ are not yet
supported.
* In some cases ``remote_tmp`` may not be respected. Low Risk
~~~~~~~~
* Interaction with modules employing special action plugins is mostly untested, * Only UNIX machines running Python 2.x are supported, Windows will come later.
except for the ``synchronize`` and ``template`` modules.
* Transfer of large (i.e. GB-sized) files using certain Ansible-internal APIs, * Only the ``sudo`` become method is available, however adding new methods is
such as triggered via the ``copy`` module, will cause corresponding temporary straightforward, and eventually at least ``su`` will be included.
memory and CPU spikes on both host and target machine, due to delivering the
file as a single large message. If many machines are targetted with a large * The only supported strategy is ``linear``, which is Ansible's default.
file, the host machine could easily exhaust available RAM. This will be fixed
soon as it's likely to be tickled by common playbook use cases.
* Ansible defaults to requiring pseudo TTYs for most SSH invocations, in order * Ansible defaults to requiring pseudo TTYs for most SSH invocations, in order
to allow it to handle ``sudo`` with ``requiretty`` enabled, however it to allow it to handle ``sudo`` with ``requiretty`` enabled, however it
...@@ -127,6 +137,10 @@ Behavioural Differences ...@@ -127,6 +137,10 @@ Behavioural Differences
Configuration Configuration
------------- -------------
.. warning::
Don't test the prototype in a live environment until this notice is removed.
1. Ensure the host machine is using Python 2.x for Ansible by verifying the 1. Ensure the host machine is using Python 2.x for Ansible by verifying the
output of ``ansible --version``. Ensure the ``python`` command starts a output of ``ansible --version``. Ensure the ``python`` command starts a
Python 2.x interpreter. If not, substitute ``python`` for the correct Python 2.x interpreter. If not, substitute ``python`` for the correct
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