chore: configure Ansible for improved performance and logging

ansible.cfg

@@ -26,6 +26,31 @@ nocows = 1
 # user checks them out.
 roles_path = ../:~/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles
 
+# Toggle to control displaying skipped task/host entries in a task in the
+# default callback.
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#display-skipped-hosts
+# DEFAULT: display_skipped_hosts = true
+display_skipped_hosts = false
+
+use_persistent_connections=true
+
+# list all Ansible Callback Plugins: "ansible-doc -t callback -l"
+# online documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/callback.html
+# run code profiling for performance analysis
+# callbacks_enabled = profile_roles, profile_tasks, timer
+# get formatted output
+# callbacks_enabled = yaml
+# get minimal output
+# callbacks_enabled = dense
+
+# set default output callback plugin
+stdout_callback = yaml
+
+# Setting a callback plugin for ad-hoc commands
+bin_ansible_callbacks = True
+
+callbacks_enabled: yaml
+
 [inventory]
 # Ignore these extensions when parsing a directory as inventory source.
 ignore_extensions = .pyc, .pyo, .swp, .bak, ~, .rpm, .md, .txt, ~, .orig, .ini, .cfg, .retry