1ANSIBLE(1) System administration commands ANSIBLE(1)
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6 ansible - Define and run a single task 'playbook' against a set of
7 hosts
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10 usage: ansible [-h] [--version] [-v] [-b] [--become-method
11 BECOME_METHOD]
12 [--become-user BECOME_USER] [-K] [-i INVENTORY] [--list-hosts]
13 [-l SUBSET] [-P POLL_INTERVAL] [-B SECONDS] [-o] [-t TREE] [-k]
14 [--private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE] [-u REMOTE_USER] [-c CONNEC‐
15 TION] [-T TIMEOUT] [--ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS]
16 [--sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--scp-extra-args
17 SCP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS] [-C] [--syn‐
18 tax-check] [-D] [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS]
19 [--ask-vault-pass | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES]
20 [-f FORKS] [-M MODULE_PATH] [--playbook-dir BASEDIR] [-a MOD‐
21 ULE_ARGS] [-m MODULE_NAME] pattern
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24 is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing 'remote things'. this
25 command allows you to define and run a single task 'playbook' against a
26 set of hosts
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29 host pattern
30 --ask-vault-pass
32 ask for vault password
33 --become-method 'BECOME_METHOD'
35 privilege escalation method to use (default=%(default)s), use ansi‐
36 ble-doc -t become -l to list valid choices.
37 --become-user 'BECOME_USER'
39 run operations as this user (default=root)
40 --list-hosts
42 outputs a list of matching hosts; does not execute anything else
43 --playbook-dir 'BASEDIR'
45 Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a substitute
46 playbook directory.This sets the relative path for many features
47 including roles/ group_vars/ etc.
48 --private-key 'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE', --key-file 'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE'
50 use this file to authenticate the connection
51 --scp-extra-args 'SCP_EXTRA_ARGS'
53 specify extra arguments to pass to scp only (e.g. -l)
54 --sftp-extra-args 'SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS'
56 specify extra arguments to pass to sftp only (e.g. -f, -l)
57 --ssh-common-args 'SSH_COMMON_ARGS'
59 specify common arguments to pass to sftp/scp/ssh (e.g. ProxyCommand)
60 --ssh-extra-args 'SSH_EXTRA_ARGS'
62 specify extra arguments to pass to ssh only (e.g. -R)
63 --syntax-check
65 perform a syntax check on the playbook, but do not execute it
66 --vault-id
68 the vault identity to use
69 --vault-password-file
71 vault password file
72 --version
74 show program's version number, config file location, configured mod‐
75 ule search path, module location, executable location and exit
76 -B 'SECONDS', --background 'SECONDS'
78 run asynchronously, failing after X seconds (default=N/A)
79 -C, --check
81 don't make any changes; instead, try to predict some of the changes
82 that may occur
83 -D, --diff
85 when changing (small) files and templates, show the differences in
86 those files; works great with --check
87 -K, --ask-become-pass
89 ask for privilege escalation password
90 -M, --module-path
92 prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library (default=~/.ansi‐
93 ble/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules)
94 -P 'POLL_INTERVAL', --poll 'POLL_INTERVAL'
96 set the poll interval if using -B (default=15)
97 -T 'TIMEOUT', --timeout 'TIMEOUT'
99 override the connection timeout in seconds (default=10)
100 -a 'MODULE_ARGS', --args 'MODULE_ARGS'
102 module arguments
103 -b, --become
105 run operations with become (does not imply password prompting)
106 -c 'CONNECTION', --connection 'CONNECTION'
108 connection type to use (default=smart)
109 -e, --extra-vars
111 set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON, if filename
112 prepend with @
113 -f 'FORKS', --forks 'FORKS'
115 specify number of parallel processes to use (default=5)
116 -h, --help
118 show this help message and exit
119 -i, --inventory, --inventory-file
121 specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. --inven‐
122 tory-file is deprecated
123 -k, --ask-pass
125 ask for connection password
126 -l 'SUBSET', --limit 'SUBSET'
128 further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern
129 -m 'MODULE_NAME', --module-name 'MODULE_NAME'
131 module name to execute (default=command)
132 -o, --one-line
134 condense output
135 -t 'TREE', --tree 'TREE'
137 log output to this directory
138 -u 'REMOTE_USER', --user 'REMOTE_USER'
140 connect as this user (default=None)
141 -v, --verbose
143 verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)
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146 The following environment variables may be specified.
147 ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file
149 Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg
151 For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the ansi‐
153 ble-config command.
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156 /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present
157 ~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if
159 present
160 ./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory)
162 assumed to be 'project specific' and overrides the rest if present.
163 As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will over‐
165 ride all others.
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168 Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.
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171 Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible. Ansible is released under the
172 terms of the GPLv3 license.
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175 ansible-config (1), ansible-console (1), ansible-doc (1), ansible-gal‐
176 axy (1), ansible-inventory (1), ansible-playbook (1), ansible-pull (1),
177 ansible-vault (1)
178 Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: <‐
180 https://docs.ansible.com>. IRC and mailing list info can be found in
181 file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: <‐
182 https://github.com/ansible/ansible>
183Ansible 2.9.2 ANSIBLE(1)