NAME

       ansible-inventory - None

SYNOPSIS

       ansible-inventory [options] [host|group]

DESCRIPTION

       used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it

COMMON OPTIONS

       --ask-vault-pass
           ask for vault password

       --export
           When doing an --list, represent in a way that is optimized for export,not as an accurate
           representation of how Ansible has processed it

       --graph
           create inventory graph, if supplying pattern it must be a valid group name

       --host HOST
           Output specific host info, works as inventory script

       --list
           Output all hosts info, works as inventory script

       --playbook-dir BASEDIR
           Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a subsitute playbook directory.This sets the
           relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc.

       --vars
           Add vars to graph display, ignored unless used with --graph

       --vault-id
           the vault identity to use

       --vault-password-file
           vault password file

       --version
           show program’s version number and exit

       -h, --help
           show this help message and exit

       -i, --inventory, --inventory-file
           specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. --inventory-file is deprecated

       -v, --verbose
           verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)

       -y, --yaml
           Use YAML format instead of default JSON, ignored for --graph

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment variables may be specified.

       ANSIBLE_CONFIG — Override the default ansible config file

       Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

FILES

       /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg — Config file, used if present

       ~/.ansible.cfg — User config file, overrides the default config if present

AUTHOR

       Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2017 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible. Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.

SEE ALSO

       ansible(1), ansible-config(1), ansible-console(1), ansible-doc(1), ansible-galaxy(1),
       ansible-playbook(1), ansible-pull(1), ansible-vault(1)

       Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs.ansible.com. IRC and mailing
       list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: https://github.com/ansible/ansible

Ansible 2.5.1                                      04/19/2018                               ANSIBLE-INVENTORY(1)