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NAME
ansible - Define and run a single task 'playbook' against a set of hosts
SYNOPSIS
usage: ansible [-h] [--version] [-v] [-b] [--become-method BECOME_METHOD]
[--become-user BECOME_USER] [-K | --become-password-file BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE] [-i INVENTORY]
[--list-hosts] [-l SUBSET] [-P POLL_INTERVAL] [-B SECONDS] [-o] [-t TREE] [--private-key
PRIVATE_KEY_FILE] [-u REMOTE_USER] [-c CONNECTION] [-T TIMEOUT] [--ssh-common-args
SSH_COMMON_ARGS] [--sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS]
[--ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS] [-k | --connection-password-file CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE] [-C]
[-D] [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS] [-J | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES] [-f
FORKS] [-M MODULE_PATH] [--playbook-dir BASEDIR] [--task-timeout TASK_TIMEOUT] [-a MODULE_ARGS]
[-m MODULE_NAME] pattern
DESCRIPTION
is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing 'remote things'. this command allows you to define and
run a single task 'playbook' against a set of hosts
COMMON OPTIONS
host pattern
--become-method 'BECOME_METHOD'
privilege escalation method to use (default=sudo), use ansible-doc -t become -l to list valid choices.
--become-password-file 'BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE', --become-pass-file 'BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE'
Become password file
--become-user 'BECOME_USER'
run operations as this user (default=root)
--connection-password-file 'CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE', --conn-pass-file 'CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE'
Connection password file
--list-hosts
outputs a list of matching hosts; does not execute anything else
--playbook-dir 'BASEDIR'
Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a substitute playbook directory. This sets the
relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc.
--private-key 'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE', --key-file 'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE'
use this file to authenticate the connection
--scp-extra-args 'SCP_EXTRA_ARGS'
specify extra arguments to pass to scp only (e.g. -l)
--sftp-extra-args 'SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS'
specify extra arguments to pass to sftp only (e.g. -f, -l)
--ssh-common-args 'SSH_COMMON_ARGS'
specify common arguments to pass to sftp/scp/ssh (e.g. ProxyCommand)
--ssh-extra-args 'SSH_EXTRA_ARGS'
specify extra arguments to pass to ssh only (e.g. -R)
--task-timeout 'TASK_TIMEOUT'
set task timeout limit in seconds, must be positive integer.
--vault-id
the vault identity to use. This argument may be specified multiple times.
--vault-password-file, --vault-pass-file
vault password file
--version
show program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location,
executable location and exit
-B 'SECONDS', --background 'SECONDS'
run asynchronously, failing after X seconds (default=N/A)
-C, --check
don't make any changes; instead, try to predict some of the changes that may occur
-D, --diff
when changing (small) files and templates, show the differences in those files; works great with
--check
-J, --ask-vault-password, --ask-vault-pass
ask for vault password
-K, --ask-become-pass
ask for privilege escalation password
-M, --module-path
prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library (default={{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~
"/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules" }}). This argument may be specified multiple
times.
-P 'POLL_INTERVAL', --poll 'POLL_INTERVAL'
set the poll interval if using -B (default=15)
-T 'TIMEOUT', --timeout 'TIMEOUT'
override the connection timeout in seconds (default depends on connection)
-a 'MODULE_ARGS', --args 'MODULE_ARGS'
The action's options in space separated k=v format: -a 'opt1=val1 opt2=val2' or a json string: -a
'{"opt1": "val1", "opt2": "val2"}'
-b, --become
run operations with become (does not imply password prompting)
-c 'CONNECTION', --connection 'CONNECTION'
connection type to use (default=ssh)
-e, --extra-vars
set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON, if filename prepend with @. This argument may be
specified multiple times.
-f 'FORKS', --forks 'FORKS'
specify number of parallel processes to use (default=5)
-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. This
argument may be specified multiple times.
-k, --ask-pass
ask for connection password
-l 'SUBSET', --limit 'SUBSET'
further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern
-m 'MODULE_NAME', --module-name 'MODULE_NAME'
Name of the action to execute (default=command)
-o, --one-line
condense output
-t 'TREE', --tree 'TREE'
log output to this directory
-u 'REMOTE_USER', --user 'REMOTE_USER'
connect as this user (default=None)
-v, --verbose
Causes Ansible to print more debug messages. Adding multiple -v will increase the verbosity, the
builtin plugins currently evaluate up to -vvvvvv. A reasonable level to start is -vvv, connection
debugging might require -vvvv. This argument may be specified multiple times.
INVENTORY
Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory. This can be an YAML file,
ini-like file, a script, directory, list, etc. For additional options, see the documentation on
https://docs.ansible.com/.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables may be specified.
ANSIBLE_INVENTORY -- Override the default ansible inventory sources
ANSIBLE_LIBRARY -- Override the default ansible module library path
ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file
Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg
For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the ansible-config command.
FILES
/etc/ansible/hosts -- Default inventory file
/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present
~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present
./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific' and
overrides the rest if present.
As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.
AUTHOR
Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible. Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 license.
SEE ALSO
ansible-config (1), ansible-console (1), ansible-doc (1), ansible-galaxy (1), ansible-inventory (1),
ansible-playbook (1), ansible-pull (1), ansible-vault (1)
Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: <https://docs.ansible.com>. IRC and
mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: <‐
https://github.com/ansible/ansible>