ansible <pattern>

Define and run a single Ansible task 'playbook' against a set of hosts

Arguments

NameDescription
patternHost pattern

Options

NameDescription
--ask-vault-passAsk for vault password
--list-hostsOutputs a list of matching hosts; does not execute
--playbook-dir <playbook dir>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
--syntax-checkPerform a syntax check on the playbook, but do not execute it
--vault-id <vault ID>Specify the vault identity to use
--vault-password-file <vault password file>Specify a vault password file
--versionShow program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location and executable location
--background, -B <seconds>Run asynchronously, failing after specified seconds
--check, -CDon't make any changes; instead, try to predict some of the changes that may occur
--diff, -DWhen changing (small) files and templates, show the differences in those files
--module-path, -M <module path>Prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library
--poll, -P <poll interval>Set the poll interval if using -B
--args, -a <module arguments>Specify module arguments
--extra-vars, -e <extra vars>Set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON, if filename prepend with @
--forks, -f <forks>Specify number of parallel processes to use
--help, -hShow help for ansible
--inventory, -i <inventory>Specify inventory host path or comma separated host list
--limit, -l <subset>Limit selected hosts to an additional pattern
--module-name, -m <module name>Specify the module name to execute
--one-line, -oCondense output
--tree, -t <tree>Log output to specific directory
--verbose, -vEnable verbose mode
-vvvEnable very verbose mode
-vvvvEnable connection debug mode
--become-method <become method>Privilege escalation method to use
--become-user <become user>Privilege escalation user to use
--ask-become-pass, -KPrompt for privilege escalation password
--become, -bRun operations with become
--private-key, --key-file <private key>Use this fole to authenticate the connection
--scp-extra-args <SCP extra args>Extra arguments to pass to (only) scp
--sftp-extra-args <SFTP extra args>Extra arguments to pass to (only) sftp
-ssh-extra-args <SSH extra args>Extra arguments to pass to (only) ssh
--ssh-common-args <SSH common args>Extra arguments to pass to sftp/scp/ssh
--timeout, -T <timeout>Override the connection timeout in seconds
--connection, -c <connection type>Connection type to use
--ask-pass, -kAsk for connection password
--user, -u <user>Connect as this user