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ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1) | System administration commands | ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1) |
NAME¶
ansible-playbook - run an ansible playbookSYNOPSIS¶
ansible-playbook <filename.yml> ... [options]DESCRIPTION¶
Ansible playbooks are a configuration and multinode deployment system. Ansible-playbook is the tool used to run them. See the project home page (link below) for more information.ARGUMENTS¶
filename.ymlThe names of one or more YAML format files to
run as ansible playbooks.
OPTIONS¶
-v, --verboseVerbose mode, more output from successful
actions will be shown. Give up to three times for more output.
-i PATH, --inventory=PATH
The PATH to the inventory hosts file,
which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.
-M DIRECTORY, --module-path=DIRECTORY
The DIRECTORY search path to load
modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible. This can also be set
with the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable.
-e VARS, --extra-vars=VARS
Extra variables to inject into a playbook, in
key=value key=value format or as quoted JSON (hashes and arrays).
-f NUM, --forks=NUM
Level of parallelism. NUM is specified
as an integer, the default is 5.
-k, --ask-pass
Prompt for the SSH password instead of
assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent.
-K, --ask-sudo-pass
Prompt for the password to use for playbook
plays that request sudo access, if any.
-U, SUDO_USER, --sudo-user=SUDO_USER
Desired sudo user (default=root).
-t, TAGS, --tags=TAGS
Only run plays and tasks tagged with these
values.
--skip-tags=SKIP_TAGS
Only run plays and tasks whose tags do not
match these values.
--syntax-check
Look for syntax errors in the playbook, but
don’t run anything
--check
Do not make any changes on the remote system,
but test resources to see what might have changed. Note this can not scan all
possible resource types and is only a simulation.
--diff
When changing any templated files, show the
unified diffs of how they changed. When used with --check, shows how the files
would have changed if --check were not used.
-T SECONDS, --timeout=SECONDS
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk
to hosts, in SECONDS.
-s, --sudo
Force all plays to use sudo, even if not
marked as such.
-u USERNAME, --user=USERNAME
Use this remote user name on playbook steps
that do not indicate a user name to run as.
-c CONNECTION, --connection=CONNECTION
Connection type to use. Possible options are
paramiko (SSH), ssh, and local. local is mostly
useful for crontab or kickstarts.
-l SUBSET, --limit=SUBSET
Further limits the selected host/group
patterns.
ENVIRONMENT¶
The following environment variables may be specified.FILES¶
/etc/ansible/hosts — Default inventory fileAUTHOR¶
Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors.COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2012, Michael DeHaanSEE ALSO¶
ansible(1), ansible-pull(1), ansible-doc(1)AUTHOR¶
:doctype:manpageAuthor.
05/26/2014 | Ansible 1.7 |