# This is the default ansible 'hosts' file. # # It should live in /etc/ansible/hosts # # - Comments begin with the '#' character # - Blank lines are ignored # - Top level entries are assumed to be groups # - Hosts must be specified in a group's hosts: # and they must be a key (: terminated) # - groups can have children, hosts and vars keys # - Anything defined under a hosts is assumed to be a var # - You can enter hostnames or ip addresses # - A hostname/ip can be a member of multiple groups # Ex 1: Ungrouped hosts, put in 'ungrouped' group ##ungrouped: ## hosts: ## green.example.com: ## ansible_ssh_host: 191.168.100.32 ## blue.example.com: ## 192.168.100.1: ## 192.168.100.10: # Ex 2: A collection of hosts belonging to the 'webservers' group ##webservers: ## hosts: ## alpha.example.org: ## beta.example.org: ## 192.168.1.100: ## 192.168.1.110: # Ex 3: You can create hosts using ranges and add children groups and vars to a group # The child group can define anything you would normally add to a group ##testing: ## hosts: ## www[001:006].example.com: ## vars: ## testing1: value1 ## children: ## webservers: ## hosts: ## beta.example.org: