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.\"    Manual: System administration commands
.\"    Source: Ansible 0.0.1
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.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "02/26/2012" "Ansible 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ansible \- run a command somewhere else
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ansible [\-H hosts_path] [\-L library_path] [\-f forks] [\-n module_name] [\-a [args1 [args2 \&...]]] [\-p host_pattern] [\-u remote_user]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple Python API for doing \*(Aqremote things\*(Aq over SSH\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-askpass\fR
.RS 4
Ask the user to input the ssh password for connecting\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-host\-list\fR
.RS 4
Path to hosts list\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-library\fR
.RS 4
Path to module library\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-forks\fR
.RS 4
Level of parallelism\&. Specify as an integer\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR
.RS 4
Module name to execute\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-args\fR
.RS 4
Arguments to module\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pattern\fR
.RS 4
Hostname pattern\&. Accepts shell\-like globs\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-run\-playbook\fR
.RS 4
Playbook file to run\&. Replaces the
\fB\-n\fR
and
\fB\-a\fR
options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user\fR
.RS 4
Remote user to connect as\&. Uses
\fIroot\fR
by default\&.
.RE
.SH "INVENTORY"
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Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory file\&. The syntax is simple: one host per line\&. Organize your hosts into multiple groups by separating them into multiple inventory files\&.
.SH "FILES"
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/etc/ansible/hosts \(em Default hosts file
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/usr/share/ansible \(em Default module library
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2012, Michael DeHaan
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Ansible is released under the terms of the MIT license\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBansible\-modules\fR(5), \fBansible\-playbook\fR(5)
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Ansible home page: https://github\&.com/mpdehaan/ansible/