Name
ansible — run a command somewhere else
Synopsis
ansible <host-pattern> [-f forks] [-m module_name] [-a args]
DESCRIPTION
Ansible is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing 'remote things' over
SSH.
ARGUMENTS
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host-pattern
-
A name of a group in the inventory file, a shell-like glob selecting
hosts in inventory file, or any combination of the two separated by
semicolons.
OPTIONS
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-i PATH, --inventory=PATH
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The PATH to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.
-
-f NUM, --forks=NUM
-
Level of parallelism. NUM is specified as an integer, the default is 5.
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-m NAME, --module-name=NAME
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Execute the module called NAME.
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-M DIRECTORY, --module-path=DIRECTORY
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The DIRECTORY to load modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible.
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-a 'ARGUMENTS', --args='ARGUMENTS'
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The ARGUMENTS to pass to the module.
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-k, --ask-pass
-
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent.
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-o, --one-line
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Try to output everything on one line.
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-t DIRECTORY, --tree=DIRECTORY
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Save contents in this output DIRECTORY, with the results saved in a
file named after each host.
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-T SECONDS, --timeout=SECONDS
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Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in SECONDS.
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-B NUM, --background=NUM
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Run commands in the background, killing the task after NUM seconds.
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-P NUM, --poll=NUM
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Poll a background job every NUM seconds. Requires -B.
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-u USERNAME, --remote-user=USERNAME
-
Use this remote USERNAME instead of root.
INVENTORY
Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory
file. The syntax is one host per line. Groups headers are allowed and
are included on their own line, enclosed in square brackets.
FILES
/etc/ansible/hosts — Default inventory file
/usr/share/ansible/ — Default module library
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables may specified.
ANSIBLE_HOSTS — Override the default ansible hosts file
ANSIBLE_LIBRARY — Override the default ansible module library path
AUTHOR
Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file
for a complete list of contributors.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2012, Michael DeHaan
Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.
SEE ALSO
ansible-playbook(1)
Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info
is available on the ansible home page: https://ansible.github.com/