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.\" Manual: System administration commands
.\" Source: Ansible 0.7
.\" Language: English
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.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "08/06/2012" "Ansible 0\&.7" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ansible-playbook \- run an ansible playbook
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
ansible\-playbook <filename\&.yml> \&... [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBAnsible playbooks\fR 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\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fBfilename\&.yml\fR
.RS 4
The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks\&.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.sp
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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Verbose mode, more output from successful actions will be shown
.PP
\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIPATH\fR
to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to
\fI/etc/ansible/hosts\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-M\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIDIRECTORY\fR
to load modules from\&. The default is
\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-e\fR \fIVARS\fR, \fB\-\-extra\-vars=\fR\fIVARS\fR
.RS 4
Extra variables to inject into a playbook, in key=value key=value format\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-forks=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Level of parallelism\&.
\fINUM\fR
is specified as an integer, the default is 5\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
.RS 4
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with ssh\-agent\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-sudo\-pass\fR
.RS 4
Prompt for the password to use for playbook plays that request sudo access, if any
.RE
.PP
\fB\-T\fR \fISECONDS\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fISECONDS\fR
.RS 4
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in
\fISECONDS\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\fR
.RS 4
Force all plays to use sudo, even if not marked as such\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR \fIUSERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user=\fR\fIUSERNAME\fR
.RS 4
Use this remote user name on playbook steps that do not indicate a user name to run as\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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The following environment variables may specified\&.
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ANSIBLE_HOSTS \(em Override the default ansible hosts file
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ANSIBLE_LIBRARY \(em Override the default ansible module library path
.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 GPLv3 License\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
\fBansible\fR(1)
.sp
Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: https://ansible\&.github\&.com/