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ansible-playbook(1)
===================
:doctype:manpage
:man source: Ansible
:man version: %VERSION%
:man manual: System administration commands
NAME
----
ansible-playbook - run an ansible playbook
SYNOPSIS
--------
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.yml*::
The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks.
OPTIONS
-------
*-D*, *--debug*
Debug mode
*-i* 'PATH', *--inventory=*'PATH'::
The 'PATH' to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to '/etc/ansible/hosts'.
*-M* 'DIRECTORY', *--module-path=*'DIRECTORY'::
The 'DIRECTORY' to load modules from. The default is '/usr/share/ansible'.
*-e* 'VARS', *--extra-vars=*'VARS'::
Extra variables to inject into a playbook, in key=value key=value format.
*-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
*-T* 'SECONDS', *--timeout=*'SECONDS'::
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in 'SECONDS'.
*-O* 'OVERRIDE_HOSTS', *--override-hosts=*'OVERRIDE_HOSTS'::
Ignore the inventory file and run the playbook against only these hosts. "hosts:" line
in playbook should be set to 'all' when using this option.
*-s*, *--sudo*::
Force all plays to use sudo, even if not marked as such.
*-u* 'USERNAME', *--remote-user=*'USERNAME'::
Use this remote user name on playbook steps that do not indicate a user name to run as.
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*(1)
Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info
is available on the ansible home page: <https://ansible.github.com/>