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ansible(1)
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:doctype:manpage
:man source: Ansible
:man version: %VERSION%
:man manual: System administration commands
NAME
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ansible-pull - set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed node
SYNOPSIS
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ansible -d DEST -U URL [options] [ <filename.yml> ]
DESCRIPTION
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*Ansible* is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things' over
SSH.
Use ansible-pull to set up a remote copy of ansible on each managed
node, each set to run via cron and update playbook source via
a source repository. This inverts the default *push* architecture of
ansible into a *pull* architecture, which has near-limitless scaling
potential.
The setup playbook can be tuned to change the cron frequency, logging
locations, and parameters to ansible-pull.
This is useful both for extreme scale-out as well as periodic
remediation. Usage of the 'fetch' module to retrieve logs from
ansible-pull runs would be an excellent way to gather and analyze
remote logs from ansible-pull.
OPTIONAL ARGUMENT
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*filename.yml*::
The name of one the YAML format files to run as an ansible playbook. This can
be a relative path within the checkout. If not provided, ansible-pull
will look for a playbook based on the host's fully-qualified domain name, on the
host hostname and finally a playbook named *local.yml*.
OPTIONS
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*-d* 'DEST', *--directory=*'DEST'::
Directory to checkout repository into. If not provided, a subdirectory of
~/.ansible/pull/ will be used.
*-U* 'URL', *--url=*'URL'::
URL of the playbook repository to checkout.
*-C* 'CHECKOUT', *--checkout=*'CHECKOUT'::
Branch/Tag/Commit to checkout. If not provided, uses default behavior
of module used to check out playbook repository.
*-f*, *--force*::
Force running of playbook even if unable to update playbook repository. This
can be useful, for example, to enforce run-time state when a network
connection may not always be up or possible.
*-i* 'PATH', *--inventory=*'PATH'::
The 'PATH' to the inventory hosts file. This can be a relative path within
the checkout.
*--purge*::
Purge the checkout after the playbook is run.
*-m* 'NAME', *--module-name=*'NAME'::
Module used to checkout playbook repository. Defaults to git.
*-o*, *--only-if-changed*::
Run the playbook only if the repository has changed
AUTHOR
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Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file
for a complete list of contributors.
COPYRIGHT
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Copyright © 2012, Michael DeHaan
Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.
SEE ALSO
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*ansible*(1), *ansible-playbook*(1), *ansible-doc*(1)
Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site:
<http://docs.ansible.com>. IRC and mailing list info can be found
in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: <https://github.com/ansible/ansible>