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ansible(1)
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:doctype:manpage
:man source: Ansible
:man version: 0.0.1
:man manual: System administration commands
NAME
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ansible - run a command somewhere else
SYNOPSIS
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ansible [-f forks] [-p pattern ] [-n module_name] [-a args]
DESCRIPTION
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*Ansible* is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things' over
SSH.
OPTIONS
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*-i*, *--inventory*::
Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.
*-f*, *--forks*::
Level of parallelism. Specify as an integer, the default is 5.
*-n*, *--name*::
Module name to execute.
*-a*, *--args*::
Arguments to module, as a single string.
*-p*, *--pattern*::
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Hostname pattern. Accepts shell-like globs which can be seperated with ";"
The default is "*" which matches all hosts in the ansible hosts file. Group
names from the ansible inventory file can also be used.
See ansible --help for additional options.
INVENTORY
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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
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/etc/ansible/hosts -- Default hosts file
/usr/share/ansible -- Default module library
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-modules*(5),
*ansible-playbook*(5),
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Ansible home page: <https://github.com/mpdehaan/ansible/>