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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ansible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="./docbook-xsl.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="refentry" title="ansible" lang="en"><a id="id482296"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>ansible — run a command somewhere else</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><a id="_synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><p>ansible &lt;host-pattern&gt; [-f forks] [-m module_name] [-a args]</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a id="_description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><span class="strong"><strong>Ansible</strong></span> is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing 'remote things' over
SSH.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="ARGUMENTS"><a id="_arguments"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>host-pattern</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
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.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="OPTIONS"><a id="_options"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-i</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--inventory=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
The <span class="emphasis"><em>PATH</em></span> to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to <span class="emphasis"><em>/etc/ansible/hosts</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-f</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--forks=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Level of parallelism. <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> is specified as an integer, the default is 5.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-m</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NAME</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-name=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NAME</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Execute the module called <span class="emphasis"><em>NAME</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-M</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--module-path=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
The <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span> to load modules from. The default is <span class="emphasis"><em>/usr/share/ansible</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-a</strong></span> '<span class="emphasis"><em>ARGUMENTS</em></span>', <span class="strong"><strong>--args=</strong></span>'<span class="emphasis"><em>ARGUMENTS</em></span>'
</span></dt><dd>
The <span class="emphasis"><em>ARGUMENTS</em></span> to pass to the module.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-k</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--ask-pass</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-o</strong></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--one-line</strong></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Try to output everything on one line.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-t</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--tree=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Save contents in this output <span class="emphasis"><em>DIRECTORY</em></span>, with the results saved in a
file named after each host.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-T</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--timeout=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in <span class="emphasis"><em>SECONDS</em></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-B</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--background=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Run commands in the background, killing the task after <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> seconds.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-P</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--poll=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Poll a background job every <span class="emphasis"><em>NUM</em></span> seconds. Requires <span class="strong"><strong>-B</strong></span>.
</dd><dt><span class="term">
<span class="strong"><strong>-u</strong></span> <span class="emphasis"><em>USERNAME</em></span>, <span class="strong"><strong>--remote-user=</strong></span><span class="emphasis"><em>USERNAME</em></span>
</span></dt><dd>
Use this remote <span class="emphasis"><em>USERNAME</em></span> instead of root.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="INVENTORY"><a id="_inventory"></a><h2>INVENTORY</h2><p>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.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="FILES"><a id="_files"></a><h2>FILES</h2><p>/etc/ansible/hosts — Default inventory file</p><p>/usr/share/ansible/ — Default module library</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="ENVIRONMENT"><a id="_environment"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><p>The following environment variables may specified.</p><p>ANSIBLE_HOSTS  — Override the default ansible hosts file</p><p>ANSIBLE_LIBRARY — Override the default ansible module library path</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="AUTHOR"><a id="_author"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file
for a complete list of contributors.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="COPYRIGHT"><a id="_copyright"></a><h2>COPYRIGHT</h2><p>Copyright © 2012, Michael DeHaan</p><p>Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="SEE ALSO"><a id="_see_also"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><span class="strong"><strong>ansible-playbook</strong></span>(1)</p><p>Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info
is available on the ansible home page: <a class="ulink" href="https://ansible.github.com/" target="_top">https://ansible.github.com/</a></p></div></div></body></html>
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