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.\" Title: ansible
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.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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.\" Date: 07/04/2012
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.\" Manual: System administration commands
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.\" Source: Ansible 0.6
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.\" Language: English
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.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "07/04/2012" "Ansible 0\&.6" "System administration commands"
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.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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.SH "NAME"
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ansible \- run a command somewhere else
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ansible <host\-pattern> [\-f forks] [\-m module_name] [\-a args]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' over SSH\&.
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
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.PP
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\fBhost\-pattern\fR
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.RS 4
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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\&.
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.RE
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.PP
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\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
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.RS 4
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The
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\fIPATH\fR
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to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to
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\fI/etc/ansible/hosts\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-f\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-forks=\fR\fINUM\fR
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.RS 4
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Level of parallelism\&.
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\fINUM\fR
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is specified as an integer, the default is 5\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-m\fR \fINAME\fR, \fB\-\-module\-name=\fR\fINAME\fR
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.RS 4
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Execute the module called
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\fINAME\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-M\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
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.RS 4
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The
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\fIDIRECTORY\fR
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to load modules from\&. The default is
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\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-a\fR \'\fIARGUMENTS\fR\', \fB\-\-args=\fR\'\fIARGUMENTS\fR\'
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.RS 4
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The
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\fIARGUMENTS\fR
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to pass to the module\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
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.RS 4
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Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with ssh\-agent\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-sudo\-pass\fR
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.RS 4
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Prompt for the password to use with \-\-sudo, if any
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-one\-line\fR
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.RS 4
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Try to output everything on one line\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\fR
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.RS 4
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Run the command as the user given by \-u and sudo to root\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-t\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-tree=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
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.RS 4
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Save contents in this output
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\fIDIRECTORY\fR, with the results saved in a file named after each host\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-T\fR \fISECONDS\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fISECONDS\fR
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.RS 4
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Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in
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\fISECONDS\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-B\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-background=\fR\fINUM\fR
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.RS 4
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Run commands in the background, killing the task after
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\fINUM\fR
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seconds\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-P\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-poll=\fR\fINUM\fR
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.RS 4
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Poll a background job every
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\fINUM\fR
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seconds\&. Requires
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\fB\-B\fR\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-u\fR \fIUSERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user=\fR\fIUSERNAME\fR
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.RS 4
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Use this remote
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\fIUSERNAME\fR
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instead of root\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-U\fR \fISUDO_USERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\-user=\fR\fISUDO_USERNAME\fR
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.RS 4
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Sudo to
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\fISUDO_USERNAME\fR
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instead of root\&. Implies \-\-sudo\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-c\fR \fICONNECTION\fR, \fB\-\-connection=\fR\fICONNECTION\fR
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.RS 4
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Connection type to use\&. Possible options are
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\fIparamiko\fR
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(SSH) and
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\fIlocal\fR\&. Local is mostly useful for crontab or kickstarts\&.
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.RE
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.SH "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\&.
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.SH "FILES"
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/etc/ansible/hosts \(em Default inventory file
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/usr/share/ansible/ \(em Default module library
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.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
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
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.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\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBansible\-playbook\fR(1)
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Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: https://ansible\&.github\&.com/
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