fixed documentation for host patterns separators

pull/12995/head
Brian Coca 9 years ago
parent 13bf62d0e6
commit 3c3aff09c9

@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This means the host may be in either one group or the other::
You can exclude groups as well, for instance, all machines must be in the group webservers but not in the group phoenix:: You can exclude groups as well, for instance, all machines must be in the group webservers but not in the group phoenix::
webservers:!phoenix webservers,!phoenix
You can also specify the intersection of two groups. This would mean the hosts must be in the group webservers and You can also specify the intersection of two groups. This would mean the hosts must be in the group webservers and
the host must also be in the group staging:: the host must also be in the group staging::
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ the host must also be in the group staging::
You can do combinations:: You can do combinations::
webservers:dbservers:&staging:!phoenix webservers,dbservers,&staging,!phoenix
The above configuration means "all machines in the groups 'webservers' and 'dbservers' are to be managed if they are in The above configuration means "all machines in the groups 'webservers' and 'dbservers' are to be managed if they are in
the group 'staging' also, but the machines are not to be managed if they are in the group 'phoenix' ... whew! the group 'staging' also, but the machines are not to be managed if they are in the group 'phoenix' ... whew!
@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ And if you want to read the list of hosts from a file, prefix the file name with
Easy enough. See :doc:`intro_adhoc` and then :doc:`playbooks` for how to apply this knowledge. Easy enough. See :doc:`intro_adhoc` and then :doc:`playbooks` for how to apply this knowledge.
.. note:: With the exception of version 1.9, you can use ',' instead of ':' as a host list separator. The ',' is prefered specially when dealing with ranges and ipv6.
.. note:: As of 2.0 the ';' is deprecated as a host list separator.
.. seealso:: .. seealso::
:doc:`intro_adhoc` :doc:`intro_adhoc`

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