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docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
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'\" t
.\" Title: ansible-playbook
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 03/31/2012
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 03/23/2012
.\" Manual: System administration commands
.\" Source: Ansible 0.0.1
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "03/31/2012" "Ansible 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "03/23/2012" "Ansible 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@ -34,19 +43,27 @@ The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks\&.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inventory\fR
\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
.RS 4
Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts\&.
The
\fIPATH\fR
to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to
\fI/etc/ansible/hosts\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path\fR
\fB\-M\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Where to load modules from\&. The default is /usr/share/ansible
The
\fIDIRECTORY\fR
to load modules from\&. The default is
\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-forks\fR
\fB\-f\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-forks=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Desired level of parallelism\&. Default 5\&.
Level of parallelism\&.
\fINUM\fR
is specified as an integer, the default is 5\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
@ -54,9 +71,10 @@ Desired level of parallelism\&. Default 5\&.
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with ssh\-agent\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-timeout\fR
\fB\-T\fR \fISECONDS\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fISECONDS\fR
.RS 4
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in seconds\&.
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in
\fISECONDS\fR\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.sp

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docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1.asciidoc
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DESCRIPTION
-----------
*Ansible playbooks* are a configuration and multinode deployment system. Ansible-playbook is the tool
used to run them. See the project home page (link below) for more information.
*Ansible playbooks* are a configuration and multinode deployment
system. Ansible-playbook is the tool used to run them. See the
project home page (link below) for more information.
ARGUMENTS
@ -34,19 +35,19 @@ OPTIONS
-------
*-i*, *--inventory*::
*-i* 'PATH', *--inventory=*'PATH'::
Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.
The 'PATH' to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to '/etc/ansible/hosts'.
*-M*, *--module-path*::
*-M* 'DIRECTORY', *--module-path=*'DIRECTORY'::
Where to load modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible
The 'DIRECTORY' to load modules from. The default is '/usr/share/ansible'.
*-f*, *--forks*::
*-f* 'NUM', *--forks=*'NUM'::
Desired level of parallelism. Default 5.
Level of parallelism. 'NUM' is specified as an integer, the default is 5.
*-k*, *--ask-pass*::
@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ Desired level of parallelism. Default 5.
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent.
*-T*, *--timeout*::
*-T* 'SECONDS', *--timeout=*'SECONDS'::
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in seconds.
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in 'SECONDS'.
ENVIRONMENT

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'\" t
.\" Title: ansible
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 03/31/2012
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 03/23/2012
.\" Manual: System administration commands
.\" Source: Ansible 0.0.1
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "03/31/2012" "Ansible 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "03/23/2012" "Ansible 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@ -25,38 +34,49 @@ ansible \- run a command somewhere else
ansible <host\-pattern> [\-f forks] [\-m module_name] [\-a args]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' over SSH\&.
\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \*(Aqremote things\*(Aq over SSH\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fBhost\-pattern\fR
.RS 4
A name of a group in the inventory file, a shell\-like glob selecting hosts in inventory file, or any combination of the two seperated by semicolons\&.
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\&.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inventory\fR
\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
.RS 4
Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts\&.
The
\fIPATH\fR
to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to
\fI/etc/ansible/hosts\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-forks\fR
\fB\-f\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-forks=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Level of parallelism\&. Specify as an integer, the default is 5\&.
Level of parallelism\&.
\fINUM\fR
is specified as an integer, the default is 5\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-module\-name\fR
\fB\-m\fR \fINAME\fR, \fB\-\-module\-name=\fR\fINAME\fR
.RS 4
Module name to execute\&.
Execute the module called
\fINAME\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path\fR
\fB\-M\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Where to load modules from\&. The default is /usr/share/ansible
The
\fIDIRECTORY\fR
to load modules from\&. The default is
\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-args\fR
\fB\-a\fR \*(Aq\fIARGUMENTS\fR\*(Aq, \fB\-\-args=\fR\*(Aq\fIARGUMENTS\fR\*(Aq
.RS 4
Arguments to pass to the module
The
\fIARGUMENTS\fR
to pass to the module\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
@ -69,29 +89,38 @@ Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with s
Try to output everything on one line\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tree\fR
\fB\-t\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-tree=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Save contents in this output directory, with the results named in a file named after each host\&.
Save contents in this output
\fIDIRECTORY\fR, with the results saved in a file named after each host\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-timeout\fR
\fB\-T\fR \fISECONDS\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fISECONDS\fR
.RS 4
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in seconds\&.
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in
\fISECONDS\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-background\fR
\fB\-B\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-background=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Runs commands in the background, killing the task after N seconds\&.
Run commands in the background, killing the task after
\fINUM\fR
seconds\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-poll\fR
\fB\-P\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-poll=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Poll a background job every (this many) seconds\&. Requires \-B\&.
Poll a background job every
\fINUM\fR
seconds\&. Requires
\fB\-B\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user\fR
\fB\-u\fR \fIUSERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user=\fR\fIUSERNAME\fR
.RS 4
Use this remote username instead of root
Use this remote
\fIUSERNAME\fR
instead of root\&.
.RE
.SH "INVENTORY"
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*host-pattern*::
A name of a group in the inventory file, a shell-like glob selecting hosts in inventory
file, or any combination of the two seperated by semicolons.
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.
OPTIONS
-------
*-i*, *--inventory*::
*-i* 'PATH', *--inventory=*'PATH'::
Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.
The 'PATH' to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to '/etc/ansible/hosts'.
*-f*, *--forks*::
*-f* 'NUM', *--forks=*'NUM'::
Level of parallelism. Specify as an integer, the default is 5.
Level of parallelism. 'NUM' is specified as an integer, the default is 5.
*-m*, *--module-name*::
*-m* 'NAME', *--module-name=*'NAME'::
Module name to execute.
Execute the module called 'NAME'.
*-M*, *--module-path*::
*-M* 'DIRECTORY', *--module-path=*'DIRECTORY'::
Where to load modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible
The 'DIRECTORY' to load modules from. The default is '/usr/share/ansible'.
*-a*, *--args*::
*-a* \'_ARGUMENTS_', *--args=*\'_ARGUMENTS_'::
Arguments to pass to the module
The 'ARGUMENTS' to pass to the module.
*-k*, *--ask-pass*::
@ -70,29 +71,30 @@ Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ss
Try to output everything on one line.
*-t*, *--tree*::
*-t* 'DIRECTORY', *--tree=*'DIRECTORY'::
Save contents in this output directory, with the results named in a file named after each host.
Save contents in this output 'DIRECTORY', with the results saved in a
file named after each host.
*-T*, *--timeout*::
*-T* 'SECONDS', *--timeout=*'SECONDS'::
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in seconds.
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in 'SECONDS'.
*-B*, *--background*::
*-B* 'NUM', *--background=*'NUM'::
Runs commands in the background, killing the task after N seconds.
Run commands in the background, killing the task after 'NUM' seconds.
*-P*, *--poll*::
*-P* 'NUM', *--poll=*'NUM'::
Poll a background job every (this many) seconds. Requires -B.
Poll a background job every 'NUM' seconds. Requires *-B*.
*-u*, *--remote-user*::
*-u* 'USERNAME', *--remote-user=*'USERNAME'::
Use this remote username instead of root
Use this remote 'USERNAME' instead of root.
INVENTORY

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