Now that you have read the :ref:`installation guide<installation_guide>` and installed Ansible on a control node, you are ready to learn how Ansible works. A basic Ansible command or playbook:
Now that you have read the :ref:`installation guide<installation_guide>` and installed Ansible on a control node, you are ready to learn how Ansible works. A basic Ansible command or playbook:
* selects machines to execute against from inventory
* selects machines to execute against from inventory
* connects to those machines (or network devices, or other managed nodes), usually over SSH
* connects to those machines (or network devices, or other managed nodes), usually over SSH
* copies one or more modules to the remote machines and starts execution there
* copies one or more modules to the remote machines and starts execution there
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Beyond the basics
Beyond the basics
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You can override the default remote user name in several ways, including:
You can override the default remote user name in several ways, including:
* passing the ``-u`` parameter at the command line
* passing the ``-u`` parameter at the command line
* setting user information in your inventory file
* setting user information in your inventory file
* setting user information in your configuration file
* setting user information in your configuration file
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