add description about host parameters in a inventory file.

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shirou 11 years ago
parent 467f612ef6
commit a439afeb8f

@ -68,6 +68,41 @@ In 1.1 and later, you can also select the connection type and user on a per host
All of these variables can of course also be set outside of the inventory file, in 'host_vars' if you wish
to keep your inventory file simple.
Parameters
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You can set these parameters on each host.
ansible_ssh_host
Actual hostname
ansible_ssh_port
ssh port number
ansible_ssh_user
ssh user name
ansible_ssh_pass
ssh password
ansible_connection
Connection type of the host. Candidates are local, ssh or paramiko.
Default is paramiko
ansible_ssh_private_key_file
Private key file used by ssh
ansible_syslog_facility
Define syslog facility
ansible_python_interpreter
Define a target host python path. This is userful for systems with more
than one Python or not located at "/usr/bin/python" such as \*BSD.
ansible\_\*\_interpreter
\* is anything such as ruby or perl. This replaces shebang of
modules which will run on that host.
Examples::
backdoor_host ansible_ssh_port=2222 ansible_ssh_user=manager
aws_host ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/example/.ssh/aws.pem
freebsd_host ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/local/bin/python
ruby_module_host ansible_ruby_interpreter=/usr/bin/ruby.1.9.3
Selecting Targets
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