ansible-playbook(1) =================== :doctype:manpage :man source: Ansible :man version: 0.0.1 :man manual: System administration commands NAME ---- ansible-playbook - run an ansible playbook SYNOPSIS -------- ansible-playbook ... [options] 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. ARGUMENTS --------- *filename.yml*:: The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks. OPTIONS ------- *-i*, *--inventory*:: Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts. *-M*, *--module-path*:: Where to load modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible *-f*, *--forks*:: Desired level of parallelism. Default 5. *-k*, *--ask-pass*:: Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent. ENVIRONMENT ----------- The following environment variables may specified. ANSIBLE_HOSTS -- Override the default ansible hosts file ANSIBLE_LIBRARY -- Override the default ansible module library path AUTHOR ------ Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors. COPYRIGHT --------- Copyright © 2012, Michael DeHaan Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License. SEE ALSO -------- *ansible*(1) Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: