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.\"      Date: 11/27/2013
.\"    Manual: System administration commands
.\"    Source: Ansible 1.4.1
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "11/27/2013" "Ansible 1\&.4\&.1" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ansible \- run a command somewhere else
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ansible <host\-pattern> [\-f forks] [\-m module_name] [\-a args]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' 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 separated by semicolons\&.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
Verbose mode, more output from successful actions will be shown\&. Give up to three times for more output\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIPATH\fR
to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to
\fI/etc/ansible/hosts\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-forks=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Level of parallelism\&.
\fINUM\fR
is specified as an integer, the default is 5\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-private\-key=\fR\fIPRIVATE_KEY_FILE\fR
.RS 4
Use this file to authenticate the connection\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-m\fR \fINAME\fR, \fB\-\-module\-name=\fR\fINAME\fR
.RS 4
Execute the module called
\fINAME\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-M\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIDIRECTORY\fR
search path to load modules from\&. The default is
\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&. This can also be set with the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a\fR \'\fIARGUMENTS\fR\', \fB\-\-args=\fR\'\fIARGUMENTS\fR\'
.RS 4
The
\fIARGUMENTS\fR
to pass to the module\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
.RS 4
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with ssh\-agent\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-sudo\-pass\fR
.RS 4
Prompt for the password to use with \-\-sudo, if any
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-one\-line\fR
.RS 4
Try to output everything on one line\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\fR
.RS 4
Run the command as the user given by \-u and sudo to root\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-tree=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Save contents in this output
\fIDIRECTORY\fR, with the results saved in a file named after each host\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-T\fR \fISECONDS\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fISECONDS\fR
.RS 4
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in
\fISECONDS\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-B\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-background=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Run commands in the background, killing the task after
\fINUM\fR
seconds\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-P\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-poll=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Poll a background job every
\fINUM\fR
seconds\&. Requires
\fB\-B\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR \fIUSERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-user=\fR\fIUSERNAME\fR
.RS 4
Use this remote
\fIUSERNAME\fR
instead of the current user\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-U\fR \fISUDO_USERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\-user=\fR\fISUDO_USERNAME\fR
.RS 4
Sudo to
\fISUDO_USERNAME\fR
instead of root\&. Implies \-\-sudo\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR \fICONNECTION\fR, \fB\-\-connection=\fR\fICONNECTION\fR
.RS 4
Connection type to use\&. Possible options are
\fIparamiko\fR
(SSH),
\fIssh\fR, and
\fIlocal\fR\&.
\fIlocal\fR
is mostly useful for crontab or kickstarts\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR \fISUBSET\fR, \fB\-\-limit=\fR\fISUBSET\fR
.RS 4
Further limits the selected host/group patterns\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR \fI~REGEX\fR, \fB\-\-limit=\fR\fI~REGEX\fR
.RS 4
Further limits hosts with a regex pattern\&.
.RE
.SH "INVENTORY"
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Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory file\&. The syntax is one host per line\&. Groups headers are allowed and are included on their own line, enclosed in square brackets that start the line\&.
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Ranges of hosts are also supported\&. For more information and additional options, see the documentation on http://ansible\&.github\&.com/\&.
.SH "FILES"
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/etc/ansible/hosts \(em Default inventory file
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/usr/share/ansible/ \(em Default module library
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/etc/ansible/ansible\&.cfg \(em Config file, used if present
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~/\&.ansible\&.cfg \(em User config file, overrides the default config if present
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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The following environment variables may specified\&.
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ANSIBLE_HOSTS  \(em Override the default ansible hosts file
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ANSIBLE_LIBRARY \(em Override the default ansible module library path
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ANSIBLE_CONFIG \(em Override the default ansible config file
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2012, Michael DeHaan
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Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBansible\-playbook\fR(1), \fBansible\-pull\fR(1), \fBansible\-doc\fR(1)
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Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: https://ansible\&.github\&.com/