ansible(1) ========= :doctype:manpage :man source: Ansible :man version: %VERSION% :man manual: System administration commands NAME ---- ansible - run a command somewhere else SYNOPSIS -------- ansible [-f forks] [-m module_name] [-a args] DESCRIPTION ----------- *Ansible* is an extra-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things' over SSH. ARGUMENTS --------- *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 separated by semicolons. OPTIONS ------- *-i* 'PATH', *--inventory=*'PATH':: The 'PATH' to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to '/etc/ansible/hosts'. *-f* 'NUM', *--forks=*'NUM':: Level of parallelism. 'NUM' is specified as an integer, the default is 5. *--private-key=*'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE':: Use this file to authenticate the connection. *-m* 'NAME', *--module-name=*'NAME':: Execute the module called 'NAME'. *-M* 'DIRECTORY', *--module-path=*'DIRECTORY':: The 'DIRECTORY' to load modules from. The default is '/usr/share/ansible'. *-a* \'_ARGUMENTS_', *--args=*\'_ARGUMENTS_':: The 'ARGUMENTS' to pass to the module. *-k*, *--ask-pass*:: Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key-based authentication with ssh-agent. *-K*, *--ask-sudo-pass*:: Prompt for the password to use with --sudo, if any *-o*, *--one-line*:: Try to output everything on one line. *-s*, *--sudo*:: Run the command as the user given by -u and sudo to root. *-t* 'DIRECTORY', *--tree=*'DIRECTORY':: Save contents in this output 'DIRECTORY', with the results saved in a file named after each host. *-T* 'SECONDS', *--timeout=*'SECONDS':: Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in 'SECONDS'. *-B* 'NUM', *--background=*'NUM':: Run commands in the background, killing the task after 'NUM' seconds. *-P* 'NUM', *--poll=*'NUM':: Poll a background job every 'NUM' seconds. Requires *-B*. *-u* 'USERNAME', *--remote-user=*'USERNAME':: Use this remote 'USERNAME' instead of root. *-U* 'SUDO_USERNAME', *--sudo-user=*'SUDO_USERNAME':: Sudo to 'SUDO_USERNAME' instead of root. Implies --sudo. *--private-key=*'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE':: Use this file to authenticate the connection. *-c* 'CONNECTION', *--connection=*'CONNECTION':: Connection type to use. Possible options are 'paramiko' (SSH), 'ssh', and 'local'. 'local' is mostly useful for crontab or kickstarts. INVENTORY --------- 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. Ranges of hosts are also supported. For more information and additional options, see the documentation on http://ansible.github.com/. FILES ----- /etc/ansible/hosts -- Default inventory file /usr/share/ansible/ -- Default module library 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-playbook*(1), *ansible-pull*(1) Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: