ansible(1) ========= :doctype:manpage :man source: Ansible :man version: 0.0.1 :man manual: System administration commands NAME ---- ansible - run a command somewhere else SYNOPSIS -------- ansible [-H hosts_path] [-L library_path] [-f forks] [-n module_name] [-a [args1 [args2 ...]]] [-p host_pattern] [-u remote_user] DESCRIPTION ----------- *Ansible* is an extra-simple Python API for doing \'remote things' over SSH. OPTIONS ------- *-P*, *--askpass*:: Ask the user to input the ssh password for connecting. *-H*, *--host-list*:: Path to hosts list. *-L*, *--library*:: Path to module library. *-f*, *--forks*:: Level of parallelism. Specify as an integer. *-n*, *--name*:: Module name to execute. *-a*, *--args*:: Arguments to module. *-p*, *--pattern*:: Hostname pattern. Accepts shell-like globs. *-r*, *--run-playbook*:: Playbook file to run. Replaces the *-n* and *-a* options. *-u*, *--remote-user*:: Remote user to connect as. Uses __root__ by default. INVENTORY --------- Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory file. The syntax is simple: one host per line. Organize your hosts into multiple groups by separating them into multiple inventory files. FILES ----- /etc/ansible/hosts -- Default hosts file /usr/share/ansible -- Default module library 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 MIT license. SEE ALSO -------- *ansible-modules*(5), *ansible-playbook*(5) Ansible home page: