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.\" Title: ansible
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.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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.\" Date: 03/31/2012
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.\" Manual: System administration commands
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.\" Source: Ansible 0.0.1
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.\" Language: English
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.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "03/31/2012" "Ansible 0\&.0\&.1" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
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ansible \- run a command somewhere else
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ansible <host\-pattern> [\-f forks] [\-m module_name] [\-a args]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBAnsible\fR is an extra\-simple tool/framework/API for doing \'remote things\' over SSH\&.
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
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.PP
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\fBhost\-pattern\fR
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.RS 4
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A name of a group in the inventory file, a shell\-like glob selecting hosts in inventory file, or any combination of the two seperated by semicolons\&.
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.RE
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.PP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inventory\fR
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.RS 4
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Path to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-forks\fR
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.RS 4
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Level of parallelism\&. Specify as an integer, the default is 5\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-module\-name\fR
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.RS 4
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Module name to execute\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path\fR
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.RS 4
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Where to load modules from\&. The default is /usr/share/ansible
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-args\fR
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.RS 4
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Arguments to pass to the module
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
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.RS 4
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Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with ssh\-agent\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-one\-line\fR
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.RS 4
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Try to output everything on one line\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tree\fR
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.RS 4
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Save contents in this output directory, with the results named in a file named after each host\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-timeout\fR
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.RS 4
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Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in seconds\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-background\fR
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.RS 4
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Runs commands in the background, killing the task after N seconds\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-poll\fR
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.RS 4
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Poll a background job every (this many) seconds\&. Requires \-B\&.
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.RE
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.PP
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user\fR
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.RS 4
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Use this remote username instead of root
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.RE
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.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\&.
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.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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.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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.SH "AUTHOR"
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Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
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.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\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBansible\-playbook\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/
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