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ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1)	System administration commands	   ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1)

NAME

ansible-playbook - Runs Ansible playbooks, executing the defined tasks on the targeted hosts.

SYNOPSIS

ansible-playbook [options] playbook.yml [playbook2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

the tool to run Ansible playbooks, which are a configuration and multinode deployment system. See the project home page (https://docs.ansible.com) for more information.

COMMON OPTIONS

--ask-su-pass ask for su password (deprecated, use become) --ask-sudo-pass ask for sudo password (deprecated, use become) --ask-vault-pass ask for vault password --become-method BECOME_METHOD privilege escalation method to use (default=sudo), valid choices: [ sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | doas | dzdo | ksu | runas | pmrun ] --become-user BECOME_USER run operations as this user (default=root) --flush-cache clear the fact cache --force-handlers run handlers even if a task fails --list-hosts outputs a list of matching hosts; does not execute anything else --list-tags list all available tags --list-tasks list all tasks that would be executed --new-vault-id NEW_VAULT_ID the new vault identity to use for rekey --new-vault-password-file new vault password file for rekey --private-key, --key-file use this file to authenticate the connection --scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS specify extra arguments to pass to scp only (e.g. -l) --sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS specify extra arguments to pass to sftp only (e.g. -f, -l) --skip-tags only run plays and tasks whose tags do not match these values --ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS specify common arguments to pass to sftp/scp/ssh (e.g. ProxyCommand) --ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS specify extra arguments to pass to ssh only (e.g. -R) --start-at-task START_AT_TASK start the playbook at the task matching this name --step one-step-at-a-time: confirm each task before running --syntax-check perform a syntax check on the playbook, but do not execute it --vault-id the vault identity to use --vault-password-file vault password file --version show program's version number and exit -C, --check don't make any changes; instead, try to predict some of the changes that may occur -D, --diff when changing (small) files and templates, show the differences in those files; works great with --check -K, --ask-become-pass ask for privilege escalation password -M, --module-path prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library (default=[u'/home/jenkins/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/local/share/ansible/plugins/modules']) -R SU_USER, --su-user SU_USER run operations with su as this user (default=None) (deprecated, use become) -S, --su run operations with su (deprecated, use become) -T TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT override the connection timeout in seconds (default=10) -U SUDO_USER, --sudo-user SUDO_USER desired sudo user (default=root) (deprecated, use become) -b, --become run operations with become (does not imply password prompting) -c CONNECTION, --connection CONNECTION connection type to use (default=smart) -e, --extra-vars set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON, if filename prepend with @ -f FORKS, --forks FORKS specify number of parallel processes to use (default=5) -h, --help show this help message and exit -i, --inventory, --inventory-file specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. --inventory-file is deprecated -k, --ask-pass ask for connection password -l SUBSET, --limit SUBSET further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern -s, --sudo run operations with sudo (nopasswd) (deprecated, use become) -t, --tags only run plays and tasks tagged with these values -u REMOTE_USER, --user REMOTE_USER connect as this user (default=None) -v, --verbose verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables may be specified. ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Override the default ansible config file Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

FILES

/usr/local/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present ~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present

AUTHOR

Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible. Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.

SEE ALSO

ansible(1), ansible-config(1), ansible-console(1), ansible-doc(1), ansible-galaxy(1), ansible-inventory(1), ansible-pull(1), ansible-vault(1) Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs.ansible.com. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: https://github.com/ansible/ansible Ansible 2.4.2.0 11/29/2017 ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1)

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