ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1)

NAME
ansible-playbook - run an ansible playbook

SYNOPSIS

ansible-playbook <filename.yml> ... [options]

DESCRIPTION

Ansible playbooks are a configuration and multinode deployment system. Ansible-playbook is the tool used to run them. See the project home page (link below) for more information.

ARGUMENTS

filename.yml
    The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks.

OPTIONS

-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 for playbook plays that request sudo access, if any.

-b, --become
    Run operations with become (nopasswd implied)

--become-method=BECOME_METHOD
    Privilege escalation method to use (default=sudo), valid choices: [ sudo | su | pbrun | pfexec | runas ]

--become-user=BECOME_USER
    Run operations as this user (default=None).

-C, --check
    Do not make any changes on the remote system, but test resources to see what might have changed. Note this can not scan all possible resource types and is only a simulation.

-c CONNECTION, --connection=CONNECTION
    Connection type to use. Possible options are paramiko (SSH), ssh, and local. local is mostly useful for crontab or kickstarts.

-D, --diff
    When changing any templated files, show the unified diffs of how they changed. When used with --check, shows how the files would have changed if --check were not used.

-e VARS, --extra-vars=VARS
    Extra variables to inject into a playbook, in key=value key=value format or as quoted JSON (hashes and arrays). To load variables from a file, specify the file preceded by @ (e.g. @vars.yml).

--flush-cache
    Clear the fact cache.

--force-handlers
    Run handlers even if a task fails.

-f NUM, --forks=NUM
    Level of parallelism. NUM is specified as an integer, the default is 5.

-h, --help
    Show help page and exit

-i PATH, --inventory=PATH
    The PATH to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to /etc/ansible/hosts.

-l SUBSET, --limit=SUBSET
    Further limits the selected host/group patterns.

--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

-M DIRECTORY, --module-path=DIRECTORY
    The DIRECTORY search path to load modules from. The default is /usr/share/ansible. This can also be set with the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable.

--private-key=PRIVATE_KEY_FILE
    Use this file to authenticate the connection

--skip-tages=SKIP_TAGS
    Only run plays and tasks whose tags do not match these values.

--start-at-task=START_AT
    Start the playbook at the task matching this name.

--step
    One-step-at-a-time: confirm each task before running.

-S, --su*
    Run operations with su (deprecated, use become)

-R SU-USER, --su-user=SU_USER
    run operations with su as this user (default=root) (deprecated, use become)

-s, --sudo
    Run operations with sudo (nopasswd) (deprecated, use become)

-U, SUDO_USER, --sudo-user=SUDO_USER
    Desired sudo user (default=root) (deprecated, use become).

--skip-tags=SKIP_TAGS
    Only run plays and tasks whose tags do not match these values.

--syntax-check
    Look for syntax errors in the playbook, but don’t run anything

-t, TAGS, --tags=TAGS
    Only run plays and tasks tagged with these values.

-T SECONDS, --timeout=SECONDS
    Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in SECONDS.

-u USERNAME, --user=USERNAME
    Use this remote user name on playbook steps that do not indicate a user name to run as.

--vault-password-file=VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE
    Vault password file.

-v, --verbose
    Verbose mode, more output from successful actions will be shown. Give up to three times for more output.

--version
    Show program’s version number and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables may be specified.

ANSIBLE_INVENTORY — Override the default ansible inventory file

ANSIBLE_LIBRARY — Override the default ansible module library path

FILES

/etc/ansible/hosts — Default inventory file

/usr/share/ansible/ — Default module library

/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 © 2012, Michael DeHaan

Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.

SEE ALSO

ansible(1), ansible-pull(1), ansible-doc(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

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