ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1) System administration commands ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1) NAME ansible-playbook - Runs Ansible playbooks, executing the defined tasks on the targeted hosts. SYNOPSIS usage: ansible-playbook [-h] [--version] [-v] [--private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE] [-u REMOTE_USER] [-c CONNECTION] [-T TIMEOUT] [--ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS] [--sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS] [-k | --connection-password-file CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE] [--force-handlers] [--flush-cache] [-b] [--become-method BECOME_METHOD] [--become-user BECOME_USER] [-K | --become-password-file BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE] [-t TAGS] [--skip-tags SKIP_TAGS] [-C] [-D] [-i INVENTORY] [--list-hosts] [-l SUBSET] [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS] [-J | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES] [-f FORKS] [-M MODULE_PATH] [--syntax-check] [--list-tasks] [--list-tags] [--step] [--start-at-task START_AT_TASK] playbook [playbook ...] DESCRIPTION the tool to run Ansible playbooks, which are a configuration and multinode deployment system. See the project home page ( ) for more information. COMMON OPTIONS Playbook(s) --become-method 'BECOME_METHOD' privilege escalation method to use (default=sudo), use ansible-doc -t become -l to list valid choices. --become-password-file 'BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE', --become-pass-file 'BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE' Become password file --become-user 'BECOME_USER' run operations as this user (default=root) --connection-password-file 'CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE', --conn-pass-file 'CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE' Connection password file --flush-cache clear the fact cache for every host in inventory --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 --private-key 'PRIVATE_KEY_FILE', --key-file 'PRIVATE_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. This argument may be specified multiple times. --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. This argument may be specified multiple times. --vault-password-file, --vault-pass-file vault password file --version show program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location 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 -J, --ask-vault-password, --ask-vault-pass ask for vault password -K, --ask-become-pass ask for privilege escalation password -M, --module-path prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library (default={{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules" }}). This argument may be specified multiple times. -T 'TIMEOUT', --timeout 'TIMEOUT' override the connection timeout in seconds (default depends on connection) -b, --become run operations with become (does not imply password prompting) -c 'CONNECTION', --connection 'CONNECTION' connection type to use (default=ssh) -e, --extra-vars set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON, if filename prepend with @. This argument may be specified multiple times. -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. This argument may be specified multiple times. -k, --ask-pass ask for connection password -l 'SUBSET', --limit 'SUBSET' further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern -t, --tags only run plays and tasks tagged with these values. This argument may be specified multiple times. -u 'REMOTE_USER', --user 'REMOTE_USER' connect as this user (default=None) -v, --verbose Causes Ansible to print more debug messages. Adding multiple -v will increase the verbosity, the builtin plugins currently evaluate up to -vvvvvv. A reasonable level to start is -vvv, connection debugging might require -vvvv. This argument may be specified multiple times. INVENTORY Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory. This can be an YAML file, ini-like file, a script, directory, list, etc. For additional options, see the documentation on . ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables may be specified. ANSIBLE_INVENTORY -- Override the default ansible inventory sources ANSIBLE_LIBRARY -- Override the default ansible module library path ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg For a full list check . or use the ansible-config command. FILES /etc/ansible/hosts -- Default inventory file /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present ~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present ./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific' and overrides the rest if present. As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others. AUTHOR Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2018 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: < >. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: < > Ansible 2.16.6 ANSIBLE-PLAYBOOK(1)