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.\"     Title: ansible-playbook
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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.\"      Date: 09/16/2013
.\"    Manual: System administration commands
.\"    Source: Ansible 1.3.1
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "ANSIBLE\-PLAYBOOK" "1" "09/16/2013" "Ansible 1\&.3\&.1" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ansible-playbook \- run an ansible playbook
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
ansible\-playbook <filename\&.yml> \&... [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
\fBAnsible playbooks\fR 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\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fBfilename\&.yml\fR
.RS 4
The names of one or more YAML format files to run as ansible playbooks\&.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
Verbose mode, more output from successful actions will be shown\&. Give up to three times for more output\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-i\fR \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-inventory=\fR\fIPATH\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIPATH\fR
to the inventory hosts file, which defaults to
\fI/etc/ansible/hosts\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-M\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path=\fR\fIDIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIDIRECTORY\fR
search path to load modules from\&. The default is
\fI/usr/share/ansible\fR\&. This can also be set with the ANSIBLE_LIBRARY environment variable\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-e\fR \fIVARS\fR, \fB\-\-extra\-vars=\fR\fIVARS\fR
.RS 4
Extra variables to inject into a playbook, in key=value key=value format or as quoted JSON (hashes and arrays)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR \fINUM\fR, \fB\-\-forks=\fR\fINUM\fR
.RS 4
Level of parallelism\&.
\fINUM\fR
is specified as an integer, the default is 5\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-pass\fR
.RS 4
Prompt for the SSH password instead of assuming key\-based authentication with ssh\-agent\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-K\fR, \fB\-\-ask\-sudo\-pass\fR
.RS 4
Prompt for the password to use for playbook plays that request sudo access, if any\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-U\fR, \fISUDO_USER\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\-user=\fR\fISUDO_USER\fR
.RS 4
Desired sudo user (default=root)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-tags\fR
.RS 4
Run only these tags from the playbook
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-syntax\-check\fR
.RS 4
Look for syntax errors in the playbook, but don\(cqt run anything
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-check\fR
.RS 4
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\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-diff\fR
.RS 4
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\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-T\fR \fISECONDS\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fR\fISECONDS\fR
.RS 4
Connection timeout to use when trying to talk to hosts, in
\fISECONDS\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sudo\fR
.RS 4
Force all plays to use sudo, even if not marked as such\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u\fR \fIUSERNAME\fR, \fB\-\-remote\-user=\fR\fIUSERNAME\fR
.RS 4
Use this remote user name on playbook steps that do not indicate a user name to run as\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR \fICONNECTION\fR, \fB\-\-connection=\fR\fICONNECTION\fR
.RS 4
Connection type to use\&. Possible options are
\fIparamiko\fR
(SSH),
\fIssh\fR, and
\fIlocal\fR\&.
\fIlocal\fR
is mostly useful for crontab or kickstarts\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR \fISUBSET\fR, \fB\-\-limit=\fR\fISUBSET\fR
.RS 4
Further limits the selected host/group patterns\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.sp
The following environment variables may specified\&.
.sp
ANSIBLE_HOSTS  \(em Override the default ansible hosts file
.sp
ANSIBLE_LIBRARY \(em Override the default ansible module library path
.SH "FILES"
.sp
/etc/ansible/hosts \(em Default inventory file
.sp
/usr/share/ansible/ \(em Default module library
.sp
/etc/ansible/ansible\&.cfg \(em Config file, used if present
.sp
~/\&.ansible\&.cfg \(em User config file, overrides the default config if present
.SH "AUTHOR"
.sp
Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.sp
Copyright \(co 2012, Michael DeHaan
.sp
Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
\fBansible\fR(1), \fBansible\-pull\fR(1), \fBansible\-doc\fR(1)
.sp
Extensive documentation as well as IRC and mailing list info is available on the ansible home page: https://ansible\&.github\&.com/