Test connectivity (ping) ansible
Verify SSH connectivity to all hosts in inventory
ansible all -i inventory.ini -m ping
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Run ad-hoc shell command
ansible webservers -i inventory.ini -m shell -a 'df -h' -b
Gather facts for a host
ansible myhost -i inventory.ini -m setup | jq '.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution'
Run playbook with tags
ansible-playbook site.yml -i inventory.ini --tags 'nginx,ssl'
Skip specific tags
ansible-playbook site.yml -i inventory.ini --skip-tags 'slow,optional'
Encrypt variable with Vault
ansible-vault encrypt_string 'mysecretpassword' --name 'db_password'