Limit to specific hosts

Run playbook only on specified hosts

ansible-playbook site.yml --limit 'web-01,web-02' -i inventory.ini
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  • Run specific tags
    ansible-playbook site.yml --tags 'config,restart' -i inventory.ini

    Execute only tasks marked with specified tags

  • Skip specific tags
    ansible-playbook site.yml --skip-tags 'slow,optional' -i inventory.ini

    Skip tasks with specified tags

  • Increase verbosity
    ansible-playbook site.yml -vvv -i inventory.ini 2>&1 | tee /tmp/ansible.log

    Maximum verbosity for debugging; save to log

  • Encrypt a variable with Vault
    ansible-vault encrypt_string 'supersecret' --name 'db_password'

    Inline-encrypt a value for use in playbook vars

  • Decrypt vault file
    ansible-vault view group_vars/all/vault.yml

    Display decrypted content of a vault-encrypted file

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