Test connectivity (ping)

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

    Execute a shell command on all webservers with sudo (-b)

  • Gather facts for a host
    ansible myhost -i inventory.ini -m setup | jq '.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution'

    Collect and inspect Ansible facts for one host

  • Run playbook with tags
    ansible-playbook site.yml -i inventory.ini --tags 'nginx,ssl'

    Execute only tasks tagged nginx or ssl

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

    Skip tasks tagged slow or optional

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

    Inline-encrypt a single string value for use in vars

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