Ping all hosts
Verifies connectivity and python availability on all inventory hosts.
ansible all -m ping -i inventory.iniAnsible commands
13 commands from the cloud runbook. Fill in a placeholder once and every command uses it.
Playbook dry run
Runs a playbook in check mode to see what would change without actually changing anything.
ansible-playbook playbook.yml --check --diffGather facts from host
Collects system information (facts) from a specific host.
ansible <hostname> -m setupRun ad-hoc command
Executes a one-off shell command on all hosts.
ansible all -m shell -a 'uptime' -i inventory.iniEncrypt a file with Ansible Vault
Encrypts a sensitive file (like secrets.yml) using Ansible Vault.
ansible-vault encrypt secrets.ymlView an Ansible Vault file
Decrypts and displays the contents of a vault-encrypted file.
ansible-vault view secrets.ymlShow inventory graph
Displays the host/group structure of your inventory as a tree.
ansible-inventory --graph -i inventory.iniRun playbook with tags
Runs only the tasks tagged with a specific tag.
ansible-playbook playbook.yml --tags deployInstall a collection from Ansible Galaxy
Installs a collection of modules and plugins from Ansible Galaxy.
ansible-galaxy collection install community.generalLint playbooks
Checks playbooks for best practices and potential issues.
ansible-lint playbook.ymlRun a playbook against one host
Runs a playbook only on the hosts or groups you name.
ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory.ini --limit <host>Resume a playbook at a task
Starts a playbook at the named task and asks before running each one.
ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory.ini --start-at-task "<task-name>" --stepEncrypt a single variable with Vault
Reads a value from stdin (finish with Ctrl+D) and prints an encrypted variable to paste into a vars file.
ansible-vault encrypt_string --stdin-name '<variable-name>'