ansible-playbook

Execute tasks defined in playbook on remote machines over SSH. More information: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-playbook.html.

• Run tasks in playbook:

ansible-playbook {{playbook}}

• Run tasks in playbook with custom host [i]nventory:

ansible-playbook {{playbook}} -i {{inventory_file}}

• Run tasks in playbook with [e]xtra variables defined via the command-line:

ansible-playbook {{playbook}} -e "{{variable1}}={{value1}} {{variable2}}={{value2}}"

• Run tasks in playbook with [e]xtra variables defined in a JSON file:

ansible-playbook {{playbook}} -e "@{{variables.json}}"

• Run tasks in playbook for the given tags:

ansible-playbook {{playbook}} --tags {{tag1,tag2}}

• Run tasks in a playbook starting at a specific task:

ansible-playbook {{playbook}} --start-at {{task_name}}

• Run tasks in a playbook without making any changes (dry-run):

ansible-playbook {{playbook}} --check --diff