Ansible Commands Cheatsheet

Ansible is an automation tool for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.

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Inventory

List Dynamic Inventory

ansible-inventory -i <inventory-path> --list

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Playbooks

Run a Playbook

ansible-playbook -i <inventory-path> <playbook>.yml -t <tag> --user=<user>

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Common Options

Option	Description
-i	Specify inventory file
-t	Run only tagged tasks
--user	SSH user
-v, -vv, -vvv	Verbosity levels
--check	Dry run (don’t make changes)
--diff	Show differences
-e	Extra variables

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Quick Reference

Task	Command
List inventory	ansible-inventory -i inv --list
Run playbook	ansible-playbook -i inv playbook.yml
Dry run	ansible-playbook --check playbook.yml
Single task	ansible all -m ping -i inv
Ad-hoc command	ansible all -a "uptime" -i inv

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Ad-Hoc Commands

# Ping all hosts
ansible all -m ping -i inventory

# Run shell command
ansible all -a "df -h" -i inventory

# Copy file
ansible all -m copy -a "src=/local/file dest=/remote/file" -i inventory

# Install package
ansible all -m apt -a "name=nginx state=present" -i inventory