ANSIBLE-INVENTORY

NAME

ansible-inventory − None

SYNOPSIS

ansible−inventory [options] [host|group]

DESCRIPTION

used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it

COMMON OPTIONS

−−ask−vault−pass

ask for vault password

−−export

When doing an −−list, represent in a way that is optimized for export,not as an accurate representation of how Ansible has processed it

−−graph

create inventory graph, if supplying pattern it must be a valid group name

−−host 'HOST'

Output specific host info, works as inventory script

−−list

Output all hosts info, works as inventory script

−−playbook−dir 'BASEDIR'

Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a subsitute playbook directory.This sets the relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc.

−−vars

Add vars to graph display, ignored unless used with −−graph

−−vault−id

the vault identity to use

−−vault−password−file

vault password file

−−version

show program's version number and exit

−h, −−help

show this help message and exit

−i, −−inventory, −−inventory−file

specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. −−inventory−file is deprecated

−v, −−verbose

verbose mode (−vvv for more, −vvvv to enable connection debugging)

−y, −−yaml

Use YAML format instead of default JSON, ignored for −−graph

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables may be specified.

ANSIBLE_CONFIG −− Specify override location for the ansible config file

Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the ansible−config command.

FILES

/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg −− Config file, used if present

~/.ansible.cfg −− User config file, overrides the default config if present

./ansible.cfg −− Local config file (in current working direcotry) assumed to be 'project specific' and overrides the rest if present.

As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.

AUTHOR

Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible. Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 license.

SEE ALSO

ansible (1), ansible−config (1), ansible−console (1), ansible−doc (1), ansible−galaxy (1), ansible−playbook (1), ansible−pull (1), ansible−vault (1)

Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: <- https://docs.ansible.com>. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: <- https://github.com/ansible/ansible>