ansible-inventory¶

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

--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

--list-hosts¶

outputs a list of matching hosts; does not execute anything else

--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

-l <SUBSET>, --limit <SUBSET>¶

further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern

-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 -- Override the default ansible config file

Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

Files¶

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

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

Author¶

Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors.

Copyright¶

Copyright © 2017 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-inventory(1), ansible-playbook(1), ansible-pull(1), ansible-vault(1),