ansible-inventory¶
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Synopsis¶
usage: ansible-inventory [-h] [--version] [-v] [-i INVENTORY]
                      [--vault-id VAULT_IDS]
                      [--ask-vault-pass | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES]
                      [--playbook-dir BASEDIR] [--list] [--host HOST]
                      [--graph] [-y] [--toml] [--vars] [--export]
                      [--output OUTPUT_FILE]
                      [host|group]
Description¶
used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it
Common Options¶
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--ask-vault-pass¶
- ask for vault password 
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--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 
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--graph¶
- create inventory graph, if supplying pattern it must be a valid group name 
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--host<HOST>¶
- Output specific host info, works as inventory script 
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--list¶
- Output all hosts info, works as inventory script 
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--list-hosts¶
- ==SUPPRESS== 
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--output<OUTPUT_FILE>¶
- When doing –list, send the inventory to a file instead of to the screen 
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--playbook-dir<BASEDIR>¶
- Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a substitute playbook directory.This sets the relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc. 
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--toml¶
- Use TOML format instead of default JSON, ignored for –graph 
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--vars¶
- Add vars to graph display, ignored unless used with –graph 
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--vault-id¶
- the vault identity to use 
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--vault-password-file¶
- vault password file 
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--version¶
- show program’s version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location and exit 
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-h,--help¶
- show this help message and exit 
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-i,--inventory,--inventory-file¶
- specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. –inventory-file is deprecated 
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-l,--limit¶
- ==SUPPRESS== 
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-v,--verbose¶
- verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging) 
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-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
