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For Ansible ad hoc commands (so, ansible commands outside of a playbook).

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How to pass a user / password in ansible command

I want to use Ansible as part of another Python software. in that software I have a hosts list with their user / password. Is there a way to pass the user / pass of the SSH connection to the Ansible ad-hoc command or write it in any file in…
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Run ad hoc Ansible commands in Vagrant?

When building out a Vagrant project it would be helpful to run ad hoc Ansible tasks instead of adding test commands to a playbook. I've tried several methods of targeting the VM but keep getting this error: default | FAILED => SSH encountered an…
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Extract last character of string with ansible and regex_replace filter

In a playbook, I try to extract the last character of variable "ansible_hostname". I try to use regex_replace filter to do that, but nothing works. I simplified my piece of script with this ad-hoc command : ansible localhost -m debug -a "msg=…
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Writing a string to file using Ad-Hoc Commands in Ansible

I'm a beginner with Ansible and trying to write a string to a file with an Ad-Hoc command I'm trying to play around with the replace module. The file I'm trying to write to is /etc/motd/. ansible replace --sudo /etc/motd "This server is managed by…
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Ansible: Consider using 'become', 'become_method', and 'become_user' rather than running sudo

When I run this: ansible host -u myuser -a "sudo su - otheruser -s /bin/bash" I get warning: [WARNING]: Consider using 'become', 'become_method', and 'become_user' rather than running sudo host | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> But what would be equivalent…
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How can I get the output of Ansible ad-hoc command in JSON, CSV or other format?

What is the way to get the output of Ansible ad-hoc command in JSON, CSV or other format?
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Can we run multiple modules in ansible using single ad-hoc command?

I know it's possible to run multiple adhoc commands one after the other for each module and using playbook. Playbook: - hosts: webservers tasks: - name: create .ssh dir file: path ~/.ssh state=directory - name: copy pub key copy:…
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Ansible adhoc command in sequence

I want to run ansible adhoc command on a list of EC2 instances. I want ansible to run it in sequence but ansible runs them in random. For example: 13:42:21 @cnayak ansible :► ansible aws -a "hostname" ec2 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> ip-172-31-36-255 ec3 |…
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Use Ansible facts in an Ansible ad-hoc command

Is it possible to use what would normally be included in ansible_facts in an Ansible adhoc command? For example, I have a file at /tmp/myFile on all of my servers and I'd like to do: ansible all -i [inventory file] -m fetch -a "src=/tmp/myFile…
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Ansible SSH as one user and Sudo as another

I have some difficulties to adapt Ansible configuration to my environment. My testing environment : PermitRootLogin no Only one user allowed to connect through SSH (foo, without any privileges) A user with sudo privileges (bar ALL=(ALL) ALL) My…
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How to format Ansible output

I want to format Ansible output from: my_local | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 116G my_local2 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 116G to my_local >> 116G my_local2 >> 116G Is it possible? inventory.ini: my_local ansible_connection=local my_local2…
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How do I use an inventory file for Ansible ad-hoc commands?

Ansible v2.2.1.0 I want to gather Ansible facts about a remote host defined in my inv/remote_hosts file, which looks like this: [remote-host-0] 10.22.123.234 [remote-host-1] 10.22.234.123 How do I run the setup command and tell it to gather facts…
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Ansible ad-hoc shell command quotes inside of quotes - How to escape?

I have a rather simple ansible adhoc command using shell to run chfn: ansible all -i ./inventory/all -s -K -m shell -a 'chfn -f "$HOSTNAME root" root' chfn needs the double quotes, and I've tried several different ways to escape them with no luck.…
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Call remote bash function via ansible

Is it possible to call a remote function defined in bash (for example added in one of the scripts that are stored under /etc/profile.d) via ansible ad-hoc command (using shell , command modules ?) For example I have the following function that…
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Variable is undefined when running Ansible 'debug' ad-hoc

Could you explain why following behaviour happens. When I try to print remote Ansible IP with following playbook everything works as expected: --- - hosts: centos1 tasks: - name: Print ip address debug: msg: "ip:…
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