Examples of Ansible execution modules

• ansible -m raw DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptime
• ansible -m shell DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptime
• ansible -m command DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptime (Do not support some characters as: "|")

• ansible -m raw DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a "df -kh | grep YOUR_STRING"

Errors

ansible -m shell yourhost -a uptime
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit
localhost does not match 'all'
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: yourhost

Example

• ansible -m raw --ask-pass --ask-become-pass DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptime
• ansible -m raw -u MY_USERNAME -k -K DESTINATION_HOSTNAME -a uptime

Related terms

• chef-apply

See also

• Ansible: modules, plugins, Playbooks (examples) ansible-playbook, ansible-vault, ansible-inventory, ansible-config, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy), ansible-cmdb, gather facts, ansible.cfg, Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections, register, template, --ask-pass, --ask-become-pass, remote_user:, /etc/ansible/hosts, ansible-doc, ansible-lint, .ansible/, --forks, --start-at-task, changelog, inventory, Notify:, ansible HOSTNAME -m ping, gathering, /usr/bin/ansible, ansible -m ping, ansible.builtin, hosts: (Ansible), set fact:, when:, blockinfile:, become method:, include:, git:, AWX, ansible --help, Tags, Ansible variables, versions