/etc/ansible/hosts

• /etc/ansible/hosts, text configuration file for managed nodes, or inventory in Ansible terminology, in INI or YAML format.

Defining specific user for some group of hosts:

[my_new_group]
myhost1
myhost1
myhost3

[my_new_group:vars]
ansible_user=sysadm

Activities

• Read how to build a dynamic invertory: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_dynamic_inventory.html#intro-dynamic-inventory

Related terms

• /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
• /etc/hosts

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

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_inventory.html