Ansible user

ansible-playbook -u REMOTE_USER

Example

Defining specific user for some group of hosts:

[my_new_group]
myhost1
myhost1
myhost3
myhost4  ansible_user=OTHER_USENAME

[my_new_group:vars]
ansible_user=sysadm

[my_new_group2]
myhost5
myhost6
myhost7  ansible_user=OTHER_USENAME

[my_new_group2:vars]
ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/path_to_private_key

Related

ansible_ssh_private_key_file

See also

• Ansible modules: gather_facts, set_fact, ansible.builtin.file, lineinfile, stat, group, mount, git:, package:, command:, shell:, raw:, template:, register:, user:, Ansible playbooks examples, tasks:, lineinfile, blockinfile:, shell:, command:, raw:, ansible.builtin.file, service:, aws.ecs_taskdefinition, aws.asg, docker_container, kubernetes.core.k8s, community., include_tasks
• 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