ansible -m ping

ansible -m ping MYHOST_OR_GROUP
ansible MYHOST -m ping 

ansible -m ping MYHOST_OR_GROUP
 16.195.56.79 | SUCCESS => {
     "changed": false,
     "ping": "pong"
 }

ansible yourwronghost -m ping
[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: yourwronghost

Related terms

• /etc/ansible/hosts
• --ask-pass

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