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ansible-inventory — Display or dump an Ansible inventory. See also: `ansible`. More information: <https://docs.ansible.c

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Problem

How to use the ansible-inventory command: Display or dump an Ansible inventory. See also: ansible. More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-inventory.html>.

Solution

ansible-inventory — Display or dump an Ansible inventory. See also: ansible. More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-inventory.html>.

Display the default inventory:

ansible-inventory --list

Display a custom inventory:

ansible-inventory --list {{[-i|--inventory-file]}} {{path/to/file_or_script_or_directory}}

Display the default inventory in YAML:

ansible-inventory --list {{[-y|--yaml]}}

Dump the default inventory to a file:

ansible-inventory --list --output {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Display the default inventory

ansible-inventory --list

Display a custom inventory

ansible-inventory --list {{[-i|--inventory-file]}} {{path/to/file_or_script_or_directory}}

Display the default inventory in YAML

ansible-inventory --list {{[-y|--yaml]}}

Dump the default inventory to a file

ansible-inventory --list --output {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ansible-inventory

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