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Using Ansible command line tools

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Welcome to the guide for using Ansible command line tools. Ansible provides ad hoc commands and several utilities for performing various operations and automation tasks.

• Introduction to ad hoc commands
  • Why use ad hoc commands?
  • Use cases for ad hoc tasks
• Working with command line tools
  • ansible
  • ansible-config
  • ansible-console
  • ansible-doc
  • ansible-galaxy
  • ansible-inventory
  • ansible-playbook
  • ansible-pull
  • ansible-vault
• Ansible CLI cheatsheet
  • ansible-playbook