Check host connection with Ansible
A command line for the basic use case when you need to check connection for all hosts in a specified inventory file:
ansible all --inventory INVENTORY_FILE --user REMOTE_USER --module-name ping
Short version:
ansible all -i INVENTORY_FILE -u REMOTE_USER -m ping
Drop --user if it present in the Ansible configuration file.
Example:
ansible all -i ./inventory/production -m ping
Sample output:
X.X.X.X | SUCCESS => {
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
Y.Y.Y.Y | SUCCESS => {
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}
References:
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