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host_list – Parses a ‘host list’ string

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Parses a host list string as a comma separated values of hosts
  • This plugin only applies to inventory strings that are not paths and contain a comma.

Examples

# define 2 hosts in command line
# ansible -i '10.10.2.6, 10.10.2.4' -m ping all

# DNS resolvable names
# ansible -i 'host1.example.com, host2' -m user -a 'name=me state=absent' all

# just use localhost
# ansible-playbook -i 'localhost,' play.yml -c local

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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/plugins/inventory/host_list.html