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2 | 2 | .\" Title: ansible
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3 | 3 | .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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4 | 4 | .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
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| -.\" Date: 07/04/2012 |
| 5 | +.\" Date: 07/24/2012 |
6 | 6 | .\" Manual: System administration commands
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7 | 7 | .\" Source: Ansible 0.6
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8 | 8 | .\" Language: English
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9 | 9 | .\"
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| -.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "07/04/2012" "Ansible 0\&.6" "System administration commands" |
| 10 | +.TH "ANSIBLE" "1" "07/24/2012" "Ansible 0\&.6" "System administration commands" |
11 | 11 | .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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12 | 12 | .\" * set default formatting
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13 | 13 | .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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140 | 140 | .RE
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141 | 141 | .SH "INVENTORY"
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142 | 142 | .sp
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| -Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory |
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| -file\&. The syntax is one host per line\&. Optionally, ansible can use a |
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| -line of the form base[beg:end]tail to define a set of hosts, where |
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| -[beg:end] defines a numerical range. If 'beg' is left out, it |
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| -defaults to 0\&. An example: mail[1:6].example.com, where 'head' |
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| -is 'mail', 'beg' is 1, 'end' is 6, and 'tail' is '.example.com'\&. In |
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| -addition, 'beg' can be a a string padded with zero(s) to the left. If so |
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| -provided, it acts as a formatting hint during hostname expansion. The usage |
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| -must be confirmed by having an 'end' that has the same length as 'beg', |
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| -else an exception is raised. An example: mail[001:003].example.com is to be |
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| -expanded to mail001.example.com, mail002.example.com, and |
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| -mail003.example.com\&. Groups headers are allowed and are included on their |
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| -own line, enclosed in square brackets\&. |
| 143 | +Ansible stores the hosts it can potentially operate on in an inventory file\&. The syntax is one host per line\&. Groups headers are allowed and are included on their own line, enclosed in square brackets that start the line\&. |
| 144 | +.sp |
| 145 | +Ranges of hosts are also supported\&. For more information and additional options, see the documentation on http://ansible\&.github\&.com/\&. |
156 | 146 | .SH "FILES"
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157 | 147 | .sp
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158 | 148 | /etc/ansible/hosts \(em Default inventory file
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