Question

How to run Ansible without hosts file?

Answer 1

Hey @Ruth, you can use ansible without using the hosts file in the following way

ansible all -i "<hostname-or-ip>," -a 'uptime'

Make sure you add a ',' at the end of the IP address, or it will be considered as hosts inventory filename.

Example:

ansible all -i "192.168.56.105," -a 'uptime'

192.168.56.105 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >>
 12:05:10 up 10 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.46, 0.23, 0.08