Can Ansible modules be used from the command line

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I have a module that needs to be executed but only for this one time of playbook execution as I'm trying to experiment something. My doubt is, can I execute a module through command line instead of adding it on the playbook?

Feb 11, 2019 in Ansible by Donna
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Yes @Donna, you can execute a module through playbook. You can do something like this:

ansible webservers -m service -a "name=httpd state=started"

ansible webservers -m command -a "/sbin/reboot -t now"

Each module supports taking arguments. Nearly all modules take key=value arguments, space delimited. Some modules take no arguments, and the command/shell modules simply take the string of the command you want to run

answered Feb 11, 2019 by Tariq

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