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# ansible-playbook

> Execute tasks defined in playbook on remote machines over SSH.
> More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-playbook.html>.

- Run tasks in playbook:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}}`

- Run tasks in playbook with custom host inventory:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} {{[-i|--inventory]}} {{inventory_file}}`

- Run tasks in playbook with extra variables defined via the command-line:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} {{[-e|--extra-vars]}} "{{variable1}}={{value1}} {{variable2}}={{value2}}"`

- Run tasks in playbook with extra variables defined in a JSON file:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} {{[-e|--extra-vars]}} "@{{variables.json}}"`

- Run tasks in playbook for the given tags:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} {{[-t|--tags]}} {{tag1,tag2}}`

- Run tasks in a playbook starting at a specific task:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} --start-at {{task_name}}`

- Run tasks in a playbook without making any changes (dry-run):

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} {{[-C|--check]}} {{[-D|--diff]}}`
