host_list¶

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.builtin collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

Added 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