Check Mode
(“Dry Run”) ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --check
Does a dry run and shows a preview without executing the playbook.
Check mode is just a simulation.
Check Syntax
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --syntax-check
Does a check for syntax errors.
Check Tags
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --tags httpd
Runs a specific part of the configuration that is tagged without running the whole playbook ex: a tag called "httpd".
List Tags
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --list-tags
Lists all tags in a playbook.
Skip Tags
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --skip-tags httpd
Skips a specific part of the configuration that is tagged while running the rest of the playbook.
Here it skips a tag called httpd.
List Tasks
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --list-tasks
List all tasks in a playbook.
Start-at-task
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --start-at-task="install packages"
Runs the playbook from the task named “install packages”
Step
ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml --step
ANSIBLE will stop on each task, and ask if the task should be executed.
Say you had a task called “configure ssh”, the playbook run will stop and ask:
Perform task: configure ssh (y/n/c):
Answering “y” will execute the task,
Answering “n” will skip the task
Answering “c” will continue executing all the remaining tasks without asking.
