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used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it
--ask-vault-pass¶ask for vault password
--export¶When doing an –list, represent in a way that is optimized for export,not as an accurate representation of how Ansible has processed it
--graph¶create inventory graph, if supplying pattern it must be a valid group name
--host <HOST>¶Output specific host info, works as inventory script
--list¶Output all hosts info, works as inventory script
--output <OUTPUT_FILE>¶When doing an –list, send the inventory to a file instead of of to screen
--playbook-dir <BASEDIR>¶Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a substitute playbook directory.This sets the relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc.
--toml¶Use TOML format instead of default JSON, ignored for –graph
--vars¶Add vars to graph display, ignored unless used with –graph
--vault-id¶the vault identity to use
--vault-password-file¶vault password file
--version¶show program’s version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location and exit
-h, --help¶show this help message and exit
-i, --inventory, --inventory-file¶specify inventory host path or comma separated host list. –inventory-file is deprecated
-v, --verbose¶verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)
-y, --yaml¶Use YAML format instead of default JSON, ignored for –graph
The following environment variables may be specified.
ANSIBLE_CONFIG – Override the default ansible config file
Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg
/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg – Config file, used if present
~/.ansible.cfg – User config file, overrides the default config if present