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ansible:tldr:fa7be
ansible: Ping a group of hosts by invoking the ping module.
$ ansible ${group} -m ping
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This command is using the Ansible automation tool to perform a ping test on a specific group of hosts.
The breakdown of the command is as follows:
ansible
refers to the Ansible executable command.${group}
is a placeholder indicating that you need to replace it with the actual group name in your inventory file. The group specifies a set of hosts that you want to run a command against. For example, if you have a group named "web-servers" in your inventory file, you would replace${group}
withweb-servers
.-m ping
specifies the module to use for the command. In this case, the module is "ping". Theping
module in Ansible sends a test message to the hosts and checks if they respond, indicating that they are reachable.
When you run this command with the appropriate group name, Ansible will send a ping to each host in that group and report back the result, showing whether each host is reachable or not.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.