ansible -m ping

ansible -m ping MYHOST
ansible MYHOST -m ping 

ansible -m ping MYHOST
 16.195.56.79 | SUCCESS => {
     "changed": false,
     "ping": "pong"
 }

ansible yourwronghost -m ping
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'
[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: yourwronghost

Related terms

• /etc/ansible/hosts

See also

• Ansible modules: gather_facts, ansible.builtin.file, lineinfile, stat, group, mount, git:, package:, command:, shell:, raw:, template:, register:, user:, Ansible playbooks examples, tasks:, lineinfile, shell:, command:, raw:, ansible.builtin.file
• Ansible: Ansible modules, Playbooks (examples) ansible-playbook, ansible-vault, ansible-inventory, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy), ansible-cmdb, gather facts, ansible.cfg, Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections, register, template, --ask-pass, --ask-become-pass, remote_user:, /etc/ansible/hosts, ansible-doc, ansible-lint, .ansible/, --forks, --start-at-task, changelog, inventory, Notify:, ansible HOSTNAME -m ping, gathering, /usr/bin/ansible, ansible -m ping, ansible.builtin, hosts: (Ansible), set fact:, when:, blockinfile:, become method:, include:, git:, ansible --help