Ansible limiting to hosts/groups

Ansible limiting the playbook execution to few hosts / groups.


Limit to one host

ansible-playbook playbooks/PLAYBOOK_NAME.yml --limit "host1"








Limit to multiple hosts

ansible-playbook playbooks/PLAYBOOK_NAME.yml --limit "host1,host2"







All but one host




ansible-playbook playbooks/PLAYBOOK_NAME.yml --limit 'all:!host1'




Limit to a group




ansible-playbook playbooks/PLAYBOOK_NAME.yml --limit 'group1'




All but one group




ansible-playbook playbooks/PLAYBOOK_NAME.yml --limit 'all:!group1'

source:
https://ansible-tips-and-tricks.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ansible/commands/#limit-to-one-or-more-hosts