Then the issue must in the playbook itself. What does that look like? On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 at 18:26, James Ngo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > I am a pretty new face to Ansible. I can follow instruction pretty good > however, I need your help with the following scenario. > I created an .INI style inventory file called "hosts", with basically > categorize our devices/servers in different groups like below > > +++++++++++++++++++ > [Ubuntu] > 192.168.100.105 > 192.168.100.106 > > [Windows] > 192.168.100.200 > 192.168.100.201 > > [Mac] > 192.168.100.300 > 192.168.100.301 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++ > This inventory file is saved in ~/ansible/inventory/hosts > Playbook file (called play1.yml) is saved in ~/ansible/plabooks/play1: > check for updates > > I can ping the devices in [Windows] group using this command: > $ ansible -i ./inventory/hosts Windows -m ping --user admin --ask-pass > > Now, I try to check for updates for just the devices/machines in [Windows] > group, using this command: > $ ansible-playbook ./playbooks/play1.yml --user admin --ask-pass > --ask-become-pass -i ./inventory/hosts Windows > > It returns error that it does not know what devices/machines that I'm > targeting at. In another word, it does not recognize my flag > ./inventory/hosts Windows > > Could someone guide me how to make the proper reference to a specific > group of the machines? > > Thank you > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/66ff95de-e6ca-46fb-9718-8ddbe9eb89acn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/66ff95de-e6ca-46fb-9718-8ddbe9eb89acn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from a mobile device - please excuse the brevity, spelling and punctuation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAL8fbwMwKwF%2B-xBp7uS3hDT2VHqXgLPr4%3Dd-LnbizF9K6QUZMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
