# ansible-playbook > Execute tasks defined in playbook on remote machines over SSH. - Run tasks in playbook: `ansible-playbook {{playbook}}` - Run tasks in playbook with custom host inventory: `ansible-playbook {{playbook}} -i {{inventory_file}}` - Run tasks in playbook with extra variables defined via the command line: `ansible-playbook {{playbook}} -e "{{variable1}}={{value1}} {{variable2}}={{value2}}"` - Run tasks in playbook with extra variables defined in a json file: `ansible-playbook {{playbook}} -e "@{{variables.json}}"`