# ansible-playbook

> Execute tasks defined in playbook on remote machines over SSH.
> More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-playbook.html>.

- 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}}"`

- Run tasks in playbook for the given tags:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} --tags {tags}}`

- Run tasks in a playbook starting at a specific task:

`ansible-playbook {{playbook}} --start-at {{task_name}}`