{"id":16344,"date":"2020-07-16T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T13:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=16344"},"modified":"2021-10-30T06:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T06:17:39","slug":"how-to-exclude-specific-host-from-inventory-from-a-playbook-run-in-ansible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-exclude-specific-host-from-inventory-from-a-playbook-run-in-ansible\/","title":{"rendered":"How to exclude specific host from inventory from a playbook run in Ansible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Suppose you want to exclude a troublesome host (bad_host) from a particular playbook run. Try using a negated &#8216;limit&#8217; option:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ ansible-playbook --limit <span class=\"hljs-string\">'all:!bad_host'<\/span> playbook.yml<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>By using \u2013limit argument with ansible-playbook command we can exclude a host from playbook execution. If hostname starts with \u201c!\u201d it will excluded from host execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lets say if we want to exclude host1 and host2 from ansible-playbook execution use following command:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ ansible-playbook --limit <span class=\"hljs-string\">'!hoost1:!host2'<\/span> yourPlaybook.yml<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>To exclude only host1 from execution use following command:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ ansible-playbook --limit <span class=\"hljs-string\">'!hoost1'<\/span> yourPlaybook.yml<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>To execute only in host1 and host2 from execution use following command:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ ansible-playbook --limit <span class=\"hljs-string\">'hoost1:host2'<\/span> yourPlaybook.yml<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>To execute only in host1 use following command:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ ansible-playbook --limit <span class=\"hljs-string\">'hoost1'<\/span> yourPlaybook.yml<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>To exclude host1 and host2 from execution and allow execution only in host3:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">$ ansible-playbook --limit <span class=\"hljs-string\">'!hoost1:!host2:host3'<\/span> yourPlaybook.yml<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><br>https:\/\/s905060.gitbooks.io\/site-reliability-engineer-handbook\/ansible__exclude_host_from_playbook_execution.html#<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_68699\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_38869\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_68699\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose you want to exclude a troublesome host (bad_host) from a particular playbook run. 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