I recommend you enable SSH key-based authentication for efficiency ( refer this article to enable SSH key based auth)Īd hoc in Latin means something done for a very precise and particular purpose.

Make sure that the control machine and VM has SSH connectivity.

some remote Virtual machines to test, you can use vagrant to build them ( this article would help you get started).

Ansible must be installed ( only in control machine, remember this is agentless).

Example 26: ansible ad hoc command to check listening ports.

Example 25: ansible ad hoc command to download a file from URL.

Example 24: ad hoc command to stop, start, restart service - Ansible SystemD.

Example 23: ad hoc command to display memory, cpu and OS distribution and version.

Example 22: ad hoc command to list nfs mounts.

Example 21: ansible ad hoc command to copy directory - Local to remote.

Example 20: ansible ad hoc command to copy file - Local to remote.

Example 19: ansible ad hoc command to check the service status.

Example 18: ansible ad hoc command to reboot the system.

Example 17: Running operations in the background asynchronous with Polling ansible.

Example 16: Managing Cron Job and Scheduling with Ansible ad hoc.

Example 15: Install and configure python Django application server with ansible ad hoc commands.

Example 14: ad hoc command to Start or stop the service.

Example 13: ad hoc command to Install a package using yum module.

Example 12: how to check free disk space of hosts using ansible ad hoc commands.

Example 11: Change ownership of a file using ansible ad hoc command.

Example 10: Create a file with 755 permission using ansible ad hoc commands.

Example 9: Create a Directory with 755 permission using ansible ad hoc command.

Example 8: Create a unix user with ansible ad hoc command.

Example 7: Create a user group with ansible ad hoc command.

Example 6: ansible ad hoc become - Execute a command as a different user (sudo su).

Example 5: ansible ad hoc become - Execute a command as root user (sudo) host.

Example 4: ansible ad hoc command to get physical memory allocated to the host.

Example 3: How to check the free memory or memory usage of hosts using ansible ad hoc command.

Example 2: ansible ad hoc command to check uptime.

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