ansible/quick-start.md

Quick Start

Ansible Navigator

Ansible Navigator is a CLI tool for exploring and interacting with Ansible content. It provides:

• Playbook visualization
• Task execution tracking
• Inventory exploration
• Interactive shell for testing playbooks
• Integration with Ansible Core features

Use ansible-navigator to:

1. Explore playbooks and roles
2. Run ad-hoc commands
3. Debug playbook execution
4. Manage inventory files
5. Test YAML syntax

ansible-navigator run playbook.yml
ansible-navigator explore
ansible-navigator shell

1. Install: pip install ansible
2. Create inventory file
3. Write playbook
4. Run: ansible-playbook playbook.yml

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