Ansible Quick Start Guide

Running the raw command module

Compared to the other command modules, this module is the simplest in command line delivery. It basically sends the command as it is via SSH on remote hosts with no headers or options. It does not support pipelining or handlers, but it works when sending PowerShell commands to a Windows host that is configured to be managed by Ansible.

Fact gathering should be disabled when using the raw module to bootstrap Python onto the machine. In playbook syntax, the become option, to chose which user is going to run the task, does not work with the raw module, so we may need to add sudo in front of our commands when they require root permission.

A simple playbook to use this module might be as follows:

 - name: run a simple ...