Ansible Playbook Commands Run the playbook Using below command $ ansible-playbook playbook.yml Run the playbook.yml in verbose $ ansible-playbook playbook.yml -vvv Get Playbook helpful commands $ ansible-playbook --help To check syntax of a playbook $ ansible-playbook playbook.yml --syntax-check To execute playbook in dry run mode $ ansible-playbook playbook.yml --check To display which hosts would be effected by a playbook before run $ ansible-playbook playbook.yml --list-hosts To execute one-step-at-a-time and confirm each task before running with (N)o/(y)es/(c)ontinue $ ansible-playbook playbook.yml --step ansible-playbook