What is an Ansible inventory?

The correct answer is B. file that defines the target devices upon which commands and tasks are executed. An Ansible inventory is a file (or set of files) that lists the target systems (hosts) Ansible manages. - Hostnames or IP addresses of devices - Groupings of devices (e.g., [web_servers], [db_servers]) - Variables specific to hosts or groups - Connection methods (SSH, WinRM, etc.

Submitted by alyssa_d· Mar 5, 2026

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Aunit of Python code to be executed within Ansible
Bfile that defines the target devices upon which commands and tasks are executed
Cdevice with Ansible installed that manages target devices
Dcollection of actions to perform on target devices, expressed in YAML format

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An Ansible inventory is a file (or set of files) that lists the target systems (hosts) Ansible manages. - Hostnames or IP addresses of devices - Groupings of devices (e.g., [web_servers], [db_servers]) - Variables specific to hosts or groups - Connection methods (SSH, WinRM, etc.) Inventories can be: - Static (defined in .ini or .yml files) - Dynamic (generated from cloud providers, CMDBs, etc.)

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#Ansible inventory#Ansible#Configuration management

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