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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ Continue getting started with Ansible and build an inventory as follows:

ansible myhosts -m ping -i inventory.ini

If your managed nodes are configured for key-based SSH access, run:

.. code-block:: bash

ansible myhosts -m ping -i inventory.ini -u root --key-file /path/to/private/key


.. note::
Pass the ``-u`` option with the ``ansible`` command if the username is different on the control node and the managed node(s).

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