Ping module - To get a response ansible all -m ping Setup Module - it basically goes to remote machine and gets more information ansible all -m setup Copy module - copy any file from ansible managemment node to other ansible all -m copy -a "src=helloworld.txt dest=/home/" yum module - to install commands in RedHat/Amazon Linux ansible all -m yum -a "name=git state=present" apt module - to install commands in ubuntu - Let's say i want to install tree command in only test machine. ansible test -m apt -a "name=tree state=present" To uninstall ansible test -m apt -a "name=tree state=absent" -m = module -a = arguments