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Expand Up @@ -142,9 +142,31 @@ An example of the `ansible.cfg` [is given here](https://github.com/ansible/ansib
$ sudo mkdir /etc/ansible
$ sudo curl -o /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/ansible.cfg
$ sudo curl -o /etc/ansible/hosts https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/hosts
```

You can also use the `ansible-config` command to generate a new configuration file :

```
usage: ansible-config [-h] [--version] [-v] {list,dump,view,init} ...

View ansible configuration.

positional arguments:
{list,dump,view,init}
list Print all config options
dump Dump configuration
view View configuration file
init Create initial configuration
```

Example:

```
ansible-config init --disabled > /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
```

The `--disabled` option allows you to comment out the set of options by prefixing them with a `;`.

### The inventory file `/etc/ansible/hosts`

As Ansible will have to work with all your equipment to be configured, it is very important to provide it with one (or more) well-structured inventory file(s), which perfectly matches your organization.
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