how can I override the ansible.cfg with command line argument

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I have servers with different ssh ports, the default port is configured in ansible.cfg, how can I override the remote_port setting with command line argument? thanks

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Hi,

try ansible_ssh_port: http://www.ansibleworks.com/docs/faq.html#id2

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My inventory file is big, I want to keep it clean, changing every line is not so good.

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Add it to a group then.

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you can also use extra vars: -e ‘ansible_ssh_port=2343’

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to Michael,
I known add it to the group, but it is not best practice.

to Brian,
do you mean add -e in command line? I got an error that:

ansible -i xcloud all -a ‘w’ -e ‘ansible_ssh_port=22’
Usage: ansible [options]

ansible: error: no such option: -e

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-e is for ansible-playbook, sorry, i didn’t realize you were using the oneliner