ping - Try to connect to host, verify a usable python and return pong on success

See also

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ping_module.html

Synopsis

A trivial test module, this module always returns pong on successful contact.

It does not make sense in playbooks, but it is useful from /usr/bin/ansible to verify the ability to login and that a usable python is configured.

This is NOT ICMP ping , this is just a trivial test module. For Windows targets, use the win_ping module instead.