[defaults] inventory = inventory/ remote_user = root host_key_checking = False # Reduce SSH connection overhead forks = 10 pipelining = True # Output formatting (YAML output via builtin default callback) stdout_callback = default callbacks_enabled = profile_tasks result_format = yaml [ssh_connection] # Reuse SSH connections ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s