How to do it…

We just have to use the Ansible command and pass the ping module as an argument to parameter -m. A successful execution will return the string pong. It signifies that Ansible can reach the server and execute tasks, subject to the authorization level of the user, of course:

$ ansible localhost -m ping
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false,
    "failed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}