Ansible :Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source

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I am new to ansible, got the below issue.
I was able to ssh into my client machine .but unable to run playbook.

Getting the error below:

[WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source



 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available



 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit

localhost does not match 'all'



 [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: a

here a is my group name. my hosts given below :

---------





[a]

172.31.26.93







[all:vars]



ansible_user=vagrant

ansible_ssh_pass=vagrant





 ansible_ssh_host=172.31.26.93

 ansible_ssh_port=22

 ansible_ssh_user='ansibleuser'

 ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh

------- my playbook file given below ----

- hosts: a

  tasks:

  - name: create a directory

    file: path=/home/ansiblesuser/www state=directory

This is the first time I am getting this issue.

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

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asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

Hi Mani, welcome to SO! You didn't specify the file that contains your group name, nor the version of ansible you are using. Although if it is /etc/ansible/hosts and you have a modern version of ansible, you can check to see what ansible sees about that file using ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:30

Separately, ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh is incorrect as that points to a directory, and not to a file -- unless you have for some terrible reason named your file as .ssh in ansibleuser's home directory
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:31

love & respect for ur response.
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:25

I changed the ssh_priavtekey_file to /home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa. and tried the the commond ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list , got below response ...
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:26

{ "_meta": { "hostvars": { "172.31.26.93": { "ansible_ssh_host": "172.31.26.93", "ansible_ssh_pass": "vagrant", "ansible_ssh_port": 22, "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "/home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa", "ansible_ssh_user": "ansibleuser", "ansible_user": "vagrant" } } }, "a": { "hosts": [ "172.31.26.93" ] }, "all": { "children": [ "a", "ungrouped" ] }, "ungrouped": {} }
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:31

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I am new to ansible, got the below issue.
I was able to ssh into my client machine .but unable to run playbook.

Getting the error below:

[WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source



 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available



 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit

localhost does not match 'all'



 [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: a

here a is my group name. my hosts given below :

---------





[a]

172.31.26.93







[all:vars]



ansible_user=vagrant

ansible_ssh_pass=vagrant





 ansible_ssh_host=172.31.26.93

 ansible_ssh_port=22

 ansible_ssh_user='ansibleuser'

 ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh

------- my playbook file given below ----

- hosts: a

  tasks:

  - name: create a directory

    file: path=/home/ansiblesuser/www state=directory

This is the first time I am getting this issue.

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

Hi Mani, welcome to SO! You didn't specify the file that contains your group name, nor the version of ansible you are using. Although if it is /etc/ansible/hosts and you have a modern version of ansible, you can check to see what ansible sees about that file using ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:30

Separately, ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh is incorrect as that points to a directory, and not to a file -- unless you have for some terrible reason named your file as .ssh in ansibleuser's home directory
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:31

love & respect for ur response.
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:25

I changed the ssh_priavtekey_file to /home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa. and tried the the commond ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list , got below response ...
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:26

{ "_meta": { "hostvars": { "172.31.26.93": { "ansible_ssh_host": "172.31.26.93", "ansible_ssh_pass": "vagrant", "ansible_ssh_port": 22, "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "/home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa", "ansible_ssh_user": "ansibleuser", "ansible_user": "vagrant" } } }, "a": { "hosts": [ "172.31.26.93" ] }, "all": { "children": [ "a", "ungrouped" ] }, "ungrouped": {} }
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:31

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I am new to ansible, got the below issue.
I was able to ssh into my client machine .but unable to run playbook.

Getting the error below:

[WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source



 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available



 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit

localhost does not match 'all'



 [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: a

here a is my group name. my hosts given below :

---------





[a]

172.31.26.93







[all:vars]



ansible_user=vagrant

ansible_ssh_pass=vagrant





 ansible_ssh_host=172.31.26.93

 ansible_ssh_port=22

 ansible_ssh_user='ansibleuser'

 ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh

------- my playbook file given below ----

- hosts: a

  tasks:

  - name: create a directory

    file: path=/home/ansiblesuser/www state=directory

This is the first time I am getting this issue.

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

I am new to ansible, got the below issue.
I was able to ssh into my client machine .but unable to run playbook.

Getting the error below:

[WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source



 [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available



 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit

localhost does not match 'all'



 [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: a

here a is my group name. my hosts given below :

---------





[a]

172.31.26.93







[all:vars]



ansible_user=vagrant

ansible_ssh_pass=vagrant





 ansible_ssh_host=172.31.26.93

 ansible_ssh_port=22

 ansible_ssh_user='ansibleuser'

 ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh

------- my playbook file given below ----

- hosts: a

  tasks:

  - name: create a directory

    file: path=/home/ansiblesuser/www state=directory

This is the first time I am getting this issue.

ssh error-handling ansible

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

edited Nov 8 at 13:26

kb-0

385

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

asked Nov 8 at 10:19

MANI KANTA

Hi Mani, welcome to SO! You didn't specify the file that contains your group name, nor the version of ansible you are using. Although if it is /etc/ansible/hosts and you have a modern version of ansible, you can check to see what ansible sees about that file using ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:30

Separately, ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh is incorrect as that points to a directory, and not to a file -- unless you have for some terrible reason named your file as .ssh in ansibleuser's home directory
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:31

love & respect for ur response.
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:25

I changed the ssh_priavtekey_file to /home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa. and tried the the commond ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list , got below response ...
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:26

{ "_meta": { "hostvars": { "172.31.26.93": { "ansible_ssh_host": "172.31.26.93", "ansible_ssh_pass": "vagrant", "ansible_ssh_port": 22, "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "/home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa", "ansible_ssh_user": "ansibleuser", "ansible_user": "vagrant" } } }, "a": { "hosts": [ "172.31.26.93" ] }, "all": { "children": [ "a", "ungrouped" ] }, "ungrouped": {} }
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:31

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show 1 more comment

Hi Mani, welcome to SO! You didn't specify the file that contains your group name, nor the version of ansible you are using. Although if it is /etc/ansible/hosts and you have a modern version of ansible, you can check to see what ansible sees about that file using ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:30

Separately, ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh is incorrect as that points to a directory, and not to a file -- unless you have for some terrible reason named your file as .ssh in ansibleuser's home directory
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:31

love & respect for ur response.
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:25

I changed the ssh_priavtekey_file to /home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa. and tried the the commond ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list , got below response ...
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:26

{ "_meta": { "hostvars": { "172.31.26.93": { "ansible_ssh_host": "172.31.26.93", "ansible_ssh_pass": "vagrant", "ansible_ssh_port": 22, "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "/home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa", "ansible_ssh_user": "ansibleuser", "ansible_user": "vagrant" } } }, "a": { "hosts": [ "172.31.26.93" ] }, "all": { "children": [ "a", "ungrouped" ] }, "ungrouped": {} }
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:31

Hi Mani, welcome to SO! You didn't specify the file that contains your group name, nor the version of ansible you are using. Although if it is /etc/ansible/hosts and you have a modern version of ansible, you can check to see what ansible sees about that file using ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:30

Separately, ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/home/ansibleuser/.ssh is incorrect as that points to a directory, and not to a file -- unless you have for some terrible reason named your file as .ssh in ansibleuser's home directory
– Matthew L Daniel
Nov 9 at 4:31

love & respect for ur response.
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:25

I changed the ssh_priavtekey_file to /home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa. and tried the the commond ansible-inventory -i /path/to/the/inventory/file --list , got below response ...
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:26

{ "_meta": { "hostvars": { "172.31.26.93": { "ansible_ssh_host": "172.31.26.93", "ansible_ssh_pass": "vagrant", "ansible_ssh_port": 22, "ansible_ssh_private_key_file": "/home/ansibleuser/.ssh/id_rsa", "ansible_ssh_user": "ansibleuser", "ansible_user": "vagrant" } } }, "a": { "hosts": [ "172.31.26.93" ] }, "all": { "children": [ "a", "ungrouped" ] }, "ungrouped": {} }
– MANI KANTA
Nov 9 at 10:31

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