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.






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  • 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.






ssh error-handling ansible







share|improve this question
























  • 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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up vote
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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.






ssh error-handling ansible







share|improve this question















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.






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  • 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
















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




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






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




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






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




{ "_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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