i want to jump/SSH Bastion Host using ProxyCommand of ansible_ssh_common_args. ansible server:10.10.149.2 gateway/Bastion host:10.10.149.70 host to connect:10.32.32.190 So my aim is to connect 10.32.32.190 from 10.10.149.2 trough 10.10.149.70 (ssh tunneling)
ansible --version ansible 2.1.0.0
my inventory:
[local]
10.10.149.2
[Private]
10.32.32.190
[Private:vars]
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q [email protected]"'
pingtest.yml:
---
- hosts: Private
tasks:
- name: test connection
ping:
register: ping1
- debug: var=ping1
Issue facing:
fatal: [10.32.32.190]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh.", "unreachable": true}
So i doubt ansible_ssh_common_args support in inventory file.i do not want to use the ssh.config file.
Logs:
[root@mavosdsc ansible]# ansible-playbook -i inventory pingtest.yml -e "user=root" --ask-pass -vvvv
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
SSH password:
Loaded callback default of type stdout, v2.0
PLAYBOOK: pingtest.yml *********************************************************
1 plays in pingtest.yml
PLAY [Private] *****************************************************************
TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
<10.32.32.190> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<10.32.32.190> SSH: EXEC sshpass -d12 ssh -C -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/root/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r 10.32.32.190 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1469788026.71-124524328003439 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1469788026.71-124524328003439="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1469788026.71-124524328003439 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
fatal: [10.32.32.190]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh.", "unreachable": true}
to retry, use: --limit @pingtest.retry
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
10.32.32.190 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0
The problem is here:
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q [email protected]"'
Replace ":" by "=" and write like this:
ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q [email protected]"'
To help others, keep in mind that your inventory file is a '.ini' file.
'.ini' files e.g ansible.cfg
, use '=' to assign variables, as 'yaml' files use ':'.