SSH error on Centos - ansible 1.9.2

[Michael Bubb]

Hello 

I recently upgraded ssh and broke my Ansible setup.

ssh to the target works using the same creds:

# ssh -i /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa ansibl...@apps05.somedomain.com

Last login: Tue Aug 25 23:07:38 2015 from 108.x.x.x

[ansible_user@apps05 ~]$

[ansible_user@apps05 ~]$ logout

Connection to apps05.somedomain.com closed.

But when I attempt 

ansible or ansible-playbook I get the following:

# ansible-playbook -vvvv /etc/ansible/ansible-modules/iptables_add_rules.yml -s -C -l apps05.somedomain.com

PLAY [Iptables setup] *********************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************

<10.80.224.12> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible_user

<10.80.224.12> REMOTE_MODULE setup CHECKMODE=True

<10.80.224.12> EXEC ssh -C -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking no -o ControlPath="/root/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o Port=22 -o IdentityFile="/home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible_user -o ConnectTimeout=10 10.80.224.12 /bin/sh -c 'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=xxxxxxxxxx] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python'"'"''

fatal: [apps05.somedomain.com] => SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh

my ansible.cfg looks like:

[defaults]

hostfile       = /etc/ansible/hosts

library        = /usr/share/ansible

remote_tmp     = $HOME/.ansible/tmp

pattern        = *

forks          = 5

poll_interval  = 15

sudo_user      = root

transport      = smart

remote_port    = 22

roles_path    = /etc/ansible/ansible-modules/roles:/etc/ansible/ansible-galaxy

sudo_exe = sudo

timeout = 10

remote_user = ansible_user

log_path = /var/log/ansible.log

private_key_file = /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa

ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}

action_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins

callback_plugins   = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins

connection_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/connection_plugins

lookup_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/lookup_plugins

vars_plugins       = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/vars_plugins

filter_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins

[paramiko_connection]

[ssh_connection]

ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking no

pipelining = True

scp_if_ssh = True

[accelerate]

accelerate_port = 5099

accelerate_timeout = 30

accelerate_connect_timeout = 5.0

I am at a loss... 

yrs

Michael

[Michael Bubb]

I hve ssh-agent running and tested with it:

[root@ansible-wdc-1 ~]# ssh-add -l

2048 54::xxxxxxxxxx /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa (RSA)

[root@ansible-wdc-1 ~]# ssh ansibl...@apps06.sampledom.com

Last login: Wed Aug 26 08:57:13 2015 from 108.168.174.114

[ansible_user@apps06 ~]$

But still cannot run my playbooks. Or ansible oneliners:

[root@ansible-wdc-1 ~]# ansible -vvv all -m ping -l apps06*

<10.80.224.6> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible_user

<10.80.224.6> REMOTE_MODULE ping

<10.80.224.6> EXEC ssh -C -v -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking no -o ControlPath="/root/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o Port=22 -o IdentityFile="/home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible_user -o ConnectTimeout=10 10.80.224.6 /bin/sh -c 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python'

apps06.sampledom.com | FAILED => SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh

The long story is that I inherited this box and realize now there was some kind of special sauce to get this to work. My overall goal is to tease the Ansible and Jenkins setup off of this box (which does about 30 other things) and give the Ansible/jenkins/ git procs a new home.

For now I need to get this to work again on this less than optimal system.

My underlying ssh works fine but the way I have Ansible setup I am not able to connect over ssh.

What should I read beyond

http://www.ansible.com/how-ansible-works

to get Ansible to work with underlying ssh? 

thank you

Michael

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 11:56:48 PM UTC-4, Michael Bubb wrote:

Hello 

I recently upgraded ssh and broke my Ansible setup.

ssh to the target works using the same creds:

# ssh -i /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa ansible_user@apps05.somedomain.com

[Jyoti Ranjan]

Hi Michael,

Did this issue got resolved for you? I am also seeing similar issue but unable to find clue.

Regards,

Jyoti Ranjna

# ssh -i /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa ansibl...@apps05.somedomain.com