Need Assistance With Ansible Error

[George James]

I am new to ansible.

I create an inventory file 

[web] 
167.172.xxx.xxx ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=root ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Then I run 
ansible web -m ping -i hosts -vvvv

But I am presented with the following log and error

ansible 2.9.6
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/g.james/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.9.6_1/libexec/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.8.2 (default, Mar 11 2020, 00:29:50) [Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.17)]
No config file found; using defaults
setting up inventory plugins
host_list declined parsing /Users/g.james/dojo360/d3-scripts/server/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
script declined parsing /Users/g.james/dojo360/d3-scripts/server/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
auto declined parsing /Users/g.james/dojo360/d3-scripts/server/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Parsed /Users/g.james/dojo360/d3-scripts/server/hosts inventory source with ini plugin
Loading callback plugin minimal of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.9.6_1/libexec/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal.py
META: ran handlers
<67.172.xxx.xxx> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<67.172.xxx.xxx> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o 'IdentityFile="/Users/g.james/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"' -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/g.james/.ansible/cp/5d3d6b8351 67.172.xxx.xxx '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~root && sleep 0'"'"''
<67.172.xxx.xxx> (255, b'', b'OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 48: Applying options for *\r\ndebug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 67.172.xxx.xxx is address\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug1: Control socket "/Users/g.james/.ansible/cp/5d3d6b8351" does not exist\r\ndebug2: ssh_connect_direct\r\ndebug1: Connecting to 67.172.xxx.xxx [67.172.xxx.xxx] port 22.\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug1: connect to address 67.172.xxx.xxx port 22: Operation timed out\r\nssh: connect to host 67.172.xxx.xxx port 22: Operation timed out\r\n')
67.172.xxx.xxx | UNREACHABLE! => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 48: Applying options for *\r\ndebug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 67.172.xxx.xxx is address\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug1: Control socket \"/Users/g.james/.ansible/cp/5d3d6b8351\" does not exist\r\ndebug2: ssh_connect_direct\r\ndebug1: Connecting to 67.172.xxx.xxx [67.172.xxx.xxx] port 22.\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug1: connect to address 67.172.xxx.xxx port 22: Operation timed out\r\nssh: connect to host 67.172.xxx.xxx port 22: Operation timed out",
    "unreachable": true
}

Please I need help, I have been stuck on this for 48 hours, tried different computers  and VMs all returns back the same result

[Orkhan Mammadov]

Run the file from the directory, where your config file is located.

[George James]

Thanks Orkhan, but the same issue 

[David Foley]

It's not refusing the connection, but no harm in trying;

Did you add the key to known hosts file?

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-easily-add-an-ssh-fingerprint-to-your-knownhosts-file-in-linux/

[Andrew Latham]

I have seen issues with usernames or home directories that include spaces, I see your home directory has a dot "g.james". Try this in another path.

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