Using ansbile and ansbile-playbook with just the password for the remote host

[Soumya Simanta]

I'm new to Ansible.  I know I can add the ssh keys to the remote host(s) and that works. But I was wondering if there is a way to do it without sharing keys and just putting a password every time the Ansible playbook is executed. 

I tried the following and they don't work. 

$ansible myhost -m ping -i ansibile_hosts -u myuserid --private-key=~/.ssh/mykey_rsa --ask-pass

$ansible myhost -m ping -i ansibile_hosts -u myuserid --ask-pass

Thanks. 

-Soumya

[James Cammarata]

Could you please explain how they're not working? Using --ask-pass is the correct option to have Ansible prompt you for a password. If you're using SSH as your connection type (or "smart", on a system that is not RHEL/CentOS 6), you can also add -vvvv to get SSH debugging info printed out.

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[Soumya Simanta]

If I do a normal ssh to the machine it works. 

$ssh myhost 

user@myhost's password: 

Last login: Thu Oct 10 13:15:40 2013 from xxxxxxxx

However when I do any of the following: 

$ansible myhost -m ping -i ansibile_hosts -u myuserid --private-key=~/.ssh/mykey_rsa --ask-pass -vvvv

$ansible myhost -m ping -i ansibile_hosts -u myuserid --ask-pass -vvvv 

this what I get, I'm using the same password as I used for my ssh login above. 

SSH password: 

<x.x.x.x> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: myuserid

x.x.x.x | FAILED => to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program

Do I really need sshpass for this work ? I'm on a OS-X (12.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64) and looks like it's not easy to install sshpass using port or brew. 

Thanks. 

[James Cammarata]

Yes, unfortunately that is a requirement when using the --ask-pass option.

[Soumya Simanta]

Thanks. 

[Mona Gopal]

Hi,

I am facing a similar issue.

I have non-root access to a server to which i am able to connect manually.

But ansible throws "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program" error when i execute the playbook.

My hosts file contains the ip address and credentials to login to that server in the below format

ip ansible_ssh_user="non-root-user" ansible_ssh_pass="password"

Is it necessary to install sshpass on the remote node as well??

I do not have root access, so how do i go about it?

Please suggest ASAP

Thanks in advance,

Mona G

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 03.10.2016 12:28, Mona Gopal wrote:
> I am facing a similar issue.
> I have non-root access to a server to which i am able to connect
> manually.
> But ansible throws "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords,
> you
> must install the sshpass program" error when i execute the playbook.
> My hosts file contains the ip address and credentials to login to that
> server in the below format
> ip ansible_ssh_user="non-root-user" ansible_ssh_pass="password"
>
> Is it necessary to install sshpass on the remote node as well??
> I do not have root access, so how do i go about it?

Not on the remote node, but you need sshpass on your Ansible control
machine.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Mona Gopal]

Hi Kai,

I have installed openssh-server and openssh-clients on the control machine and the error still persists.

Any other way forward??

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 07.10.2016 12:21, Mona Gopal wrote:
> On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 4:10:07 PM UTC+5:30, Kai Stian Olstad
> wrote:
>>
>> On 03.10.2016 12:28, Mona Gopal wrote:
>> > I am facing a similar issue.
>> > I have non-root access to a server to which i am able to connect
>> > manually.
>> > But ansible throws "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords,
>> > you
>> > must install the sshpass program" error when i execute the playbook.
>> > My hosts file contains the ip address and credentials to login to that
>> > server in the below format
>> > ip ansible_ssh_user="non-root-user" ansible_ssh_pass="password"
>> >
>> > Is it necessary to install sshpass on the remote node as well??
>> > I do not have root access, so how do i go about it?
>>
>> Not on the remote node, but you need sshpass on your Ansible control
>> machine.
>>
>
> I have installed openssh-server and openssh-clients on the control
> machine
> and the error still persists.
> Any other way forward??

Did you install the package "sshpass" on the control machine?
(Non-interactive ssh password authentication).
Ansible doesn't require openssh-server on the control machine, but when
you are using ssh with password the program "sshpass" is needed on the
control machine since ssh doesn’t provide this functionality itself.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Mona Gopal]

Hi Kai,

I have installed openssh-server and openssh-clients  on the control machine using yum.

And still getting the error:  | FAILED => to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program 

Regards,

Mona G