[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

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Mar 22, 2016, 11:06:10 AM3/22/16

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I could really use some help on this issue. I have a hosts file with one server.

the hosts looks like

[vm]

172.20.20.106

when i run the host command, i get:

ansible -i hosts --list-hosts all

hosts (1):

172.20.20.106

but when i run a simple ping command

ansible hosts -m ping

[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available

I get the following

I have not idea whats wrong!

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Mar 22, 2016, 12:02:18 PM3/22/16

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You need a group as the second argument. try

ansible -i hosts vm -m ping

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Mar 22, 2016, 12:20:41 PM3/22/16

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You didn't specify the inventory in the 2nd command... try

ansible -i hosts -m ping all

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Mar 22, 2016, 1:26:01 PM3/22/16

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DOH!!!! thanks so much! that worked.

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