Running Ansible playbook using AWS Systems Manager (skipping: no hosts matched)

Prasanth S Nair

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Jun 8, 2022, 11:13:00 AM6/8/22

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Hi All,

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.

I'm trying to run an ansible playbook from Github using AWS Systems Manager. My repo has a hosts (ini format) file as shown below:

[dev] server.example.com

And my playbook looks like below:

--- - name: test run

hosts: dev

become: true

When I run the playbook, I get the error below:

PLAY [test run] ******************************************************** skipping: no hosts matched

Any idea why it is not picking up the hosts? Can someone help me to resolve this issue?

Dick Visser

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Jun 8, 2022, 2:58:46 PM6/8/22

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On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 17:13, Prasanth S Nair <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.

I'm trying to run an ansible playbook from Github using AWS Systems Manager. My repo has a hosts (ini format) file as shown below:
[dev] server.example.com
And my playbook looks like below:
--- - name: test run
hosts: dev
become: true

This isn't valid nor complete.

Please provide the entire playbook using a correct formatting

When I run the playbook, I get the error below:
PLAY [test run] ******************************************************** skipping: no hosts matched
Any idea why it is not picking up the hosts? Can someone help me to resolve this issue?

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Prasanth S Nair

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Hi Dick,

Thank you for your reply. This is the Git repo https://github.com/prasanthcambridge/ansible

Basically, I'm running the Ansible playbook from the AWS Systems Manager Console --> Run command --> AWS-ApplyAnsiblePlaybooks --> Specify the Github repo location --> Choose the target instances --> Run.

It works fine if I change 'hosts: all' in the playbook instead of the group name 'dev'. But, I just only want to run against a group.

Is there anything I'm doing wrong here? I'm very new to Ansible.

Kind regards,

Prasanth

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Prasanth S Nair

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Jun 10, 2022, 4:49:57 AM6/10/22

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Hi Dick.

I also get the below warning message:

[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: dev

Stefan Hornburg (Racke)

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Jun 10, 2022, 4:53:18 AM6/10/22

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On 10/06/2022 10:49, Prasanth S Nair wrote:
> Hi Dick.
>
> I also get the below warning message:
>
> [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: dev
>
>

Where did you define that host group?

Regards

Racke

>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 3:14 PM Prasanth S Nair <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dick,
>
> Thank you for your reply. This is the Git repo https://github.com/prasanthcambridge/ansible
>
> Basically, I'm running the Ansible playbook from the AWS Systems Manager Console --> Run command --> AWS-ApplyAnsiblePlaybooks --> Specify the Github repo location --> Choose the target instances --> Run.
>
> It works fine if I change 'hosts: all' in the playbook instead of the group name 'dev'. But, I just only want to run against a group.
>
> Is there anything I'm doing wrong here? I'm very new to Ansible.
>
> Kind regards,
> Prasanth
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 7:58 PM Dick Visser <dnmv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 17:13, Prasanth S Nair <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.
>
> I'm trying to run an ansible playbook from Github using AWS Systems Manager. My repo has a hosts (ini format) file as shown below:
>

> /[dev] server.example.com <http://server.example.com> /

>
> And my playbook looks like below:
>

> /--- - name: test run
> /
> / hosts: dev
> /
> / become: true /

>
>
> This isn't valid nor complete.
> Please provide the entire playbook using a correct formatting
>
> When I run the playbook, I get the error below:
>
> PLAY [test run] ******************************************************** skipping: no hosts matched
>
> Any idea why it is not picking up the hosts? Can someone help me to resolve this issue?
>
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Dick Visser

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Jun 10, 2022, 6:14:12 AM6/10/22

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On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 17:13, Prasanth S Nair <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.

I'm trying to run an ansible playbook from Github using AWS Systems Manager. My repo has a hosts (ini format) file as shown below:
[dev] server.example.com

This should not be on one line

And my playbook looks like below:
--- - name: test run
hosts: dev
become: true
When I run the playbook, I get the error below:
PLAY [test run] ******************************************************** skipping: no hosts matched
Any idea why it is not picking up the hosts? Can someone help me to resolve this issue?

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Prasanth S Nair

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Jun 10, 2022, 6:40:33 AM6/10/22

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Hi Racke,

It is defined under hosts file. Please see the links below:

https://github.com/prasanthcambridge/ansible

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72547240/running-ansible-playbook-using-aws-systems-manager-skipping-no-hosts-matched

Kind regards,

Prasanth

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Stefan Hornburg (Racke)

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Jun 10, 2022, 7:40:53 AM6/10/22

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On 10/06/2022 12:40, Prasanth S Nair wrote:
> Hi Racke,
>
> It is defined under hosts file. Please see the links below:
>
> https://github.com/prasanthcambridge/ansible
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72547240/running-ansible-playbook-using-aws-systems-manager-skipping-no-hosts-matched
>
> Kind regards,
> Prasanth

Hello Pransath,

you are using -i localhost in the playbook command, maybe that's the problem?

Regards

Racke

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> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 9:53 AM Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <ra...@linuxia.de> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/06/2022 10:49, Prasanth S Nair wrote:
> > Hi Dick.
> >
> > I also get the below warning message:
> >
> > [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: dev
> >
> >
> Where did you define that host group?
>
> Regards
>
> Racke
>
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 3:14 PM Prasanth S Nair <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dick,
> >
> > Thank you for your reply. This is the Git repo https://github.com/prasanthcambridge/ansible
> >
> > Basically, I'm running the Ansible playbook from the AWS Systems Manager Console --> Run command --> AWS-ApplyAnsiblePlaybooks --> Specify the Github repo location --> Choose the target instances --> Run.
> >
> > It works fine if I change 'hosts: all' in the playbook instead of the group name 'dev'. But, I just only want to run against a group.
> >
> > Is there anything I'm doing wrong here? I'm very new to Ansible.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Prasanth
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 7:58 PM Dick Visser <dnmv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 17:13, Prasanth S Nair <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.
> >
> > I'm trying to run an ansible playbook from Github using AWS Systems Manager. My repo has a hosts (ini format) file as shown below:
> >

> > /[dev] server.example.com <http://server.example.com> <http://server.example.com> /

> >
> > And my playbook looks like below:
> >
> > /--- - name: test run
> > /
> > / hosts: dev
> > /
> > / become: true /
> >
> >
> > This isn't valid nor complete.
> > Please provide the entire playbook using a correct formatting
> >
> > When I run the playbook, I get the error below:
> >
> > PLAY [test run] ******************************************************** skipping: no hosts matched
> >
> > Any idea why it is not picking up the hosts? Can someone help me to resolve this issue?
> >
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Hi Racke,

Thank you for your reply. Looks like that causes the issue. Let me do some troubleshooting and will get back to you.

Kind regards,

Prasanth

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