# Ansbile fails to connect while ssh works

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 9, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112 "2016-04-09T00:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jack\_Minardi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@Jack\_Minardi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jack_Minardi)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112/1 "2016-04-09T00:00:38Z")

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Hi all,

I may be doing something completely stupid but I failing to get even a basic ping to work.

I have been using ansible for a few weeks and everything has been going great. However today everything stopped working.

I am running ansible from OS X 10.10.5 and the host is a raspberry pi running raspbian jessie. I can ssh into my raspberry pi fine, both with a password and with a private key. I put my pi’s IP address in /etc/ansible/hosts. The following basic ping command fails:

> `ansible all -m ping -u pi --ask-pass -vvvv`

The output is:

> `  
> No config file found; using defaults
> 
> SSH password:
> 
> Loaded callback minimal of type stdout, v2.0
> 
> \<192.168.2.3\> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: pi on PORT 22 TO 192.168.2.3
> 
> 192.168.2.3 | UNREACHABLE! =\> {
> 
> “changed”: false,
> 
> “msg”: “ERROR! timed out”,
> 
> “unreachable”: true
> 
> }  
> `

My pi is connected to my mac via ethernet with a direct connection. I have tried with both paramiko and ssh. I have tried both password and private key. The crazy thing is this was working before and I don’t think I changed anything.

Any help would be much appreciated. Let me know if there is any more info that would be helpful.

Jack

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112/2 "2016-04-09T17:47:26Z")

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What happens if you use the raw module? Maybe python on the raspi got  
messed up:

ansible -vvvv -m raw -a 'date' -u pi --ask-pass

Johannes

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Minardi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@Jack\_Minardi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jack_Minardi)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112/3 "2016-04-10T23:39:34Z")

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That seems to have worked, see the verbose output here: [http://pastebin.com/p352vFvt](http://pastebin.com/p352vFvt)

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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112/4 "2016-04-11T19:09:45Z")

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Can you log into your raspi and issue the following commands:

which python  
which python2  
which python2.7  
dpkg -l|grep python

and see what is returned? I guess either there is no python (in  
version 2) installed, or it is in some path that ansible does not  
recognize.

Johannes

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Minardi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@Jack\_Minardi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jack_Minardi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112/5 "2016-04-12T16:30:43Z")

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`  
pi@raspberry:~ $ which python

/usr/bin/python

pi@raspberry:~ $ which python2

/usr/bin/python2

pi@raspberry:~ $ which python2.7

/usr/bin/python2.7

pi@raspberry:~ $ dpkg -l|grep python

ii dh-python 1.20141111-2 all Debian helper tools for packaging Python libraries and applications

ii idle-python2.7 2.7.9-2 all IDE for Python (v2.7) using Tkinter

ii idle-python3.4 3.4.2-1 all IDE for Python (v3.4) using Tkinter

ii libpython-dev:armhf 2.7.9-1 armhf header files and a static library for Python (default)

ii libpython-stdlib:armhf 2.7.9-1 armhf interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python version)

ii libpython2.7:armhf 2.7.9-2 armhf Shared Python runtime library (version 2.7)

ii libpython2.7-dev:armhf 2.7.9-2 armhf Header files and a static library for Python (v2.7)

ii libpython2.7-minimal:armhf 2.7.9-2 armhf Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)

ii libpython2.7-stdlib:armhf 2.7.9-2 armhf Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 2.7)

ii libpython3-dev:armhf 3.4.2-2 armhf header files and a static library for Python (default)

ii libpython3-stdlib:armhf 3.4.2-2 armhf interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)

ii libpython3.4:armhf 3.4.2-1 armhf Shared Python runtime library (version 3.4)

ii libpython3.4-dev:armhf 3.4.2-1 armhf Header files and a static library for Python (v3.4)

ii libpython3.4-minimal:armhf 3.4.2-1 armhf Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.4)

ii libpython3.4-stdlib:armhf 3.4.2-1 armhf Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 3.4)

ii python 2.7.9-1 armhf interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)

ii python-apt 0.9.3.12 armhf Python interface to libapt-pkg

ii python-apt-common 0.9.3.12 all Python interface to libapt-pkg (locales)

ii python-chardet 2.3.0-1 all universal character encoding detector for Python2

ii python-chardet-whl 2.3.0-1 all universal character encoding detector

ii python-colorama 0.3.2-1 all Cross-platform colored terminal text in Python - Python 2.x

ii python-colorama-whl 0.3.2-1 all Cross-platform colored terminal text in Python - Wheels

ii python-dbus 1.2.0-2+b1 armhf simple interprocess messaging system (Python interface)

ii python-dbus-dev 1.2.0-2 all main loop integration development files for python-dbus

ii python-dev 2.7.9-1 armhf header files and a static library for Python (default)

ii python-distlib 0.1.9-1 all low-level components of python distutils2/packaging

ii python-distlib-whl 0.1.9-1 all low-level components of python distutils2/packaging

ii python-gi 3.14.0-1 armhf Python 2.x bindings for gobject-introspection libraries

ii python-gobject-2 2.28.6-12 armhf deprecated static Python bindings for the GObject library

ii python-gpiozero 1.1.0 all Simple API for controlling devices attached to the GPIO pins.

ii python-html5lib 0.999-3 all HTML parser/tokenizer based on the WHATWG HTML5 specification (Python 2)

ii python-html5lib-whl 0.999-3 all HTML parser/tokenizer based on the WHATWG HTML5 specification

ii python-minimal 2.7.9-1 armhf minimal subset of the Python language (default version)

ii python-pifacecommon 4.2.1-1 all The PiFace common functions module.

ii python-pifacedigitalio 3.1.0-1 all The PiFace Digital I/O module.

ii python-pip 1.5.6-5 all alternative Python package installer

ii python-pip-whl 1.5.6-5 all alternative Python package installer

ii python-pkg-resources 5.5.1-1 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg\_resources

ii python-pyasn1 0.1.7-1 all ASN.1 library for Python (Python 2 module)

ii python-requests 2.4.3-6 all elegant and simple HTTP library for Python2, built for human beings

ii python-requests-whl 2.4.3-6 all elegant and simple HTTP library for Python, built for human beings

ii python-rpi.gpio 0.6.1-1 armhf Python GPIO module for Raspberry Pi

ii python-serial 2.6-1.1 all pyserial - module encapsulating access for the serial port

ii python-setuptools 5.5.1-1 all Python Distutils Enhancements

ii python-setuptools-whl 5.5.1-1 all Python Distutils Enhancements (wheel package)

ii python-six 1.8.0-1 all Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (Python 2 interface)

ii python-six-whl 1.8.0-1 all Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (universal wheel)

ii python-spidev 2.0~git20150907 armhf Python bindings for Linux SPI access through spidev (Python 2)

rc python-support 1.0.15 all automated rebuilding support for Python modules

ii python-talloc 2.1.1-2 armhf hierarchical pool based memory allocator - Python bindings

ii python-tk 2.7.8-2 armhf Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Python

ii python-urllib3 1.9.1-3 all HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling for Python

ii python-urllib3-whl 1.9.1-3 all HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling

ii python-virtualenv 1.11.6+ds-1 all Python virtual environment creator

ii python-wheel 0.24.0-1 all built-package format for Python

ii python2.7 2.7.9-2 armhf Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)

ii python2.7-dev 2.7.9-2 armhf Header files and a static library for Python (v2.7)

ii python2.7-minimal 2.7.9-2 armhf Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)

ii python3 3.4.2-2 armhf interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)

ii python3-apt 0.9.3.12 armhf Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg

ii python3-chardet 2.3.0-1 all universal character encoding detector for Python3

ii python3-colorama 0.3.2-1 all Cross-platform colored terminal text in Python - Python 3.x

ii python3-debian 0.1.27 all Python 3 modules to work with Debian-related data formats

ii python3-dev 3.4.2-2 armhf header files and a static library for Python (default)

ii python3-distlib 0.1.9-1 all low-level components of python distutils2/packaging

ii python3-gpiozero 1.1.0 all Simple API for controlling devices attached to the GPIO pins.

ii python3-html5lib 0.999-3 all HTML parser/tokenizer based on the WHATWG HTML5 specification (Python 3)

ii python3-minimal 3.4.2-2 armhf minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version)

ii python3-numpy 1:1.8.2-2 armhf Fast array facility to the Python 3 language

ii python3-pgzero 1.1-1 armhf Zero-boilerplate games programming framework based on Pygame (Python 3)

ii python3-picamera 1.10-1 armhf Pure Python interface to the Raspberry Pi’s camera module.

ii python3-pifacecommon 4.2.1-1 all The PiFace common functions module.

ii python3-pifacedigital-scratch-handler 2.0.5-1 all The PiFace Digital Scratch Handler.

ii python3-pifacedigitalio 3.1.0-1 all The PiFace Digital I/O module.

ii python3-pip 1.5.6-5 all alternative Python package installer - Python 3 version of the package

ii python3-pkg-resources 5.5.1-1 all Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg\_resources

ii python3-pygame 1.9.2~pre~r3348-2~bpo8+rpi1 armhf SDL bindings for games development in Python (Python 3)

ii python3-requests 2.4.3-6 all elegant and simple HTTP library for Python3, built for human beings

ii python3-rpi.gpio 0.6.1-1 armhf Python 3 GPIO module for Raspberry Pi

ii python3-serial 2.6-1.1 all pyserial - module encapsulating access for the serial port

ii python3-setuptools 5.5.1-1 all Python3 Distutils Enhancements

ii python3-six 1.8.0-1 all Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (Python 3 interface)

ii python3-spidev 2.0~git20150907 armhf Python bindings for Linux SPI access through spidev (Python 3)

ii python3-tk 3.4.2-1 armhf Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Python 3.x

ii python3-urllib3 1.9.1-3 all HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling for Python3

ii python3-virtualenv 1.11.6+ds-1 all Python virtual environment creator

ii python3-wheel 0.24.0-1 all built-package format for Python

ii python3.4 3.4.2-1 armhf Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.4)

ii python3.4-dev 3.4.2-1 armhf Header files and a static library for Python (v3.4)

ii python3.4-minimal 3.4.2-1 armhf Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.4)  
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**Author:** ![Johannes\_Kastl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansbile-fails-to-connect-while-ssh-works/21112/6 "2016-04-12T18:21:29Z")

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So it is installed. But maybe the PATH does not get set right?

Ansible uses a non-interactive shell, so the PATH could vary between  
your user login via ssh and ansible's login.

Look in the archives, there has been a discussion of PATH recently.

Johannes