Hi Everyone,
I am new to Ansible , I have created new inventory yml file with below details .
KafkaNonprodservers:
hosts:
abc.abc.com:2022
abd.abd.com:2022
ansible_user : abc
but I am getting below error
ansible-inventory -i ./ansible/Hosts.yml --list [WARNING]: Skipping unexpected key (ansible_user) in group (KafkaNonprodservers), only “vars”, “children” and “hosts” are valid
{
Can you please guide me,.
Regards,
Deepak
Hi Deepak,
ansible_user is a special variable used by ansible for ssh, part of the main config. If you use a different variable name in your config file you should be fine.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_inventory.html#list-of-behavioral-inventory-parameters
sorry got the wrong idea, I’m also new to ansible.
The variables you’re adding need to go under a vars section
KafkaNonprodservers:
hosts:
ansible_user: abc
[keif@ansible-lab ansible]$ ansible-inventory -i keif/test.yml --list
{
“KafkaNonprodservers”: {
“hosts”: [
“abc.abc.com:2022 abd.abd.com:2022 ”
]
},
“_meta”: {
“hostvars”: {
“abc.abc.com:2022 abd.abd.com:2022 ”: {
“ansible_user”: “abc”
}
}
},
“all”: {
“children”: [
“KafkaNonprodservers”,
“ungrouped”
]
},
“ungrouped”: {}
}
KafkaNonprodservers:
hosts:
abc.abc.com:2022
abd.abd.com:2022
vars:
ansible_user: abc
hugonz
(Hugo F. Gonzalez)
February 1, 2019, 7:20pm
5
Hello Deepak,
You’re not following the right syntax for a YML inventory. Check the following link:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory/yaml.html
I don’t know what you’re trying to do with the " 2022" string there. It’s not valid yaml.
According to the docs in the link. You probably have to do something like this.
$ cat lala.yml
KafkaNonprodservers:
hosts:
abc.abc.com :
abd.abd.com :
vars:
ansible_user: abc
You can always analyze your inventory file with ansible-inventory, like this:
$ ansible-inventory -i lala.yml --graph --vars
@all :
–@KafkaNonprodservers :
–abc.abc.com
–abd.abd.com
–{ansible_user = abc}
–@ungrouped :
Hope that helps,
Hugo
Hi Hugo,
Thanks a lot , now it is working fine.
Regards,
Deepak
Thanks Keif,
I have added vars as port and users, after that it is working fine.
Regards,
Deepak