# Ansible Nmap **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 7, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-nmap/33979 "2020-10-07T06:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maysirahza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@maysirahza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maysirahza)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-nmap/33979/1 "2020-10-07T06:58:03Z")
Hello all I have network 172.130.23.0/20 with a lot of router I tried to make inventory file for ansible. [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory/nmap.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/inventory/nmap.html) How can I use ansible nmap for scanning my network to make inventory file? I google it, I didn’t find any Thank you Mayang ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-nmap/33979/2 "2020-10-07T19:39:24Z")
The nmap inventory plugin does not create a file, it uses nmap every time to generate the inventory in memory for ansible. You can however use `ansible-inventory --list --yaml -i test.nmap.yml > inventory.yml` to generate a static inventory it works with any plugin type, so you can do the same with a cloud inventory and others. contents of test.nmap.yml     plugin: nmap     strict: False     address: 172.130.23..0/20 ---
**Author:** ![maysirahza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@maysirahza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maysirahza)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-nmap/33979/3 "2020-10-12T08:55:42Z")
Hello Brain, Sorry for late replay I tried and got this error ansible-inventory --list --yaml -i test.nmap.yml \> inventory.yml [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /Jaks/test.nmap.yml with yaml plugin: Plugin configuration YAML file, not YAML inventory [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /Jaks/test.nmap.yml with constructed plugin: Incorrect plugin name in file: nmap [WARNING]: Unable to parse /Jaks/test.nmap.yml as an inventory source [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available and when I tried with -vvvv ansible-inventory --list --yaml -i test.nmap.yml -vvvv ansible-inventory 2.9.12 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/home/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible executable location = /opt/anaconda3/bin/ansible-inventory python version = 3.8.3 (default, Jul 2 2020, 16:21:59) [GCC 7.3.0] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file setting up inventory plugins host\_list declined parsing /Jaks/test.nmap.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method virtualbox declined parsing /Jaks/test.nmap.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /Jaks/test.nmap.yml with yaml plugin: Plugin configuration YAML file, not YAML inventory File “/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py”, line 280, in parse\_source plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache) File “/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/yaml.py”, line 112, in parse raise AnsibleParserError(‘Plugin configuration YAML file, not YAML inventory’) [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /Jaks/test.nmap.yml with constructed plugin: Incorrect plugin name in file: nmap File “/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py”, line 280, in parse\_source plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache) File “/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/constructed.py”, line 109, in parse self.\_read\_config\_data(path) File “/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/ **init**.py”, line 224, in \_read\_config\_data raise AnsibleParserError(“Incorrect plugin name in file: %s” % config.get(‘plugin’, ‘none found’)) [WARNING]: Unable to parse /Jaks/test.nmap.yml as an inventory source [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available all: children: ungrouped: {} how to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![maysirahza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@maysirahza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maysirahza)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-nmap/33979/4 "2020-10-12T11:17:46Z")
I tried edit /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg and add ini and auto in enable\_plugins ---
**Author:** ![maysirahza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@maysirahza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maysirahza)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-nmap/33979/5 "2020-10-13T08:19:29Z")
Hello all Sorry I just curious, is this normal result for plugin nmap? ansible-inventory --list --yaml -i test.nmap.yml -vvvv ansible-inventory 2.9.12 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/home/oss/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible executable location = /opt/anaconda3/bin/ansible-inventory python version = 3.8.3 (default, Jul 2 2020, 16:21:59) [GCC 7.3.0] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file setting up inventory plugins host\_list declined parsing /Jaks/test.nmap.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method virtualbox declined parsing /Jaks/test.nmap.yml as it did not pass its verify\_file() method Parsed /Jaks/test.nmap.yml inventory source with auto plugin all: children: ungrouped: {}