# Ansible not checking the hostname **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 26, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197 "2019-04-26T08:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shan\_Mugarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shan\_Mugarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shan_Mugarajan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/1 "2019-04-26T08:36:17Z")
I have create a yml to show the username /hostname and touch a file. **It it not connecting to the remote host rather does everything locally.** **ping-pong:** ansible fim-server -m ping clsadanan06 | SUCCESS =\> { “changed”: false, “ping”: “pong” } xxxxxxxx | SUCCESS =\> { “changed”: false, “ping”: “pong” } ihavenothing | SUCCESS =\> { “changed”: false, “ping”: “pong” } zzzzzzzz | SUCCESS =\> { “changed”: false, “ping”: “pong” } **inventory file:** [fim-server] clsadanan06 ansible\_user=muthus ansible\_sudo\_pass=Apr2019! ihavenothing xxxxxxxx zzzzzzzz **yml script:** - name: WAS Verification hosts: fim-server tasks: - name: Hostname command: “hostname” register: out - debug: msg: “Output: {{ out.stdout }}” - name: ID command: “id -un” register: out - debug: msg: “Output: {{ out.stdout }}” - name: file creation file: dest: /tmp/1.test state: touch **output:** TASK [file creation] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* changed: [ihavenothing] changed: [clsadanan06] changed: [xxxxxxxx] changed: [zzzzzzzz] PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* clsadanan06 : ok=6 changed=3 unreachable=0 failed=0 ihavenothing : ok=6 changed=3 unreachable=0 failed=0 xxxxxxxx : ok=6 changed=3 unreachable=0 failed=0 zzzzzzzz : ok=6 changed=3 unreachable=0 failed=0 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/2 "2019-04-26T08:40:12Z")
can you run with -vvv? it looks like its doing what you are asking on those hosts. Are those hosts resolving to local ? ---
**Author:** ![Shan\_Mugarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shan\_Mugarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shan_Mugarajan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/3 "2019-04-26T09:02:05Z")
out of the 4 hosts mentioned - only one is reachable via ssh (verified) others are just dummy , ansible is doing all the actions in local not on the remote and not saying it is not reachable few bits of -vvv ansible-playbook 2.6.4 config file = /GIT/SST/git/iam/internal/playbook-iam/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 2.7.13 (default, Feb 8 2017, 06:30:30) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)] Using /GIT/SST/git/iam/internal/playbook-iam/ansible.cfg as config file Parsed /GIT/SST/git/iam/internal/playbook-iam/inventories/environments/ad/hosts inventory source with ini plugin PLAYBOOK: VERIFICATION.yml 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ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-5587119 1188315=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-55871191188315`” ) && sleep 0’ ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148644`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-2630119201 48644=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148644`” ) && sleep 0’ ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792285`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-1583288807 92285=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792285`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpwCydFN TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-48971022482127/setup.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpdjqK0A TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792285/setup.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmp4\_G\_SA TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-55871191188315/setup.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpHpABBc TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148644/setup.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-48971022482127/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-4897102248 2127/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-55871191188315/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-558711911 88315/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792285/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792 285/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148644/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148 644/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-48971022482127/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-55871191188315/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792285/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148644/setup.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.65-263011920148644/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-48971022482127/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.66-158328880792285/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268193.62-55871191188315/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ ok: [xxxxxxxx] ok: [zzzzzzzz] ok: [clsadanan06] ok: [ihavenothing] META: ran handlers TASK [Hostname] 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ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-220295 123411344=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-220295123411344`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmphVCgWX TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268214.97-123617063915326/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpqGw\_mw TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-220295123411344/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268214.97-123617063915326/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268214.97-123617063 915326/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-220295123411344/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-22029512 3411344/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268214.97-123617063915326/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-220295123411344/command.py && sleep 0’ ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472197`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472 197=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472197`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpMPbwGL TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472197/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472197/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-18150765747219 7/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472197/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268214.97-123617063915326/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.19-220295123411344/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [clsadanan06] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “hostname” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.126980”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.585571”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “hostname”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.458591”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “” ] } changed: [ihavenothing] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “hostname” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.129270”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.587715”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “hostname”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.458445”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “” ] } ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-2064508116 97381=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpOZuSOM TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381/command.py Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpOZuSOM TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697 381/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.4-181507657472197/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [xxxxxxxx] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “hostname” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.126271”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.738992”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “hostname”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.612721”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “” ] } EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268215.67-206450811697381/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [zzzzzzzz] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “hostname” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.128973”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:36.000879”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “hostname”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:35.871906”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “” ] } TASK [debug] 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/GIT/SST/git/iam/internal/playbook-iam/playbooks/install/fim/VERIFICATION.yml:10 ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-26234205296016`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-2623420529 6016=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-26234205296016`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpQolPuL TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-26234205296016/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-26234205296016/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-262342052960 16/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-26234205296016/command.py && sleep 0’ ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-26312287199216`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-2631228 7199216=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-26312287199216`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpKkpPmW TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-26312287199216/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-26312287199216/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-263122871 99216/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-26312287199216/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.2-26234205296016/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [clsadanan06] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “id”, “-un” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.133281”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:37.537141”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “id -un”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:37.403860”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “iambuild”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “iambuild” ] } ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734731`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-2029399627 34731=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734731`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmps\_67vA TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734731/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734731/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734 731/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734731/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.43-26312287199216/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [ihavenothing] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “id”, “-un” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.129127”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:37.787162”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “id -un”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:37.658035”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “iambuild”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “iambuild” ] } ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: iambuild EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~iambuild && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627`” && echo ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-234296926562 7=“`echo /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /u/ibm/iambuild/buildenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py PUT /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-10047Bwe\_M9/tmpyZyOcZ TO /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627/command.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627/ /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627/ command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/env python /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627/command.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.65-202939962734731/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [xxxxxxxx] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “id”, “-un” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.127997”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:37.989314”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “id -un”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:37.861317”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr\_lines”: , “stdout”: “iambuild”, “stdout\_lines”: [ “iambuild” ] } EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /u/ibm/iambuild/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1556268217.88-2342969265627/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [zzzzzzzz] =\> { “changed”: true, “cmd”: [ “id”, “-un” ], “delta”: “0:00:00.128413”, “end”: “2019-04-26 10:43:38.208445”, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “\_raw\_params”: “id -un”, “\_uses\_shell”: false, “argv”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “executable”: null, “removes”: null, “stdin”: null, “warn”: true } }, “rc”: 0, “start”: “2019-04-26 10:43:38.080032”, “stderr”: “”, ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/4 "2019-04-26T09:07:49Z")
its resolving to something. Can you run a dig on those hostnames? can you try to do a ssh or ping to them? ---
**Author:** ![Vino\_Thiyagu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Vino\_Thiyagu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vino_Thiyagu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/5 "2019-04-26T09:14:57Z")
Hi, Why do you have same register name in both tasks, can you change and try it? //viraj4 ---
**Author:** ![Shan\_Mugarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shan\_Mugarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shan_Mugarajan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/6 "2019-04-26T09:19:24Z")
ping clsadanan06 PING clsadanan06 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from clsadanan06 : icmp\_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.343 ms 64 bytes from clsadanan06 : icmp\_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.260 ms 64 bytes from clsadanan06 : icmp\_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.245 ms ^C 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2096ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.245/0.282/0.343/0.047 ms (buildenv)[iambuild@clsadamgt01 playbook-iam]$ ping ihavenothing ping: unknown host ihavenothing (buildenv)[iambuild@clsadamgt01 playbook-iam]$ ping xxxxxxxx ping: unknown host xxxxxxxx (buildenv)[iambuild@clsadamgt01 playbook-iam]$ ping zzzzzzzz ping: unknown host zzzzzzzz (buildenv)[iambuild@clsadamgt01 playbook-iam]$ clsadanan06 - is the real host , others are dummy . it is reachable via ssh ssh was@clsadanan06 ‘uname;date’ Linux Fri Apr 26 11:17:21 CEST 2019 (buildenv)[iambuild@clsadamgt01 playbook-iam]$ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/7 "2019-04-26T09:24:17Z")
how does your ansible.cfg look like ? what about the inventory in /etc/ansible ? ---
**Author:** ![Shan\_Mugarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shan\_Mugarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shan_Mugarajan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/8 "2019-04-26T10:03:50Z")
cat ansible.cfg [defaults] inventory = ./inventories/environments/ad roles\_path = …/isds-additional-ansible-roles:…/isam-additional-ansible-roles:…/…/external/isam-ansible-roles:…/…/external/isds-ansible-roles:…/…/external/isam-ansible-ro les/web:…/fim-roles ansible\_python\_interpreter = /u/ibm/iambuild/psantest2/bin/python vault\_id\_match = true retry\_files\_enabled = false #retry\_files\_save\_path =“~/” #enable\_task\_debugger = True #callback\_whitelist = profile\_tasks, profile\_roles #stdout\_callback = log\_plays #stdout\_callback = profile\_roles display\_skipped\_hosts = no show\_custom\_stats = yes Inventory: [fim-server] clsadanan06 ansible\_user=muthus ansible\_sudo\_pass=Apr2019! ihavenothing xxxxxxxx zzzzzzzz #[localhost] #localhost ansible\_python\_interpreter=/u/ibm/iambuild/psantest2/bin/python ---
**Author:** ![Shan\_Mugarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shan\_Mugarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shan_Mugarajan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-checking-the-hostname/30197/9 "2019-04-26T10:26:41Z")
My worry is - why Ansible not asying anything for unreachable dummy hostnames ??? which is not at all available anywhere