# ansible wait\_for ssh for a specific user **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [December 12, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234 "2016-12-12T10:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zerros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9de0a6/32.png) [@zerros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/zerros)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/1 "2016-12-12T10:39:25Z")
Hi, forgive me for my bad english. I’m trying to find a way to test an ssh connection to a specific user on a new server. When I create a new virtual server, an ansible playbook is executed to finish the soft deployments: 1 Check if ssh is available (port 22) 2 Chekc if the ansible user is available 3 Get the uname 4 Install packages I have no problem for 1, 3 and 4: - name: “waiting for host to start” local\_action: wait\_for host={{ inventory\_hostname }} state=started port=22 delay=10 become: false - name: “waiting to connect to xxxx user” local\_action: command ssh -i ~/.ssh/mykey -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o ConnectionAttempts=1 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o GSSAPIKeyExchange=no -l xxxxx {{inventory\_hostname}} exit register: result until: result.rc == 0 retries: 20 delay: 5 - name: “waiting the uname” command: uname -a register: result - name: “uname” debug: var: result.stdout but the second step is never OK. When the playbook execute this step, ansible execute the command, but never exit from this command. I have to kill the process of this command to force ansible to re-run a new test. Finally when the server and user is available, after a new kill, ansible can continue with step 3. How can I resolve this problem. I can add a sleep before the step 2, but it is not a good solution. Thanks in advance for your helps. ---
**Author:** ![Guilherme\_Ueno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@Guilherme\_Ueno](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guilherme_Ueno)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/2 "2016-12-12T12:58:30Z")
Hi, Did you already try to use “shell” instead “command”? When you try to execute that command from another machine it works? thanks, Guilherme. ---
**Author:** ![Reza\_ISSANY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@Reza\_ISSANY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reza_ISSANY)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/3 "2016-12-12T15:25:41Z")
yess I've already tried shell butsame issue. If I try to connect manually, it works. The problem is that ansible doesn't release the first connection attemps while the server isn't ready. I don't know why ... ---
**Author:** ![Guilherme\_Ueno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@Guilherme\_Ueno](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guilherme_Ueno)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/4 "2016-12-12T16:18:43Z")
Reza, Could you run with -vvv at the end? Thanks, Guilherme. ---
**Author:** ![Reza\_ISSANY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@Reza\_ISSANY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reza_ISSANY)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/5 "2016-12-12T18:28:37Z")
I can’t reproduce the same run. Actually, ansible ask me to provide a password to connect. I don’t know why. Ansible has to wait until he can connect using the command I provide no ? 2016-12-12 19:23:31,939 p=12608 u=deploy | Using ansible.cfg as config file 2016-12-12 19:23:32,048 p=12608 u=deploy | PLAYBOOK: main.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 2016-12-12 19:23:32,048 p=12608 u=deploy | 1 plays in main.yml 2016-12-12 19:23:32,051 p=12608 u=deploy | PLAY [all] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 2016-12-12 19:23:32,095 p=12608 u=deploy | TASK [wait-for-available : waiting for host to start] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 2016-12-12 19:23:32,095 p=12608 u=deploy | task path: /ansible/roles/wait-for-available/tasks/main.yml:1 2016-12-12 19:23:32,265 p=12608 u=deploy | Using module file /ansible/modules/utilities/logic/wait\_for.py 2016-12-12 19:23:57,413 p=12608 u=deploy | ok: [192.168.0.57 → localhost] =\> { “changed”: false, “elapsed”: 25, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “connect\_timeout”: 5, “delay”: 10, “exclude\_hosts”: null, “host”: “192.168.0.57”, “path”: null, “port”: 22, “search\_regex”: null, “sleep”: 1, “state”: “started”, “timeout”: 300 }, “module\_name”: “wait\_for” }, “path”: null, “port”: 22, “search\_regex”: null, “state”: “started” } 2016-12-12 19:23:57,415 p=12608 u=deploy | TASK [wait-for-available : waiting to connect to ansible user] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 2016-12-12 19:23:57,415 p=12608 u=deploy | task path: /ansible/roles/wait-for-available/tasks/main.yml:10 2016-12-12 19:23:57,567 p=12608 u=deploy | Using module file /ansible/modules/commands/command.py 2016-12-12 19:25:03,496 p=12608 u=deploy | [ERROR]: User interrupted execution - name: “waiting for host to start” local\_action: wait\_for host={{ inventory\_hostname }} state=started port=22 delay=10 become: false when: ostype == ‘Linux’ - name: “waiting to connect to ansible user” local\_action: command ssh -vvv -i ~/.ssh/deploy -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o ConnectionAttempts=1 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o GSSAPIKeyExchange=no -l ansible {{inventory\_hostname}} exit register: result until: result.rc == 0 retries: 20 delay: 5 when: ostype == ‘Linux’ - name: “waiting the uname” command: uname -a register: result when: ostype == ‘Linux’ - name: “uname” debug: var: result.stdout when: ostype == ‘Linux’ ---
**Author:** ![Guilherme\_Ueno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@Guilherme\_Ueno](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guilherme_Ueno)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/6 "2016-12-12T19:12:32Z")
Reza, You have to put the parameter at the end of command, like: ansible-playbook -i inventory… -vvv Guilherme. ---
**Author:** ![Reza\_ISSANY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@Reza\_ISSANY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Reza_ISSANY)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wait-for-ssh-for-a-specific-user/23234/7 "2016-12-12T19:19:28Z")
i have add the vvv to ansible and to ssh command. The log provided comes from this run. I don’t have more logs. I will try tomorrow to make a new run just with the wait task. reza