# Authentication failure in fireball

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/authentication-failure-in-fireball/12469>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 8, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authentication-failure-in-fireball/12469 "2013-03-08T08:22:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kavitha.c.k2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@kavitha.c.k2006](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kavitha.c.k2006)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authentication-failure-in-fireball/12469/1 "2013-03-08T08:22:20Z")

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Hi

I am getting following error when I try to query repo for installing the dependencies for fireball mode.

PLAY [all:!localhost] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [A.B.C.D] =\> {‘msg’: ‘FAILED: No authentication methods available’, ‘failed’: True}

TASK: [activating fireball mode] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
FATAL: no hosts matched or all hosts have already failed – aborting

PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
A.B.C.D : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0

Any idea why is this and how could this be fixed? please.

Thanks and Regards  
Kavitha

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authentication-failure-in-fireball/12469/2 "2013-03-08T15:16:16Z")

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Please show me your playbook you are kicking off fireball with as well  
as the command you used to run it.

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**Author:** ![kavitha.c.k2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@kavitha.c.k2006](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kavitha.c.k2006)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authentication-failure-in-fireball/12469/3 "2013-03-11T05:20:31Z")

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Here’s what I have in my playbook

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authentication-failure-in-fireball/12469/4 "2013-03-11T05:57:45Z")

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Your SSH part failed in the beginning.

Looks like you need to set up your SSH keys still.