bastion host type connection to ansible

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How can use ansible with the below ssh.cfg

Host test
Hostname 10.35.74.241
User oyarimtepe@syslnx#host.foo.com@machine1.host.foo.com

I am trying to connect machine1. The above settings let me connect with

ssh test

10.35.74.241 is working like a jump host.

I created ansible.cfg as

[defaults]
inventory = hosts
host_key_checking = False
log_path = /path/to//ansible-playbooks/test/out.log

[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -F /path/to//ansible-playbooks/test/ssh.cfg

The below command didn’t worked

ansible-playbook -i hosts test/playbook.yml --limit test

Any idea?

2

What are you actually wanting to connect to? Are you wanting to run your ansible playbook on the jump host or a host behind it?

Bear in mind Ansible just uses SSH, so you could look into configuring your local SSH config to use SSHProxyCommand https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-ssh-proxycommand-passing-through-one-host-gateway-server/

My advice would also be skip testing this using a playbook, simplify the process

ansible -i hosts test -m ping

See if you get a response.