# Could not match supplied host pattern issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** vmware, awx\ **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-not-match-supplied-host-pattern-issue/28840 "2018-10-22T06:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johar\_K\_Kwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@Johar\_K\_Kwan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johar_K_Kwan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-not-match-supplied-host-pattern-issue/28840/1 "2018-10-22T06:59:05Z")
Hi All, I have few Ansible tasks as follow: 1. Provisioning VM using vmware (no issue) 2. Adding new vm host into tower inventory (no issue) 3. Install new package to new VM (Issue) My question is why Ansible can’t locate my adding new host? ( In fact I can try to ssh and successful) Any other step need to be perform before Ansible can see my new adding VM? any help would be greatly appreciated Below is the debug output TASK [vcenter : Provision new VM (test) on XXX cluster] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 14:01:12 227 task path: 228 \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: awx 229 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477`” && echo ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477=“`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477`” ) && sleep 0’ 230 Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py 231 \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3S\_N0C7/tmpfyOWYa TO /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477/vmware\_guest.py 232 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477/ /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477/vmware\_guest.py && sleep 0’ 233 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477/vmware\_guest.py && sleep 0’ 234 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188072.18-260415385254477/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ 235 changed: [localhost] =\> { 236 “changed”: true, 237 “instance”: { 238 “annotation”: “”, 239 “current\_snapshot”: null, 240 “customvalues”: {}, 241 “guest\_consolidation\_needed”: false, 242 “guest\_question”: null, 243 “guest\_tools\_status”: “guestToolsRunning”, 244 “guest\_tools\_version”: “10282”, 245 “hw\_cores\_per\_socket”: 1, 246 “hw\_datastores”: [ 247 “vsanDatastore” 248 ], 249 “hw\_esxi\_host”: “X.X.X.X”, 250 “hw\_eth0”: { 251 “addresstype”: “assigned”, 252 “ipaddresses”: [ 253 “X.X.X.X” 254 ], 255 “label”: “Network adapter 1”, 256 “macaddress”: “XXXXX”, 257 “macaddress\_dash”: "XXXXXX… … 370 371 TASK [vcenter : Add custom attribute to VM] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 14:03:35 372 task path: 373 \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: awx 374 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755`” && echo ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755=“`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755`” ) && sleep 0’ 375 Using module file /var/lib/awx/projects/\_19\_\_platform\_catalog/library/vmware\_guest\_custom\_attributes.py 376 \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3S\_N0C7/tmpoItTxx TO /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755/vmware\_guest\_custom\_attributes.py 377 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755/ /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755/vmware\_guest\_custom\_attributes.py && sleep 0’ 378 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755/vmware\_guest\_custom\_attributes.py && sleep 0’ 379 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188215.36-97456549881755/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ 380 changed: [localhost] =\> { 381 “changed”: true, 382 “custom\_attributes”: { 383 “at\_group”: “test” 384 }, 385 “invocation”: { 386 “module\_args”: { 387 “attributes”: [ 388 { 389 “name”: “at\_group”, 390 “value”: “test” 391 } 392 ], 393 “datacenter”: “Lab”, 394 “folder”: “X/Z”, 395 “hostname”: “XXXX”, 396 “name”: “test”, 397 “password”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”, 398 “port”: 443, 399 “state”: “present”, 400 “username”: “XXXX”, 401 “uuid”: null, 402 “validate\_certs”: false 403 } … … 410 411 TASK [vcenter : Add VM (test to cluster VM group (XXXX)] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 14:03:36 412 task path: 413 skipping: [localhost] =\> { 414 “changed”: false, 415 “skip\_reason”: “Conditional result was False” 416 } 4 421 422 TASK [Add host (test) to inventory (vcenter)] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 14:03:36 423 task path: 424 \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: awx 425 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366`” && echo ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366=“`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366`” ) && sleep 0’ 426 Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/web\_infrastructure/ansible\_tower/tower\_host.py 427 \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3S\_N0C7/tmp4J8vzx TO /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366/tower\_host.py 428 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366/ /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366/tower\_host.py && sleep 0’ 429 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366/tower\_host.py && sleep 0’ 430 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188216.82-116114875625366/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ 431 changed: [localhost] =\> { 432 “changed”: true, 433 “host”: “test”, 434 “id”: 5166, 435 “invocation”: { 436 “module\_args”: { 437 “description”: null, 438 “enabled”: true, 439 “inventory”: “vcenter”, 440 “name”: “test”, 441 “state”: “present”, 442 “variables”: “{‘ansible\_ssh\_host’: ‘X.X.X.X’}” 443 } 444 }, 445 “state”: “present” 446 } 4 451 452 TASK [Wait 300 seconds for port 22 to become open and contain “OpenSSH”] \*\*\*\*\*\*\* 14:03:39 453 task path: 454 \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: awx 455 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443`” && echo ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443=“`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443`” ) && sleep 0’ 456 Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/utilities/logic/wait\_for.py 457 \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-3S\_N0C7/tmpZaPj4P TO /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443/wait\_for.py 458 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443/ /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443/wait\_for.py && sleep 0’ 459 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python2 /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443/wait\_for.py && sleep 0’ 460 \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /var/lib/awx/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1540188219.37-199300888008443/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ 461 ok: [localhost] =\> { 462 “changed”: false, 463 “elapsed”: 10, 464 “invocation”: { 465 “module\_args”: { 466 “active\_connection\_states”: [ 467 “ESTABLISHED”, 468 “FIN\_WAIT1”, 469 “FIN\_WAIT2”, 470 “SYN\_RECV”, 471 “SYN\_SENT”, 472 “TIME\_WAIT” 473 ], 474 “connect\_timeout”: 5, 475 “delay”: 10, 476 “exclude\_hosts”: null, 477 “host”: “test”, 478 “msg”: null, 479 “path”: null, 480 “port”: 22, 481 “search\_regex”: null, 482 “sleep”: 1, 483 “state”: “started”, 484 “timeout”: 300 485 } 486 }, 487 “path”: … … 492 498 [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: test 499 500 501 PLAY [test] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 14:03:50 502 skipping: no hosts matched ---
**Author:** ![Tchia04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@Tchia04](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tchia04)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-not-match-supplied-host-pattern-issue/28840/2 "2018-10-22T16:15:30Z")
It seems your steps#1 and step#2 are in one play and step#3 is in another play? if so the variables/facts does carry across plays. You can check the following article how to read the facts from previous play [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48045100/how-to-use-return-values-of-one-task-in-another-task-for-a-different-host-in-ans](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48045100/how-to-use-return-values-of-one-task-in-another-task-for-a-different-host-in-ans) ---
**Author:** ![Tchia04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@Tchia04](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tchia04)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-not-match-supplied-host-pattern-issue/28840/3 "2018-10-22T16:30:39Z")
Another thing you can try is to force refresh the dynamic inventory using the meta module like this ```auto - name: Refresh inventory to ensure new instaces exist in inventory meta: refresh_inventory ``` [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/meta\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/meta_module.html) ---
**Author:** ![Johar\_K\_Kwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@Johar\_K\_Kwan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johar_K_Kwan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-not-match-supplied-host-pattern-issue/28840/4 "2018-10-24T01:06:54Z")
Thank you Tony for pointing out meta module and hostvars unfortunetly I’m still facing same issue. I think I will try this method [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/ZBP0iXLDhoc](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/ZBP0iXLDhoc) Any finding I will report here