# Failed to load inventory plugin, skipping google.cloud.gcp\_compute ansible pluggin

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 10, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743 "2024-04-10T12:51:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![edulargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/1 "2024-04-10T12:51:11Z")

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Hi guys!

When i execute a pipeline on my jenkins to run an ansible-playbook command and an inventory yml file with this ansible plugin google.cloud.gcp\_compute i recived this error:

[WARNING]: Failed to load inventory plugin, skipping google.cloud.gcp\_compute

But if i execute same ansible-playbook command in CLI output is OK.

My config:

ansible-playbook [core 2.15.3]

config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/, /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/collections executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 3.11.5 (main, Sep 22 2023, 15:34:29) [GCC 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-20)] (/usr/bin/python3.11) jinja version = 3.1.2 libyaml = True

Thanks in advance!  
Regards!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/2 "2024-04-10T13:54:16Z")

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try running `ansible-doc -t inventory -l` both ways, I suspect jenkins  
is not setup to see the installed collection.

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**Author:** ![edulargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/3 "2024-04-10T15:03:23Z")

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Hi,

here output of the command, sustituted by my ansible-palybook command, that you said:

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- ansible-doc -t inventory -l ansible.builtin.advanced\_host\_list Parses a ‘host list’ with ranges ansible.builtin.auto Loads and executes an inventory plugin s… ansible.builtin.constructed Uses Jinja2 to construct vars and groups… ansible.builtin.generator Uses Jinja2 to construct hosts and group… ansible.builtin.host\_list Parses a ‘host list’ string ansible.builtin.ini Uses an Ansible INI file as inventory so… ansible.builtin.script Executes an inventory script that return… ansible.builtin.toml Uses a specific TOML file as an inventor… ansible.builtin.yaml Uses a specific YAML file as an inventor… [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // script [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // withEnv [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // stage [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // ansiColor [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // node [Pipeline] End of Pipeline Finished: SUCCESS

Thanks!!  
Regards,

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/4 "2024-04-10T15:21:56Z")

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if that is the full output, we seem to be missing the google inventory  
plugin, so clearly jenkins cannot see it, make sure it is installed in  
one of the configured paths for the Jenkin's Ansible. You can also use  
ansible-galaxy to list/install the collections to ensure it is  
present.

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**Author:** ![edulargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/5 "2024-04-10T15:55:36Z")

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Brian,

The collections were installed.  
On CLI with ansible user execution is correct but with jenkins pipeline not.

ansible collection location = /home/ansible/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections/, /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/collections  
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook

I had installed now Ansible plugin on Jenkin and set path where executables ansible are located and i see same situation.  
name: ansible-playbook  
path instalation: /usr/bin

thanks!

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**Author:** ![edulargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/6 "2024-04-10T16:06:29Z")

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Hi,

More info.  
With ansible user exist the plugin:  
[ansible@server01 ansible]$ ansible-doc -t inventory -l

[DEPRECATION WARNING]: t\_systems\_mms.icinga\_director.icinga\_director\_inventory has been deprecated. Use telekom\_mms.icinga\_director.icinga\_director\_inventory instead. This feature will be removed from  
t\_systems\_mms.icinga\_director in version 3.0.0. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation\_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.  
amazon.aws.aws\_ec2 EC2 inventory source  
amazon.aws.aws\_rds RDS instance inventory source  
ansible.builtin.advanced\_host\_list Parses a ‘host list’ with ranges  
ansible.builtin.auto Loads and executes an inventory plugin specified in a YAML config  
ansible.builtin.constructed Uses Jinja2 to construct vars and groups based on existing inventory  
ansible.builtin.generator Uses Jinja2 to construct hosts and groups from patterns  
ansible.builtin.host\_list Parses a ‘host list’ string  
ansible.builtin.ini Uses an Ansible INI file as inventory source  
ansible.builtin.script Executes an inventory script that returns JSON  
ansible.builtin.toml Uses a specific TOML file as an inventory source  
ansible.builtin.yaml Uses a specific YAML file as an inventory source  
awx.awx.controller Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for the Automation Platform Controller  
azure.azcollection.azure\_rm Azure Resource Manager inventory plugin  
cloudscale\_ch.cloud.inventory cloudscale.ch inventory source  
community.aws.aws\_mq MQ broker inventory source  
community.digitalocean.digitalocean DigitalOcean Inventory Plugin  
community.dns.hetzner\_dns\_records Create inventory from Hetzner DNS records  
community.dns.hosttech\_dns\_records Create inventory from Hosttech DNS records  
community.docker.docker\_containers Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Docker containers  
community.docker.docker\_machine Docker Machine inventory source  
community.docker.docker\_swarm Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Docker swarm nodes  
community.general.cobbler Cobbler inventory source  
community.general.gitlab\_runners Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for GitLab runners  
community.general.icinga2 Icinga2 inventory source  
community.general.linode Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Linode  
community.general.lxd Returns Ansible inventory from lxd host  
community.general.nmap Uses nmap to find hosts to target  
community.general.online Scaleway (previously Online SAS or [Online.net](http://Online.net)) inventory source  
community.general.opennebula OpenNebula inventory source  
community.general.proxmox Proxmox inventory source  
community.general.scaleway Scaleway inventory source  
community.general.stackpath\_compute StackPath Edge Computing inventory source  
community.general.virtualbox virtualbox inventory source  
community.general.xen\_orchestra Xen Orchestra inventory source  
community.hrobot.robot Hetzner Robot inventory source  
community.libvirt.libvirt Libvirt inventory source  
community.okd.openshift OpenShift inventory source  
community.vmware.vmware\_host\_inventory VMware ESXi hostsystem inventory source  
community.vmware.vmware\_vm\_inventory VMware Guest inventory source  
community.zabbix.zabbix\_inventory Zabbix Inventory Plugin  
dellemc.openmanage.ome\_inventory Group inventory plugin on OpenManage Enterprise  
google.cloud.gcp\_compute Google Cloud Compute Engine inventory source \<-----------------------  
hetzner.hcloud.hcloud Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for the Hetzner Cloud  
infoblox.nios\_modules.nios\_inventory Infoblox inventory plugin  
kubernetes.core.k8s Kubernetes (K8s) inventory source  
microsoft.ad.ldap Inventory plugin for Active Directory  
netbox.netbox.nb\_inventory NetBox inventory source  
ngine\_io.cloudstack.instance Apache CloudStack instance inventory source  
openstack.cloud.openstack OpenStack inventory source  
ovirt.ovirt.ovirt oVirt inventory source  
t\_systems\_mms.icinga\_director.icinga\_director\_inventory Returns Ansible inventory from Icinga  
telekom\_mms.icinga\_director.icinga\_director\_inventory Returns Ansible inventory from Icinga  
theforeman.foreman.foreman Foreman inventory source  
vultr.cloud.vultr Retrieves list of instances via Vultr v2 API

Well, how Can i install same plugin for Jenkins can use it?  
Thanks!

Regards

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**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/7 "2024-04-10T16:48:36Z")

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I don't know, that is a 'jenkins plugin' question, i can only assert  
that the way they execute Ansible is not picking up the collections  
you installed, probably due to some configuration it injects.

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**Author:** ![edulargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/8 "2024-04-11T09:30:38Z")

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Ok! I am reviewing this out of this 😉  
Thanks for ur support Brian!!

Regards,

–  
Ed. \< allways learning

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**Author:** ![edulargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743/9 "2024-04-11T13:44:23Z")

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hi,

i found user that use to run jenkins pipeline and i had installed all plugins as ansible user on it.  
Now run ok 🙂

Thanks for all.

Regards