I need help fixing "[Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution"}

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ansible@denchpw26:~$ ansible-playbook -i ICSR, -u ansible -k -e ansible_network_os=ios test_playbook.yml
SSH password:

PLAY [Pre and Post Cisco show Command] *********************************************************************************

TASK [Get a timestamp] *************************************************************************************************
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Distribution Ubuntu 18.04 on host ICSR should use /usr/bin/python3, but is using /usr/bin/python
for backward compatibility with prior Ansible releases. A future Ansible release will default to using the discovered
platform python for this host. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html
for more information. This feature will be removed in version 2.12. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting
deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg.
changed: [ICSR]

TASK [Show commands] ***************************************************************************************************
fatal: [ICSR]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “msg”: “[Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution”}

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************
ICSR : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0

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It’s pretty obvious from the error. You need to fix the name resolution on your control host.

This is part of basic system administration and not something specific to ansible though.

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Update /etc/hosts or check your resolver in /etc/resolv.conf file and rerun the playbook