# no hosts matched **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 11, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443 "2020-03-11T10:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sandy.hung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@sandy.hung](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sandy.hung)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443/1 "2020-03-11T10:15:11Z")
Dear all: I have been normal before but this error message appeared in a few week can you help me. thanks. sandy@test-VirtualBox:~$ sudo ansible-playbook nfsclient.yml -i myinventory [WARNING]: Unable to parse /home/sandy/myinventory as an inventory source [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ PLAY [all] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* skipping: no hosts matched my hosts 192.168.1.120 ansible\_user=sandy 192.168.1.120 ansible\_sudo\_pass=‘xxxxxxx’ 192.168.1.120 ansible\_connection=local ---
**Author:** ![Deepak\_Rohila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Deepak\_Rohila](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepak_Rohila)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443/2 "2020-03-11T10:21:00Z")
hi, can you remove me from this group asap. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Whaite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mark\_Whaite](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Whaite)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443/3 "2020-03-11T10:40:03Z")
Hi Sandy I think it is the ‘my hosts’ line. I would place that between . or remove it. I would also move the vars to a group ver. So something like this. [my\_hosts] 192.168.1.120 [my\_hosts:vars] ansible\_connection=local ansible\_sudo\_pass=‘xxxxxxx’ ansible\_connection=local ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443/4 "2020-03-11T10:47:10Z")
> sandy@test-VirtualBox:~$ sudo ansible-playbook nfsclient.yml -i myinventory > [...] > PLAY [all] > \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > skipping: no hosts matched > > my hosts > 192.168.1.120 ansible\_user=sandy > 192.168.1.120 ansible\_sudo\_pass='xxxxxxx' > 192.168.1.120 ansible\_connection=local Create file "myinventory". See "How to build your inventor" [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/intro\_inventory.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/intro_inventory.html) For example > cat myinventory 192.168.1.120 ansible\_user=sandy ansible\_sudo\_pass='xxxxxxx' ansible\_connection=local > ansible-inventory -i myinventory --list --vars {     "\_meta": {         "hostvars": {             "192.168.1.120": {                 "ansible\_connection": "local",                 "ansible\_sudo\_pass": "xxxxxxx",                 "ansible\_user": "sandy"             }         }     },     "all": {         "children": [             "ungrouped"         ]     },     "ungrouped": {         "hosts": [             "192.168.1.120"         ]     } } HTH,   -vlado ---
**Author:** ![sandy.hung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@sandy.hung](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sandy.hung)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443/5 "2020-03-12T10:15:48Z")
I change hosts, but still error connect. [test] 192.168.1.120 [vars] ansible\_user=sandy ansible\_sudo\_pass=‘xxxxxxxx’ ansible 2.9.6 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/home/sandy/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible python version = 2.7.17 (default, Nov 7 2019, 10:07:09) [GCC 7.4.0] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file host\_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify\_file() method [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /etc/ansible/hosts with script plugin: problem running /etc/ansible/hosts --list ([Errno 8] Exec format error) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py”, line 280, in parse\_source plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/script.py”, line 161, in parse raise AnsibleParserError(to\_native(e)) [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /etc/ansible/hosts with yaml plugin: Syntax Error while loading YAML. did not find expected The error appears to be in ‘/etc/ansible/hosts’: line 48, column 1, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: [test] 192.168.1.120 ^ here File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py”, line 280, in parse\_source plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/yaml.py”, line 105, in parse raise AnsibleParserError(e) [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /etc/ansible/hosts with ini plugin: /etc/ansible/hosts:69: Expected key=value host variable assignment, got: ansible File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py”, line 280, in parse\_source plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache) File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/ini.py”, line 138, in parse raise AnsibleParserError(e) [WARNING]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ BR Sandy ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443/6 "2020-03-12T12:01:29Z")
hi it's pretty obvious from the error, with exact file and line number etc: > [WARNING]: \* Failed to parse /etc/ansible/hosts with yaml plugin: Syntax Error > > while loading YAML. did not find expected \ The error appears > > to be in '/etc/ansible/hosts': line 48, column 1, but may be elsewhere in the > > file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: > > [test] 192.168.1.120 ^ here > >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/inventory/manager.py", line 280, in parse\_source > >     plugin.parse(self.\_inventory, self.\_loader, source, cache=cache) > >   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/inventory/yaml.py", line 105, in parse > >     raise AnsibleParserError(e) But there is another problem as well: