# "No inventory was parsed" in AWX, but works with ansible-navigator **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** vmware, ansible-navigator, fedora, awx, galaxy-ng, ee\ **Created:** [May 14, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648 "2025-05-14T13:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arvid-qd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@arvid-qd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arvid-qd)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/1 "2025-05-14T13:18:44Z")
AWX: 24.6.1 Ansible: 2.18.5 I’m stuck trying to run my playbook in AWX. My issues is that the same project, playbook, inventory, EE works with ansible-navigator, but not in AWX. Tasks with `delegate_to: localhost` work in AWX. But not those using `connection: httpapi` Successful with ansible-navigator ```auto #ansible-navigator run dev-provision-nodes.yml -i inventories/dev/inventory.ini -vvvv --start-at-task "Set hostname" --limit cp-gw1 --execution-environment-image ee --mode stdout --pull-policy missing --container-options='--user=0' ansible-playbook [core 2.18.5] config file = None configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 3.13.3 (main, Apr 22 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 14.2.1 20250110 (Red Hat 14.2.1-7)] (/usr/bin/python3) jinja version = 3.1.6 libyaml = True No config file found; using defaults setting up inventory plugins Loading collection ansible.builtin from host_list declined parsing /home/user/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method script declined parsing /home/user/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /home/user/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method yaml declined parsing /home/user/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method Parsed /home/user/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini inventory source with ini plugin Loading collection community.vmware from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/vmware [DEPRECATION WARNING]: community.vmware.vcenter_folder has been deprecated. Use vmware.vmware.folder instead. This feature will be removed from community.vmware in version 7.0.0. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg. Loading collection check_point.gaia from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/check_point/gaia Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.py Loading callback plugin awx_display of type stdout, v2.0 from /runner/artifacts/8e0cae0e-82d3-4b45-ab08-508f29445f88/callback/awx_display.py Skipping callback 'awx_display', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback. Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback. PLAYBOOK: dev-provision-nodes.yml ********************************************** Positional arguments: /home/user/ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml verbosity: 4 connection: ssh become_method: sudo tags: ('all',) inventory: ('/home/user/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini',) subset: cp-gw1 forks: 5 start_at_task: Set hostname 1 plays in /home/user/ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' PLAY [Provision test Checkpoint nodes] ***************************************** Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' TASK [Set hostname] ************************************************************ task path: /home/user/ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml:86 redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.httpapi to ansible.netcommon.httpapi Loading collection ansible.netcommon from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon Loading collection ansible.utils from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils setting up inventory plugins host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user yaml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user ini declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user toml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method [WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available <192.168.1.161> attempting to start connection <192.168.1.161> using connection plugin ansible.netcommon.httpapi <192.168.1.161> local domain socket does not exist, starting it <192.168.1.161> control socket path is /root/.ansible/pc/d73657d531 <192.168.1.161> Loading collection ansible.builtin from <192.168.1.161> redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.httpapi to ansible.netcommon.httpapi <192.168.1.161> Loading collection ansible.netcommon from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon <192.168.1.161> Loading collection ansible.utils from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils <192.168.1.161> Loading collection check_point.gaia from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/check_point/gaia <192.168.1.161> setting up inventory plugins <192.168.1.161> host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method <192.168.1.161> Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user <192.168.1.161> script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method <192.168.1.161> auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method <192.168.1.161> Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user <192.168.1.161> yaml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method <192.168.1.161> Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user <192.168.1.161> ini declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method <192.168.1.161> Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user <192.168.1.161> toml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method <192.168.1.161> local domain socket listeners started successfully <192.168.1.161> loaded API plugin ansible_collections.check_point.gaia.plugins.httpapi.checkpoint from path /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/check_point/gaia/plugins/httpapi/checkpoint.py for platform type check_point.gaia.checkpoint <192.168.1.161> Loading collection ansible.builtin from <192.168.1.161> local domain socket path is /root/.ansible/pc/d73657d531 <192.168.1.161> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: root <192.168.1.161> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36 `"&& mkdir "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247 `" ) && sleep 0' Using module file /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/check_point/gaia/plugins/modules/cp_gaia_hostname.py <192.168.1.161> PUT /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/tmpwy1qrebz TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247/AnsiballZ_cp_gaia_hostname.py <192.168.1.161> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247/AnsiballZ_cp_gaia_hostname.py && sleep 0' <192.168.1.161> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/python3 /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247/AnsiballZ_cp_gaia_hostname.py && sleep 0' <192.168.1.161> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-158z6cnk36/ansible-tmp-1747226180.160288-18-189148207900247/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0' ok: [cp-gw1] => { "changed": false, "hostname": { "name": "cp-gw1" }, "invocation": { "module_args": { "name": "cp-gw1", "version": null, "virtual_system_id": null } } } PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* cp-gw1 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ``` Fail in AWX: ```auto PLAYBOOK: dev-provision-nodes.yml ********************************************** Positional arguments: ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml verbosity: 4 remote_user: root connection: ssh become_method: sudo tags: ('test2',) diff: True inventory: ('/runner/inventory/hosts',) extra_vars: ('@/runner/env/extravars',) ask_vault_pass: True forks: 5 1 plays in ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml [WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring: template Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' PLAY [Provision test Checkpoint nodes] ***************************************** Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' TASK [Print all hosts] ********************************************************* task path: /runner/project/ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml:10 ok: [cp-gw1] => { "msg": "play_hosts=['cp-gw1']" } Read vars_file 'inventories/dev/credentials.yml' TASK [Set hostname] ************************************************************ task path: /runner/project/ansible/dev-provision-nodes.yml:87 redirecting (type: connection) ansible.builtin.httpapi to ansible.netcommon.httpapi Loading collection ansible.netcommon from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon Loading collection ansible.utils from /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/utils setting up inventory plugins host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user yaml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user ini declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user toml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method fatal: [cp-gw1]: FAILED! => { "msg": "No inventory was parsed, please check your configuration and options." } PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************* cp-gw1 : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ``` EE spec: ```auto --- version: 3 images: base_image: name: quay.io/fedora/fedora:41 dependencies: ansible_core: package_pip: ansible-core==2.18.5 ansible_runner: package_pip: ansible-runner system: - openssh-clients - sshpass - less galaxy: collections: - name: ansible.posix version: 1.6.2 - name: ansible.utils version: 5.1.2 - name: ansible.netcommon version: 7.2.0 - name: check_point.mgmt version: 6.4.0 - name: check_point.gaia version: 7.0.0 - name: vmware.vmware version: 2.0.0 - name: community.vmware version: 5.6.0 additional_build_steps: prepend_base: - RUN dnf upgrade -y && dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-libdnf5 python3-wheel python3-devel libssh-devel gcc && dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ``` All help is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![wayt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3be4f8/32.png) [@wayt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wayt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/2 "2025-05-14T22:54:15Z")
What EE is AWX using for the inventory sync job? ---
**Author:** ![arvid-qd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@arvid-qd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arvid-qd)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/3 "2025-05-15T06:20:29Z")
Thank you for the reply. It is using the same EE as the template. Tried using the builtin EE now but no difference. Output from ee (same as template): ```auto [DEPRECATION WARNING]: ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS option. Reason: does not fit var naming standard, use the singular form ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH instead Alternatives: none. This feature will be removed in version 2.19. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg. ansible-inventory [core 2.18.5] config file = None configured module search path = ['/runner/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /runner/requirements_collections:/runner/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections:/usr/share/automation-controller/collections executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-inventory python version = 3.13.3 (main, Apr 22 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 14.2.1 20250110 (Red Hat 14.2.1-7)] (/usr/bin/python3) jinja version = 3.1.6 libyaml = True No config file found; using defaults setting up inventory plugins Loading collection ansible.builtin from host_list declined parsing /runner/project/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method script declined parsing /runner/project/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method auto declined parsing /runner/project/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method yaml declined parsing /runner/project/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini as it did not pass its verify_file() method Parsed /runner/project/ansible/inventories/dev/inventory.ini inventory source with ini plugin 8.117 INFO Processing JSON output... 8.117 DEBUG Loaded group: all 8.118 DEBUG Loaded group: management 8.119 DEBUG Adding child group management to parent all 8.120 DEBUG Loaded group: gateway 8.120 DEBUG Adding child group gateway to parent all 8.121 DEBUG Loaded group: cluster 8.121 DEBUG Adding child group cluster to parent all 8.122 DEBUG Loaded group: dev 8.122 DEBUG Adding child group dev to parent all 8.123 DEBUG Loaded host: cp-gw1 8.123 DEBUG Adding host cp-gw1 to group cluster 8.124 DEBUG Loaded host: cp-gw2 8.124 DEBUG Adding host cp-gw2 to group cluster 8.125 DEBUG Adding child group cluster to parent all 8.125 DEBUG Adding host cp-gw1 to group dev 8.126 DEBUG Adding host cp-gw2 to group dev 8.126 DEBUG Loaded host: cp-mgmt 8.127 DEBUG Adding host cp-mgmt to group dev 8.127 DEBUG Adding child group dev to parent all 8.128 DEBUG Adding host cp-gw1 to group gateway 8.128 DEBUG Adding host cp-gw2 to group gateway 8.129 DEBUG Adding child group gateway to parent all 8.129 DEBUG Adding host cp-mgmt to group management 8.132 DEBUG Adding child group management to parent all 8.132 DEBUG Loaded host: template 8.133 DEBUG Adding host template to group all 8.133 INFO Loaded 4 groups, 4 hosts 8.142 DEBUG Inventory variables unmodified 8.146 DEBUG Group "cluster" variables unmodified 8.146 DEBUG Group "dev" variables unmodified 8.147 DEBUG Group "gateway" variables unmodified 8.148 DEBUG Group "management" variables unmodified 8.152 DEBUG Host "cp-gw1" variables unmodified 8.153 DEBUG Host "cp-gw2" variables unmodified 8.154 DEBUG Host "cp-mgmt" variables unmodified 8.157 DEBUG Host "template" variables unmodified 8.170 DEBUG Host "cp-gw1" already in group "cluster" 8.175 DEBUG Host "cp-gw2" already in group "cluster" 8.190 DEBUG Host "cp-gw1" already in group "dev" 8.194 DEBUG Host "cp-gw2" already in group "dev" 8.195 DEBUG Host "cp-mgmt" already in group "dev" 8.204 DEBUG Host "cp-gw1" already in group "gateway" 8.206 DEBUG Host "cp-gw2" already in group "gateway" 8.215 DEBUG Host "cp-mgmt" already in group "management" 8.241 INFO Inventory import completed for dev in 0.1s ``` ---
**Author:** ![arvid-qd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@arvid-qd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arvid-qd)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/4 "2025-05-16T13:11:46Z")
I can add that the issue only affects check\_point.gaia modules. check\_point.mgmt and other like ansible.builtin work as expected. ---
**Author:** ![jiholland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jiholland/32/11273_2.png) [@jiholland](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jiholland)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/5 "2026-02-22T08:26:08Z")
Did you find a solution to this problem? I’m currently struggling with the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![jiholland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jiholland/32/11273_2.png) [@jiholland](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jiholland)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/6 "2026-02-23T12:55:46Z")
The [code](https://github.com/CheckPointSW/CheckPointAnsibleGAIACollection/blob/master/plugins/httpapi/checkpoint.py) introduced in collection version [v6.0.0](https://github.com/CheckPointSW/CheckPointAnsibleGAIACollection/releases/tag/v6.0.0) always tries to load `/etc/ansible/hosts` without checking if it exists. If the file is missing, InventoryManager returns an empty inventory. This causes Ansible to report `No inventory was parsed`. Creating an empty `/etc/ansible/hosts` file in the execution environment “solved” the issue. See more info here [`No inventory was parsed` for aap/awx · Issue #72 · CheckPointSW/CheckPointAnsibleGAIACollection · GitHub](https://github.com/CheckPointSW/CheckPointAnsibleGAIACollection/issues/72) ---
**Author:** ![arvid-qd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@arvid-qd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arvid-qd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-in-awx-but-works-with-ansible-navigator/42648/7 "2026-02-23T13:05:58Z")
I did, and now realize I never updated this post… I came to the same conclusion as you but my workaround was to replace the path in the collection plugin during the EE build process. ```auto additional_build_steps: append_final: RUN sed -i "s|/etc/ansible/hosts|/runner/inventory/hosts|" /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/check_point/gaia/plugins/httpapi/checkpoint.py ``` Thank you for replying with your WO. ---
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