SSH error on Centos - ansible 1.9.2

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Hello

I recently upgraded ssh and broke my Ansible setup.

ssh to the target works using the same creds:

ssh -i /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa ansible_user@apps05.somedomain.com

Last login: Tue Aug 25 23:07:38 2015 from 108.x.x.x
[ansible_user@apps05 ~]$
[ansible_user@apps05 ~]$ logout
Connection to apps05.somedomain.com closed.

But when I attempt

ansible or ansible-playbook I get the following:

ansible-playbook -vvvv /etc/ansible/ansible-modules/iptables_add_rules.yml -s -C -l apps05.somedomain.com

PLAY [Iptables setup] *********************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
<10.80.224.12> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible_user
<10.80.224.12> REMOTE_MODULE setup CHECKMODE=True
<10.80.224.12> EXEC ssh -C -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking no -o ControlPath=“/root/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r” -o Port=22 -o IdentityFile=“/home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa” -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible_user -o ConnectTimeout=10 10.80.224.12 /bin/sh -c ‘sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p “[sudo via ansible, key=xxxxxxxxxx] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '”’“‘echo BECOME-SUCCESS-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python’”‘"’’
fatal: [apps05.somedomain.com] => SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh

my ansible.cfg looks like:

[defaults]
hostfile = /etc/ansible/hosts
library = /usr/share/ansible
remote_tmp = $HOME/.ansible/tmp
pattern = *
forks = 5
poll_interval = 15
sudo_user = root
transport = smart
remote_port = 22
roles_path = /etc/ansible/ansible-modules/roles:/etc/ansible/ansible-galaxy
sudo_exe = sudo
timeout = 10
remote_user = ansible_user
log_path = /var/log/ansible.log
private_key_file = /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa
ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}
action_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins
callback_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins
connection_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/connection_plugins
lookup_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/lookup_plugins
vars_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/vars_plugins
filter_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins
[paramiko_connection]
[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking no
pipelining = True
scp_if_ssh = True
[accelerate]
accelerate_port = 5099
accelerate_timeout = 30
accelerate_connect_timeout = 5.0

I am at a loss…

yrs

Michael

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I hve ssh-agent running and tested with it:

[root@ansible-wdc-1 ~]# ssh-add -l
2048 54::xxxxxxxxxx /home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa (RSA)
[root@ansible-wdc-1 ~]# ssh ansible_user@apps06.sampledom.com
Last login: Wed Aug 26 08:57:13 2015 from 108.168.174.114
[ansible_user@apps06 ~]$

But still cannot run my playbooks. Or ansible oneliners:

[root@ansible-wdc-1 ~]# ansible -vvv all -m ping -l apps06*
<10.80.224.6> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible_user
<10.80.224.6> REMOTE_MODULE ping
<10.80.224.6> EXEC ssh -C -v -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking no -o ControlPath=“/root/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r” -o Port=22 -o IdentityFile=“/home/ansible_user/.ssh/pk_ansible_user_rsa” -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible_user -o ConnectTimeout=10 10.80.224.6 /bin/sh -c ‘LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python’
apps06.sampledom.com | FAILED => SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh

The long story is that I inherited this box and realize now there was some kind of special sauce to get this to work. My overall goal is to tease the Ansible and Jenkins setup off of this box (which does about 30 other things) and give the Ansible/jenkins/ git procs a new home.

For now I need to get this to work again on this less than optimal system.

My underlying ssh works fine but the way I have Ansible setup I am not able to connect over ssh.

What should I read beyond
http://www.ansible.com/how-ansible-works

to get Ansible to work with underlying ssh?

thank you

Michael

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Hi Michael,

Did this issue got resolved for you? I am also seeing similar issue but unable to find clue.

Regards,
Jyoti Ranjna