Test connectivity from AWX to devices in inventory

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Hi All,

I’m trying to figure out how to test IP connectivity between AWX and a large list of network devices. I know that SSH connectivity will be blocked so using the ping module will fail. I tried to use the command module as below

tasks:

  • name: “Test for IP reachbility to inventory target”
    shell: ping -c1 {{ ansible_host }}
    delegate_to: localhost

With the following results
fatal: [router1 → localhost]: FAILED! => {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “ping -c1 192.168.100.1”, “delta”: “0:00:10.011693”, “end”: “2020-06-19 13:37:10.906005”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2020-06-19 13:37:00.894312”, “stderr”: “”, “stderr_lines”: , “stdout”: “PING 192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1) 56(84) bytes of data.\n\n— 192.168.100.1 ping statistics —\n1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms”, “stdout_lines”: [“PING 192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1) 56(84) bytes of data.”, “”, “— 192.168.100.1 ping statistics —”, “1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms”]}

When log into the awx_task container and execute the same ping command from a bash shell it succeeds
bash-4.4# ping -c1 192.168.100.1
PING 192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.100.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=1.55 ms

— 192.168.100.1 ping statistics —
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.551/1.551/1.551/0.000 ms
bash-4.4#

Does AWX set up some sort of restricted environment where tasks that are delegated to localhost are executed from? Is there anything that I can execute an equivalent task that is not bound by these restrictions?

Rod

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As you are running as ansible command, please use ssh proxy parameter in extra var section.

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Hi Selvam,

I don’t really understand your suggestion. The intention is to run the command on the awx_task container which is why I set “delegate_to: localhost” I don’t want to run it via SSH.

Best regards

Rod