# Using Ansible on Ubuntu to stop+rm+run docker containers; getting an ssh error regarding docker socket **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [December 17, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-on-ubuntu-to-stop-rm-run-docker-containers-getting-an-ssh-error-regarding-docker-socket/17092 "2014-12-17T19:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kenneth\_Wolcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@Kenneth\_Wolcott](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kenneth_Wolcott)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-on-ubuntu-to-stop-rm-run-docker-containers-getting-an-ssh-error-regarding-docker-socket/17092/1 "2014-12-17T19:39:03Z")
Hi;   I have a Mac Book Air running Yosemite that hosts a Ubuntu 14.04 (server) VirtualBox guest OS.   I'm using docker 1.4.0 on the Ubuntu guest.   I'm using Ansible 1.8.2 and I'm using the Ansible docker module.   I'm running the ansible playbook as myself (kwolcott, not root) and trying to connect with the developer account on the Ubuntu guest OS using a supplied server.pem ssh key, where the contents of therelated server.pem.pub file is in the developer's .ssh/authorized\_keys file.   The interesting thing is that this fails on my other Mac (Mac Book Pro) but works fine on a colleague's mac using the same scripts and the same vm (from an external ova image).   I previously was just getting an ssh failure, but this is what I get when I add "-vvvv" to the ansible playbook call line in the supporting bash script.   Here are the results from the "Gathering Facts" section of my ansible playbook run on the Mac trying to stop+rm+start two docker containers hosted on the VirtualBox Ubuntu guest OS: GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Kenneth\_Wolcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@Kenneth\_Wolcott](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kenneth_Wolcott)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-on-ubuntu-to-stop-rm-run-docker-containers-getting-an-ssh-error-regarding-docker-socket/17092/2 "2014-12-17T22:10:20Z")
Hello again;   I tried a number of things and ran the script again and this time I got different output (enclosed below).   Is there a bug in Ansible with ssh?   Is there a bug in the Ansible docker module?   Do I have an improperly configured/installed Ansible?   Is Mac OS X (Yosemite), Ansible 1.8.2, VirtualBox 4.3.20, Ubuntu 14.04 (VirtualBox guest) and docker 1.40 incompatible with each other somehow? GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<192.168.56.101\> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: developer \<192.168.56.101\> REMOTE\_MODULE setup \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853435.6-65082803932749 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853435.6-65082803932749 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853435.6-65082803932749' \<192.168.56.101\> PUT /var/folders/d1/5fryjc615y3\_p3wsyp4xr95m0000gp/T/tmpfCnPC8 TO /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853435.6-65082803932749/setup \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=cskofqpefnhynnxfxlqxoluojjtfcegz] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-cskofqpefnhynnxfxlqxoluojjtfcegz; LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_CTYPE=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853435.6-65082803932749/setup; rm -rf /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853435.6-65082803932749/ > /dev/null 2\>&1'"'"'' ok: [192.168.56.101] TASK: [Mount Code repos] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<192.168.56.101\> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: developer \<192.168.56.101\> REMOTE\_MODULE mount name=/media/sf\_vendini-dev src=vendini-dev fstype=vboxsf opts=rw,uid=33,gid=33 state=mounted \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853466.73-73725704645441 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853466.73-73725704645441 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853466.73-73725704645441' \<192.168.56.101\> PUT /var/folders/d1/5fryjc615y3\_p3wsyp4xr95m0000gp/T/tmp4cLjNa TO /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853466.73-73725704645441/mount \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=surdfvzrthmlgtriqmhdqufaafygapvq] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-surdfvzrthmlgtriqmhdqufaafygapvq; LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_CTYPE=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853466.73-73725704645441/mount; rm -rf /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853466.73-73725704645441/ > /dev/null 2\>&1'"'"'' changed: [192.168.56.101] =\> {"changed": true, "fstab": "/etc/fstab", "fstype": "vboxsf", "name": "/media/sf\_vendini-dev", "opts": "rw,uid=33,gid=33", "src": "vendini-dev"} TASK: [Mount Docker Base] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<192.168.56.101\> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: developer \<192.168.56.101\> REMOTE\_MODULE mount name=/media/sf\_vendini-docker-base src=vendini-docker-base fstype=vboxsf opts=rw,uid=33,gid=33 state=mounted \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.26-48133462789654 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.26-48133462789654 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.26-48133462789654' \<192.168.56.101\> PUT /var/folders/d1/5fryjc615y3\_p3wsyp4xr95m0000gp/T/tmpazc4um TO /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.26-48133462789654/mount \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=irlnimgfilxtulvzmnwhmkirteyczkbx] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-irlnimgfilxtulvzmnwhmkirteyczkbx; LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_CTYPE=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.26-48133462789654/mount; rm -rf /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.26-48133462789654/ > /dev/null 2\>&1'"'"'' changed: [192.168.56.101] =\> {"changed": true, "fstab": "/etc/fstab", "fstype": "vboxsf", "name": "/media/sf\_vendini-docker-base", "opts": "rw,uid=33,gid=33", "src": "vendini-docker-base"} TASK: [Stop Apache Docker] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<192.168.56.101\> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: developer \<192.168.56.101\> REMOTE\_MODULE docker image=vendini/apache-php-5-3 name=apache state=stopped \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297' \<192.168.56.101\> PUT /var/folders/d1/5fryjc615y3\_p3wsyp4xr95m0000gp/T/tmpjvNnQ\_ TO /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297/docker \<192.168.56.101\> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/Users/kwolcott/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o IdentityFile="keys/server-key.pem" -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=developer -o ConnectTimeout=10 192.168.56.101 /bin/sh -c 'sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=eviirwffixocjhjhapssdqmdmgfnecsr] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'echo SUDO-SUCCESS-eviirwffixocjhjhapssdqmdmgfnecsr; LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_CTYPE=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297/docker; rm -rf /home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297/ > /dev/null 2\>&1'"'"'' failed: [192.168.56.101] =\> {"failed": true, "parsed": false} SUDO-SUCCESS-eviirwffixocjhjhapssdqmdmgfnecsr Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297/docker", line 2422, in \     main()   File "/home/developer/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1418853467.77-14527182060297/docker", line 729, in main     docker\_api\_version = dict(default=docker.client.DEFAULT\_DOCKER\_API\_VERSION), NameError: global name 'docker' is not defined OpenSSH\_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh\_config debug1: /etc/ssh\_config line 20: Applying options for \* debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master debug2: fd 3 setting O\_NONBLOCK debug2: mux\_client\_hello\_exchange: master version 4 debug3: mux\_client\_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote debug3: mux\_client\_request\_session: entering debug3: mux\_client\_request\_alive: entering debug3: mux\_client\_request\_alive: done pid = 1019 debug3: mux\_client\_request\_session: session request sent debug1: mux\_client\_request\_session: master session id: 2 debug3: mux\_client\_read\_packet: read header failed: Broken pipe debug2: Received exit status from master 0 Shared connection to 192.168.56.101 closed. FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*            to retry, use: --limit @/Users/kwolcott/start-test.retry 192.168.56.101 : ok=3 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=1 ---
**Author:** ![Lim\_Soon\_Sim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@Lim\_Soon\_Sim](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lim_Soon_Sim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-on-ubuntu-to-stop-rm-run-docker-containers-getting-an-ssh-error-regarding-docker-socket/17092/3 "2015-01-21T10:40:34Z")
I’m getting the same error as well but can’t work out what the problem is. I’m running my playbook against an Ubuntu server on AWS and docker has been installed and in the path. So not sure why ansible thinks it can’t find it. hope we get soe clarification on whether this is a bug with the module or some missing config on our part. ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-on-ubuntu-to-stop-rm-run-docker-containers-getting-an-ssh-error-regarding-docker-socket/17092/4 "2015-01-21T14:51:33Z")
Since there are not many reports of this problem, I don't think it is a general bug, specially since the involved technologies are in widespread use.