# \[WARNING\]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 24, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018 "2020-05-24T22:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/1 "2020-05-24T22:56:49Z")
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**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/2 "2020-05-24T23:08:08Z")
Delete 2 spaces from the tasks line. V/r, James Cassell ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/3 "2020-05-24T23:13:56Z")
Thanks! but I dont see any output running it [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ PLAY [get info vm] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [get info about the virtual machine] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [localhost → localhost] =\> (item=dr-reb) ok: [localhost → localhost] =\> (item=dr-wac) TASK [debug] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [localhost] =\> { “msg”: [ “dr-reb”, “dr-wac” ] } PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ---
**Author:** ![cassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cassell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cassell)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/4 "2020-05-24T23:29:12Z")
Run with -vvv to see all the details of each task. V/r, James Cassell ---
**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:** [May 24, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/5 "2020-05-24T23:32:31Z")
> [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note > that the implicit localhost does not match 'all' Run the command below a see what's going on ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/6 "2020-05-25T04:26:49Z")
tony@ubuntu:~/ansiblework$ ansible-playbook vmware\_tools.yml -vvv ansible-playbook 2.9.0 config file = /home/tony/ansiblework/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/home/tony/ansiblework/library’] ansible python module location = /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /home/tony/.local/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 2.7.17 (default, Apr 15 2020, 17:20:14) [GCC 7.5.0] Using /home/tony/ansiblework/ansible.cfg as config file host\_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify\_file() method 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 Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ PLAYBOOK: vmware\_tools.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 1 plays in vmware\_tools.yml PLAY [get info vm] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* META: ran handlers TASK [get info about the virtual machine] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /home/tony/ansiblework/vmware\_tools.yml:11 ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: tony EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~tony && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055`” && echo ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055=“`echo /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest\_info.py PUT /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-13810s8NNqR/tmpZCfPWw TO /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest\_info.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055/ /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest\_info.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest\_info.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380567.97-36211623708055/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ ok: [localhost → localhost] =\> (item=dr-reb) =\> { “ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “changed”: false, “instance”: { “config”: { “hardware”: { “memoryMB”: 8192, “numCPU”: 4 } }, “guest”: { “disk”: [ { “\_vimtype”: “vim.vm.GuestInfo.DiskInfo”, “capacity”: 75159826432, “diskPath”: “C:\”, “freeSpace”: 12846444544 }, { “\_vimtype”: “vim.vm.GuestInfo.DiskInfo”, “capacity”: 32209104896, “diskPath”: “D:\”, “freeSpace”: 8619995136 } ] }, “overallStatus”: “green” }, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “datacenter”: “RW-VA”, “folder”: null, “hostname”: “vasvw-vcsa.”, “moid”: null, “name”: “dr-reb”, “name\_match”: “first”, “password”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”, “port”: 443, “properties”: [ “config.hardware.memoryMB”, “config.hardware.numCPU”, “guest.disk”, “overallStatus” ], “proxy\_host”: null, “proxy\_port”: null, “schema”: “vsphere”, “tags”: false, “use\_instance\_uuid”: false, “username”: “administrator@vsphere.local”, “uuid”: null, “validate\_certs”: false } }, “item”: “dr-reb” } EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~tony && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443`” && echo ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443=“`echo /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /home/tony/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest\_info.py PUT /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-13810s8NNqR/tmpp4DUr9 TO /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest\_info.py EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443/ /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest\_info.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest\_info.py && sleep 0’ EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /home/tony/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1590380569.92-7854716787443/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ ok: [localhost → localhost] =\> (item=dr-wac) =\> { “ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “changed”: false, “instance”: { “config”: { “hardware”: { “memoryMB”: 4096, “numCPU”: 2 } }, “guest”: { “disk”: [ { “\_vimtype”: “vim.vm.GuestInfo.DiskInfo”, “capacity”: 42946523136, “diskPath”: “D:\”, “freeSpace”: 34454917120 }, { “\_vimtype”: “vim.vm.GuestInfo.DiskInfo”, “capacity”: 107266174976, “diskPath”: “C:\”, “freeSpace”: 20929310720 } ] }, “overallStatus”: “green” }, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “datacenter”: “RW-VA”, “folder”: null, “hostname”: “vasvw-vcsa.”, “moid”: null, “name”: “dr-wac”, “name\_match”: “first”, “password”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”, “port”: 443, “properties”: [ “config.hardware.memoryMB”, “config.hardware.numCPU”, “guest.disk”, “overallStatus” ], “proxy\_host”: null, “proxy\_port”: null, “schema”: “vsphere”, “tags”: false, “use\_instance\_uuid”: false, “username”: “administrator@vsphere.local”, “uuid”: null, “validate\_certs”: false } }, “item”: “dr-wac” } TASK [debug] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /home/tony/ansiblework/vmware\_tools.yml:24 ok: [localhost] =\> { “msg”: [ “dr-reb”, “dr-wac” ] } META: ran handlers META: ran handlers PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 Why do i need to run it wiht -vvv? should my playbook show me the output? ---
**Author:** ![David\_Foley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@David\_Foley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Foley)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/7 "2020-05-25T06:16:54Z")
It's outputting your items list, as you have msg on the list if you are looking to put the info you need to use a register then either var or message that register ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/8 "2020-05-25T13:03:45Z")
what line am i missing to output the information? without using -vvvv ---
**Author:** ![Tej-Singh-Rana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tej-Singh-Rana](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tej-Singh-Rana)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-provided-hosts-list-is-empty-only-localhost-is-available/33018/9 "2020-05-25T13:12:02Z")
> You have to use register module and get that output from debug module.