Yeah, I'm open to the idea of a ping module action_plugin that takes a 'mode=icmp' (default ssh).
You could also just do a "shell: ping" (making sure to ping just once) and register the return code. On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Anand Buddhdev <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, 17 January 2014 21:38:41 UTC+1, Michael DeHaan wrote: > > You could consider running Ansible from the bastion host, versus using an >> SSH jumphost which I infer you are using above. >> > > Yes, by bastion, I meant an SSH jump host. > > >> The ping module doesn't ICMP ping, BTW, it's a basic Ansible connectivity >> test. >> > > Yes, I realise that the ansible ping module is not ICMP, but an SSH > connection. The SSH jump host doesn't have ansible installed, and I don't > have root access on it. I can of course install ansible in a virtualenv, > but I was hoping for some cleverer way of detecting host down/up from > within a playbook run from my laptop. I suppose my use-case is an outlier, > so I'll try to see what I can do on the jump host. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> CTO, AnsibleWorks, Inc. http://www.ansibleworks.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
