You need a group as the second argument. try ansible -i hosts vm -m ping
On 22 March 2016 at 14:33, Leroy Walker Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > I could really use some help on this issue. I have a hosts file with one > server. > the hosts looks like > > [vm] > 172.20.20.106 > > when i run the host command, i get: > > ansible -i hosts --list-hosts all > hosts (1): > 172.20.20.106 > > but when i run a simple ping command > ansible hosts -m ping > [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available > > I get the following > > I have not idea whats wrong! > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3c0373b0-2259-4023-9eb5-c9c02735ba0a%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK5eLPR4nro-17p9DCzXA29XaT%2Bsu0-RTRCiZvHsAy%3DCPP8-%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
