Any help in finding reason why i get error "socket_path: None" ? COMPONENT NAME ios_command
ANSIBLE VERSION ansible 2.4.3.0 config file = /mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u'/home/ajayreddy28390/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /home/ajayreddy28390/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /home/ajayreddy28390/.local/bin/ansible python version = 2.7.12 (default, Dec 4 2017, 14:50:18) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] CONFIGURATION DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg) = [u'/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/hosts'] DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg) = 5 DEFAULT_TRANSPORT(/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg) = paramiko HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg) = False OS / ENVIRONMENT Windows 10 Linux Emulator SUMMARY Ansible unable connect to hosts using SSH STEPS TO REPRODUCE cat ansible.cfg[defaults]transport = paramikohostfile = ./hostshost_key_checking = falsetimeout = 5ajayreddy28390@DESKTOP-0KSKK6B:/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example$ cat IOS_test.yml --- - name: show version hosts: "ios-devices" gather_facts: false connection: local vars: cli: host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}" username: cisco password: Qazwsx12 tasks: - name: show version ios_command: commands: show version provider: "{{ cli }}" register: output - name: show output debug: var: output.stdout - name: copy output to file copy: content="{{ output }}" dest=./output/{{ inventory_hostname }}.txt[overall_example.zip](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/files/1693025/overall_example.zip) ACTUAL RESULTS /mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example$ ansible-playbook IOS_test.yml -vvvv ansible-playbook 2.4.3.0 config file = /mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u'/home/ajayreddy28390/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = /home/ajayreddy28390/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /home/ajayreddy28390/.local/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 2.7.12 (default, Dec 4 2017, 14:50:18) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] Using /mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/ansible.cfg as config file [DEPRECATION WARNING]: [defaults]hostfile option, The key is misleading as it can also be a list of hosts, a directory or a list of paths . This feature will be removed in version 2.8. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in ansible.cfg. setting up inventory plugins Parsed /mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/hosts inventory source with ini plugin Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /home/ajayreddy28390/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.pyc PLAYBOOK: IOS_test.yml ******************************************************************************************************************************* 1 plays in IOS_test.yml PLAY [show version] ********************************************************************************************************************************** META: ran handlers TASK [show version] ********************************************************************************************************************************** task path: /mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/IOS_test.yml:14 <192.168.24.250.xip.io> using connection plugin network_cli <192.168.24.254.xip.io> using connection plugin network_cli <192.168.24.250.xip.io> socket_path: None fatal: [192.168.24.250.xip.io]: FAILED! => { "changed": false, "msg": "unable to open shell. Please see: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/network_debug_troubleshooting.html#unable-to-open-shell" } <192.168.24.254.xip.io> socket_path: None fatal: [192.168.24.254.xip.io]: FAILED! => { "changed": false, "msg": "unable to open shell. Please see: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/network_debug_troubleshooting.html#unable-to-open-shell" } to retry, use: --limit @/mnt/c/Users/ajayr/Documents/overall_example/IOS_test.retry PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************************************************************* 192.168.24.250.xip.io : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 192.168.24.254.xip.io : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f813bdcb-d08a-40e9-a9dd-cd2c4b78ac87%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.