Ansible: copying file from master to web machine

0
votes

Im trying to copy a file with the following command line with ansible, but getting error with creds.

ansible -i ./hosts all -m copy -a "src=/etc/hosts dest=/tmp/hosts" -k

SSH password:

192.168.0.166 | UNREACHABLE! => { "changed": false, "msg": "Invalid/incorrect password: Permission denied, please try again.", "unreachable": true

However I get the correct output when run a ping.

ansible -i ./hosts all -u ansible -m ping

192.168.0.122 | SUCCESS => { "changed": false, "ping": "pong"

The ssh public key is copied into the server for sure. The permission in the linux folder as far as i checked are ok. I need to run this with this line, not using playbook. Do you have any idea ? Do i need to specify a user?

2
linuxansiblecopy
If the ssh key is not for the user you are logged in as, you will need to specify the user with the key – Raman Sailopal
Hi Raman, im using the root user which I used to generate the ssh. Hoy can I specify the key user in the command line ? – ingzane
You have specified -u ansible in the working ping example and so just use the same for the copy? – Raman Sailopal
I have added the user -u ansible and worked perfectly. Thanks – ingzane

2 Answers

1
votes

Create host file like this

[root@chfapp directory]# cat host
[remote]
10.x.x.x

create passwordless SSH

ssh-copy-id [email protected]

Then use this command for ping

[root@chfapp directory]# ansible -i host all -m ping
10.x.x.x | SUCCESS => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/libexec/platform-python"
    }, 
    "changed": false, 
    "ping": "pong"
}

If then you get pong then only try for copy command

[root@chfapp directory]# ansible -i ./host all -m copy -a "src=/etc/hosts dest=/tmp/hosts" -k
SSH password: 
10.x.x.x | CHANGED => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/libexec/platform-python"
    }, 
    "changed": true, 
    "checksum": "afc8b584b5d97582547c5ec261c5e407b551d06a", 
    "dest": "/tmp/hosts", 
    "gid": 0, 
    "group": "root", 
    "md5sum": "1316425243d92c3ddbadda6096d1d105", 
    "mode": "0644", 
    "owner": "root", 
    "size": 245, 
    "src": "/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1616767392.68-28343-81423044115547/source", 
    "state": "file", 
    "uid": 0
}
1
votes

Seems as though the ssh key are stored on the remote machine under the "ansible" user you will therefore need to specify the user when executing ansible with:

ansible -u ansible