I think what better solution for storing SSH settings (hostname, port,
username, proxycommand, identityfile …) is ~/.ssh/config.
On Friday, April 29, 2016 at 4:11:48 AM UTC+5, John Gateley wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an inventory file with the same host twice, once using ssh on port
> 22, once using ssh on port 12345. This is inventory file bad.hosts2:
>
> [host1]
>
> foo.example.com:22 ansible_connection=ssh ansible_ssh_user=root
>
>
> [host2]
>
> foo.example.com:12345 ansible_connection=ssh ansible_ssh_user=root
>
>
> The intent is to use one host (host1) to copy a new sshd config file and
> to setup sshd to run on a different port. From then on, the second host
> (host2) would be used.
>
> However, the behavior is strange: no matter what I do, port 22 is used.
>
>
> Johns-MacBook-Air:ansible.bug j$ ansible -i bad.hosts2 -m ping host1
>
> foo.example.com| success >> {
>
> "changed": false,
>
> "ping": "pong"
>
> }
>
>
> Johns-MacBook-Air:ansible.bug j$ ansible -i bad.hosts2 -m ping host2
>
> foo.example.com | success >> {
>
> "changed": false,
>
> "ping": "pong"
>
> }
>
>
> Note sshd is only running on port 22, and if I switch the order of the two
> hosts in the inventory file, both host1 and host2 will fail the ping.
>
>
> What is happening here?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> John
>
>
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>
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