i.e. local_action: ping ...
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ > > -- 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.
