Hi, I've just encountered the same issue. Ansible 1.7.1 from Debian Testing Repository. OP proposed fix helps.
I can reproduce it with this playbook: - hosts: testsetup accelerate: yes accelerate_port: 4711 tasks: - command: /bin/ls Cya, Ed Am Mittwoch, 27. August 2014 01:17:07 UTC+2 schrieb Michael DeHaan: > > Haven't heard any reports of this - apologies on not having a reply to the > July 15th thread, must have missed it. > > Can you please share what you do on a clean VM to replicate the issue and > the output of 'ansible --version' ? > > I am hoping "PC" does not mean Windows host, as we definitely only support > managing Windows nodes, not running Ansible from Windows pythons. > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Bryan Beaudreault <bbeaud...@hubspot.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Seeing this same issue. Is there a better fix? >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:54:38 AM UTC-4, David Karnowski wrote: >>> >>> I received the below error when trying to run a playbook. >>> >>> I'm running your latest dev Ansible pulled from github (1.7). >>> >>> I'm new to Ansible and am setting it up on my PC for the first time, >>> although we have it running elsewhere in our organization and am playing >>> with their existing playbooks. >>> >>> Here's the change (hack) I put in your code to work around the issue: >>> >>> > diff ./build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ >>> accelerate.py /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py >>> 103a104,105 >>> > if not getattr(self.ssh, 'shell', None): >>> > self.ssh.shell = utils.plugins.shell_loader.get('sh') >>> >>> It's probably not the best solution to the problem, but FYI. >>> >>> thanks, >>> David >>> >>> >>> > ansible-playbook reports.yml -vvvv --check --user=root --connection= >>> ssh >>> >>> PLAY [lab2] ************************************************************ >>> ******* >>> >>> GATHERING FACTS ****************************** >>> ********************************* >>> attempting connection to 172.16.8.191 via the accelerated port 5099 >>> connection to 172.16.8.191 failed, retrying... >>> connection to 172.16.8.191 failed, retrying... >>> connection to 172.16.8.191 failed, retrying... >>> Could not connect via the accelerated connection, exceeded # of tries >>> Falling back to ssh to startup accelerated mode >>> attempting to start up the accelerate daemon... >>> <172.16.8.191> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: root >>> fatal: [172.16.8.191] => Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 528, in _executor >>> >>> exec_rc = self._executor_internal(host, new_stdin) >>> >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 630, in _executor_internal >>> >>> return self._executor_internal_inner(host, self.module_name, self. >>> module_args, inject, port, complex_args=complex_args) >>> >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 801, in >>> _executor_internal_inner >>> >>> conn = self.connector.connect(actual_host, actual_port, actual_user, >>> actual_pass, actual_transport, actual_private_key_file) >>> >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/connection.py", line 34, in connect >>> >>> self.active = conn.connect() >>> >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py", line 146, in >>> connect >>> res = self._execute_accelerate_module() >>> >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py", line 104, in >>> _execute_accelerate_module >>> tmp_path = self.runner._make_tmp_path(self.ssh) >>> >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible-1.7-py2. >>> 7.egg/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 1036, in _make_tmp_path >>> >>> cmd = conn.shell.mkdtemp(basefile, use_system_tmp, tmp_mode) >>> >>> AttributeError: 'Connection' object has no attribute 'shell' >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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-proje...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to ansible...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b81d8d17-2f13-4e07-afc2-c587ead8a76f%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b81d8d17-2f13-4e07-afc2-c587ead8a76f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> 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. 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