You need a group as the second argument. try ansible -i hosts vm -m ping
On 22 March 2016 at 14:33, Leroy Walker Jr <leroy.walker...@gmail.com> wrote: > I could really use some help on this issue. I have a hosts file with one > server. > the hosts looks like > > [vm] > 172.20.20.106 > > when i run the host command, i get: > > ansible -i hosts --list-hosts all > hosts (1): > 172.20.20.106 > > but when i run a simple ping command > ansible hosts -m ping > [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available > > I get the following > > I have not idea whats wrong! > > -- > 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/3c0373b0-2259-4023-9eb5-c9c02735ba0a%40googlegroups.com. > 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. 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/CAK5eLPR4nro-17p9DCzXA29XaT%2Bsu0-RTRCiZvHsAy%3DCPP8-%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
