Hi everybody! It seems, inventory aliases does not work if trying to connect to hosts behind NAT with same address and different ssh_port.
I,m wondering, if I have made some mistake in configuration, or it is a bug or known feature? *Ansible version:* d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ ansible --version ansible 2.2.1.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides *My inventory:* d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ cat test_inventory [denet] mycoolbox ansible_host=192.168.1.202 ansible_port=2210 ansible_user=dmitry ansible_password=******* le_lxc ansible_host=192.168.1.202 ansible_port=2323 ansible_user=dmitry ansible_password=******* Trying to ping hosts i see failures sometimes: d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ ansible -i test_inventory -m ping all le_lxc | FAILED! => { "failed": true, "msg": "failed to transfer file to /home/dmitry/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1489399666.62-12650861868843/ping.py:\n\nscp: /home/dmitry/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1489399666.62-12650861868843/ping.py: No such file or directory\n" } mycoolbox | SUCCESS => { "changed": false, "ping": "pong" } But, if I try to ping them again immediately after such failure, everything looks good: d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ ansible -i test_inventory -m ping all mycoolbox | SUCCESS => { "changed": false, "ping": "pong" } le_lxc | SUCCESS => { "changed": false, "ping": "pong" } However, if I try to run *hostname* command via "shell" module immediately after that, I see that ansible connects to the same host (one of all): d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ ansible -i test_inventory -m shell -a "hostname" all le_lxc | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> denetpbx mycoolbox | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> denetpbx Aliases works as expected, only if I type them in /etc/hosts on my machine. d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ tail -n 2 /etc/hosts 192.168.1.202 mycoolbox 192.168.1.202 le_lxc Then, everything works as expected. d.lomanchuk@LenovoX220i:~/.ansible$ ansible -i test_inventory -m shell -a "hostname" all le_lxc | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> letsencrypt mycoolbox | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> denetpbx -- 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/5a9b7c19-8779-46dd-bea6-9f9966d510d0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.