ansible-playbook hangs at setup

Question

I am trying to run ansible-plabook but it hangs at setup. my playbook does lot of work like calling diffferent roles and modules also it gathers facts. It used to work fine earlier, but now i am not sure what went wrong , any help is appreciated

• host operating system is RHEL 7
• ssh passwordless authentication is set between those systems
• my inventory file contains only 1 host system

command I was running was

 ansible-playbook  -i /tmp/tmpBo5Xmj -vvvvv playbook.yml -c ssh

here is the verbose log

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
<172.17.239.193> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ansible.cfg set ssh_args: (-o)(UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null)(-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled: (-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ansible_password/ansible_ssh_pass not set: (-o)(KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no)(-o)(PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey)(-o)(PasswordAuthentication=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER/remote_user/ansible_user/user/-u set: (-o)(User=ansible)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT/timeout set: (-o)(ConnectTimeout=10)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: PlayContext set ssh_common_args: ()
<172.17.239.193> SSH: PlayContext set ssh_extra_args: ()
<172.17.239.193> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible -o ConnectTimeout=10 172.17.239.193 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<172.17.239.193> PUT /tmp/tmpAKnqv6 TO /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/setup
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ansible.cfg set ssh_args: (-o)(UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null)(-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled: (-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ansible_password/ansible_ssh_pass not set: (-o)(KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no)(-o)(PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey)(-o)(PasswordAuthentication=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER/remote_user/ansible_user/user/-u set: (-o)(User=ansible)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT/timeout set: (-o)(ConnectTimeout=10)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: PlayContext set ssh_common_args: ()
<172.17.239.193> SSH: PlayContext set sftp_extra_args: ()
<172.17.239.193> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -C -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible -o ConnectTimeout=10 '[172.17.239.193]'
<172.17.239.193> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ansible.cfg set ssh_args: (-o)(UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null)(-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled: (-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ansible_password/ansible_ssh_pass not set: (-o)(KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no)(-o)(PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey)(-o)(PasswordAuthentication=no)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER/remote_user/ansible_user/user/-u set: (-o)(User=ansible)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT/timeout set: (-o)(ConnectTimeout=10)
<172.17.239.193> SSH: PlayContext set ssh_common_args: ()
<172.17.239.193> SSH: PlayContext set ssh_extra_args: ()
<172.17.239.193> **SSH: EXEC ssh -C -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ansible -o ConnectTimeout=10 -tt 172.17.239.193 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-njtihbebdvbpospbpivnpwbhrqtnfylc; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/" > /dev/null 2>&1'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' && sleep 0'"'"''**

On the target system I could see following python process running

[root@odcrac01 ~]# ps -ef | grep python| grep ansible
ansible  12600 12568  0 07:18 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/sh -c sudo -H -S  -p "[sudo via ansible, key=tdtazugynuyekapktrkwjrwuawfvgkme] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c 'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-tdtazugynuyekapktrkwjrwuawfvgkme; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/" > /dev/null 2>&1' && sleep 0
root     12613 12600  0 07:18 pts/0    00:00:00 sudo -H -S -p [sudo via ansible, key=tdtazugynuyekapktrkwjrwuawfvgkme] password:  -u root /bin/sh -c echo BECOME-SUCCESS-tdtazugynuyekapktrkwjrwuawfvgkme; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/" > /dev/null 2>&1
root     12614 12613  0 07:18 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/sh -c echo BECOME-SUCCESS-tdtazugynuyekapktrkwjrwuawfvgkme; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/" > /dev/null 2>&1
root     12615 12614  0 07:18 pts/0    00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582204.64-194542154309618/setup
root     12616 12615  0 07:18 pts/0    00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /tmp/ansible_0loivr/ansible_module_setup.py
ansible  15436 15435  0 07:20 pts/1    00:00:00 /bin/sh -c sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c 'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-njtihbebdvbpospbpivnpwbhrqtnfylc; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/" > /dev/null 2>&1' && sleep 0
root     15449 15436  0 07:20 pts/1    00:00:00 sudo -H -S -n -u root /bin/sh -c echo BECOME-SUCCESS-njtihbebdvbpospbpivnpwbhrqtnfylc; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/" > /dev/null 2>&1
root     15450 15449  0 07:20 pts/1    00:00:00 /bin/sh -c echo BECOME-SUCCESS-njtihbebdvbpospbpivnpwbhrqtnfylc; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/" > /dev/null 2>&1
root     15451 15450  0 07:20 pts/1    00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474582282.38-93511913696801/setup
root     15452 15451  0 07:20 pts/1    00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /tmp/ansible_PJZfVt/ansible_module_setup.py

Here is the simple playbook, where i have set become: yes and become_user: root, somehow when I set become: yes it is not working, it hangs

 - name: list files in target system
   hosts: clonedb
   user: ansible
   become: yes
   become_user: root
   gather_facts: yes
   tasks:
   - name: list files in target system
     command: ls
     always_run: true
     tags: list

if I comment the become and become_user it works fine. I have added user ansible to sudoers list in the target system, but still it hangs

on the target system for "ansible" user i have given sudo permission by adding it to sudoers list

ansible         ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

I try to run the sudo command as ansible user on the target system it works fine

[ansible@odcrac01 ~]$ sudo ls ~root
anaconda-ks.cfg  cvuqdisk-1.0.9-1.rpm  install.log  install.log.syslog  remove_disk.sh

But on another system it works fine

(virtualapp) [ansible@OEL72-37-70 lib]$ python odcansible.py
sys path:['/home/ansible/virtualapp/pypi_portal/lib', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib64/python27.zip', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib64/python2.7', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib64/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib64/python2.7/lib-tk', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib64/python2.7/lib-old', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib64/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/home/ansible/virtualapp/lib/python2.7/site-packages']
PLAY [create temporary directory in target system] *****************************

TASK [setup] *******************************************************************
<172.17.58.95> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ansible.cfg set ssh_args: (-o)(UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null)(-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)(-o)(IdentitiesOnly=yes)(-o)(ControlMaster=auto)(-o)(ControlPersist=60s)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled: (-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER/remote_user/ansible_user/user/-u set: (-o)(User=ansible)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT/timeout set: (-o)(ConnectTimeout=10)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: found only ControlPersist; added ControlPath: (-o)(ControlPath=/home/ansible/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: EXEC sshpass -d14 ssh -C -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o User=ansible -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/ansible/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r 172.17.58.95 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474661320.71-273658467725557 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1474661320.71-273658467725557="` echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474661320.71-273658467725557 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<172.17.58.95> PUT /tmp/tmpITvUgQ TO /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474661320.71-273658467725557/setup
<172.17.58.95> SSH: disable batch mode for sshpass: (-o)(BatchMode=no)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ansible.cfg set ssh_args: (-o)(UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null)(-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)(-o)(IdentitiesOnly=yes)(-o)(ControlMaster=auto)(-o)(ControlPersist=60s)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled: (-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER/remote_user/ansible_user/user/-u set: (-o)(User=ansible)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT/timeout set: (-o)(ConnectTimeout=10)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: found only ControlPersist; added ControlPath: (-o)(ControlPath=/home/ansible/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: EXEC sshpass -d14 sftp -o BatchMode=no -b - -C -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o User=ansible -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/ansible/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r '[172.17.58.95]'
<172.17.58.95> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: ansible
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ansible.cfg set ssh_args: (-o)(UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null)(-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)(-o)(IdentitiesOnly=yes)(-o)(ControlMaster=auto)(-o)(ControlPersist=60s)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING/host_key_checking disabled: (-o)(StrictHostKeyChecking=no)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER/remote_user/ansible_user/user/-u set: (-o)(User=ansible)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT/timeout set: (-o)(ConnectTimeout=10)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: found only ControlPersist; added ControlPath: (-o)(ControlPath=/home/ansible/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r)
<172.17.58.95> SSH: EXEC sshpass -d14 ssh -C -vvv -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o User=ansible -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/home/ansible/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r -tt 172.17.58.95 '/bin/sh -c '"'"'sudo -H -S  -p "[sudo via ansible, key=wcazqfwywctzrpesmznhbpbibluqmkqg] password: " -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-wcazqfwywctzrpesmznhbpbibluqmkqg; LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474661320.71-273658467725557/setup; rm -rf "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1474661320.71-273658467725557/" > /dev/null 2>&1'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' && sleep 0'"'"''
ok: [172.17.58.95]

Answer 1

Can you please clarify your question?

You state your goal is to gather facts about a host - but your playbook does not reflect that.

If your only goal is to gather facts about a host, you can use the setup module for that task. You also do not need a playbook to gather facts about a host.

ansible clonedb -m setup -u ansible

The above ad-hoc command with gather facts for your "clonedb" host group using the user "ansible" to authenticate. If you do not use SSH Keys for authenticating to your servers you will need to pass the "-k" option as well to prompt for an SSH password.

The best way to gather facts would be via a playbook, however. You can further simplify your playbook and just do the following:

---
- hosts: clonedb
  user: ansible

  tasks:
  - name: gather facts
    action: setup

You do not need a privileged account to gather facts about hosts.

The "gather_facts" option is by default set to True. It is not necessary to specify it in your playbook unless you have explicitly set it to "False" in your ansible.cfg.

You should store your facts in redis or via a json file because once the playbook completes, the facts will be removed from memory.

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#fact-caching

EDIT:

A simplified version of your playbook:

---
- hosts: clonedb
  user: ansible
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - name: list files
    command: ls
    always_run: true

    register: listfiles
  - debug: var=listfiles

Answer 2

Try to check permissions in home folder of user that are trying to connect to target machine. I run this command on my own target machine /home/ansible: chmod 775 -R /home/ansible. You should choose your username.