WARNING provided hosts list is empty only localhost is available Note that the implicit localhost does not match all

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I'm trying to run an ansible playbook and encountered the following warning:

 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

What do I do?

Jan 22, 2019 in Ansible by Sitara
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2 answers to this question.

+3 votes

Hey @Sitara, 

 I just found it is because the temp path is not right. Go to your config file and change the temp path. I had to change it to the absolute path to make it work.

Hope it helps.

answered Jan 22, 2019 by Naina
There are two temp paths which one do i modify?  There is an local_temp and a remote_temp.  So far i have modified the temp path to only read hosts as the tutorial I'm watching tells me.  Do I have to configure those files with the same path?
Hi @LinuxMenace, changing just the local_temp should be good enough. Try that and let me know if it works.
Hi,

I am getting the same eror message, what do I change on the local_temp path? where should I point it to? the current one is as below:

#local_tmp =~/.ansible/tmp
Hey! @Naina's answer says you need to keep your local_temp path as your absolute path instead of relative path.
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Hi ,

I also faced same issue , but after having deep observation i found that there is  mistake in my   ansible.cfg file.

[default]
inventory = ./inventory
remote_user = Bakshu

In the above i just used [default] instead of [defaults] , now issue solved .. try once...

Bakshu
answered Sep 5, 2020 by Bakshu

I'm having same issue , i have checked the Ansible.cfg . 

Hi@Dinesh,

If you are getting any error, then paste your inventory file here.
Tried using default instead of defaults but its not working for me

Hi,

Inside your /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg file you need to set your inventory file. And you have to use defaults not default as shown below.

[defaults]
inventory = <path>

Also, check that you have proper network connectivity between your systems. 

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