ansible-ping

# Installed on a Mac OS X Yosemite
# Installed python and pip with homebrew; everything is in /usr/local so sudo is not required.

brew info python
python: stable 2.7.11 (bottled), devel 2.7.12rc1, HEAD
Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
https://www.python.org
/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.10_2 (5,046 files, 67.6M)
  Poured from bottle on 2015-07-13 at 14:07:01
/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.11 (5,009 files, 67.5M) *
  Poured from bottle on 2016-01-29 at 14:44:20
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/python.rb

which python
/usr/local/bin/python

python --version
Python 2.7.11

So far everything seems to work.


pip install --upgrade ansible paramiko PyYAML Jinja2 httplib2 six passlib
sudo launchctl limit maxfiles unlimited

which pip
/usr/local/bin/pip

pip --version
pip 8.1.2 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)


$ ansible --version
ansible 2.1.0.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = Default w/o overrides

Modified inventory so a non-privileged ansible could access it:
sudo egrep -v '^(#|$)' /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
[defaults]
inventory      = /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts
host_key_checking = False
[privilege_escalation]
[paramiko_connection]
[ssh_connection]
control_path = %(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%C
[accelerate]
[selinux]
[colors]

Moved the hosts file:
sudo egrep -v '^(#|$)' /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts
[testers]
slave-1.ptest.us
slave-2.ptest.us
slave-3.ptest.us

ansible -vvv testers -m ping
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 124, in run
    res = self._execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 446, in _execute
    result = self._handler.run(task_vars=variables)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/action/normal.py", line 33, in run
    results = merge_hash(results, self._execute_module(tmp=tmp, task_vars=task_vars))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py", line 583, in _execute_module
    (module_style, shebang, module_data) = self._configure_module(module_name=module_name, module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py", line 149, in _configure_module
    (module_data, module_style, module_shebang) = modify_module(module_name, module_path, module_args, task_vars=task_vars, module_compression=self._play_context.module_compression)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/executor/module_common.py", line 718, in modify_module
    (module_data, module_style, shebang) = _find_snippet_imports(module_name, module_data, module_path, module_args, task_vars, module_compression)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/executor/module_common.py", line 561, in _find_snippet_imports
    with lock:
AttributeError: __exit__

slave-1.ptest.us | FAILED! => {
    "failed": true, 
    "msg": "Unexpected failure during module execution.", 
    "stdout": ""
}


Suspecting permissions, tried:
sudo ansible testers -m ping
slave-1.ptest.us | UNREACHABLE! => {
    "changed": false, 
    "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh.", 
    "unreachable": true
}
slave-2.ptest.us | UNREACHABLE! => {
    "changed": false, 
    "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh.", 
    "unreachable": true
}
slave-3.ptest.us | UNREACHABLE! => {
    "changed": false, 
    "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh.", 
    "unreachable": true
}

Still failing but failing as expected.