I have just started learning ansible , i configured a simple playbook where m running a apt install command using a passwordless remote user (called ansible) and added the become:true as shown in the code below.
---
- name: managig the ubuntu servers
hosts: ubuntu_servers
remote_user: ansible
become: true
become_method: sudo
become_user: root
tasks:
- name: Installing a pcakage on ubuntu servers
apt:
name: traceroute
state: present
update_cache: true
I am positive that the user ansible is configured as a passwordless sudoer , since I’ve tested it directly on the servers , but m alwasy getting this error
fatal: [server2]: FAILED! => {“msg”: “Missing sudo password”}
fatal: [server3]: FAILED! => {“msg”: “Missing sudo password”}
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I think the issue comes from the remote_user. You specified remote_user in the hosts context, but seems like it doesn’t work. I did some small test:
default group in inventory file
<server name> ansible_host=<host ip> ansible_user=jenkins ansible_ssh_common_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
my playbook
---
- name: test
hosts: default
remote_user: wvcuser
tasks:
- name: whoami
shell: whoami
register: output
- debug:
var: output.stdout
The output:
...
ok: [devserver1] => {
"output.stdout": "jenkins"
}
...
A stratforward way is to use ansible_user. So, you have to check the ansible_user in your inventory file is “ansible”, or make it sudo-able