topic Re: Ansible - sftp transfer mechanism in Code Exchange

Ansible - sftp transfer mechanism

Netmart — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 09:09:54 GMT

Hello,

When Ansible is trying to connect to host [Cisco Cat 6, the following error message appears:

[WARNING]: sftp transfer mechanism failed on [172.16.1.1]. Use ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 to see detailed information

Below you will find an extract of debug log:

2084530 1702194010.51532: variable 'ansible_host' from source: host vars for cisco.switch@cisco.com'

2084530 1702194010.51624: Set connection var ansible_connection to ssh

2084530 1702194010.51628: Set connection var ansible_pipelining to False

2084530 1702194010.51630: Set connection var ansible_module_compression to ZIP_DEFLATED

2084530 1702194010.51632: Set connection var ansible_shell_executable to /bin/sh

2084530 1702194010.51633: Set connection var ansible_shell_type to sh

2084530 1702194010.51634: Set connection var ansible_user to cisco

2084530 1702194010.51637: Set connection var ansible_timeout to 10

2084530 1702194010.51652: variable 'ansible_shell_executable' from source: unknown

2084530 1702194010.51653: variable 'ansible_connection' from source: unknown

2084530 1702194010.51654: variable 'ansible_module_compression' from source: unknown

2084530 1702194010.51655: variable 'ansible_shell_type' from source: unknown

2084530 1702194010.51655: variable 'ansible_shell_executable' from source: unknow

[WARNING]: sftp transfer mechanism failed on [172.16.1.1]. Use ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 to see detailed information

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks

M02@rt37 — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:59:14 GMT

Do you do that as suggested ?

ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 ansible-playbook your-playbook.yml

This will provide more detailed debugging information, and you may be able to identify the specific reason for the SFTP transfer failure.

Netmart — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:13:09 GMT

Hello,

Attached you will find the debug file.

Here is some extract of it:

2084530 1702194010.51532: variable 'ansible_host' from source: host vars for 'CiscoCat6500.cisco.com '