title: NXOS Ansible "Connection failure: timed out"
body: <p>I am very new to Ansible and am trying to run my first playbook against a nexus 5600. I am using the <a href="http://http:/https://github.com/datacenter/Ansible-NXOS/tree/master/example-playbooks/cisco-programmable-fabric" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cisco-programmable-fabric playbook</a> I have connectivity to the N5K, and can ping it from the Centos7 VM. I can also access the NXAPI sandbox via the browser. </p>
  
  <p>When I run the playbook I the errors shown in the picture. One host gets  gets a connection timed out error. The host "mt-l1" has an error with a redirect. </p>
  
  <p>Ansible version is 2.5.1 and python version is 2.7.5. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ir9Um.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Errors</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BSo5B.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NXAPI Config</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/iJrBM.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">hosts file</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PGqI6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">etc/hosts file</a></p>
  
  <pre><code># config file for ansible -- https://ansible.com/
  # ===============================================
  
  # nearly all parameters can be overridden in ansible-playbook
  # or with command line flags. ansible will read ANSIBLE_CONFIG,
  # ansible.cfg in the current working directory, .ansible.cfg in
  # the home directory or /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg, whichever it
  # finds first
  
  [defaults]
  
  # some basic default values...
  
  inventory      = /etc/ansible/hosts
  library        = /usr/share/my_modules/
  module_utils   = /usr/share/my_module_utils/
  remote_tmp     = ~/.ansible/tmp
  local_tmp      = ~/.ansible/tmp
  plugin_filters_cfg = /etc/ansible/plugin_filters.yml
  forks          = 5
  poll_interval  = 15
  #sudo_user      = root
  #ask_sudo_pass = True
  #ask_pass      = True
  transport      = smart
  remote_port    = 22
  module_lang    = C
  module_set_locale = False
  
  # plays will gather facts by default, which contain information about
  # the remote system.
  #
  # smart - gather by default, but don't regather if already gathered
  # implicit - gather by default, turn off with gather_facts: False
  # explicit - do not gather by default, must say gather_facts: True
  #gathering = implicit
  
  # This only affects the gathering done by a play's gather_facts directive,
  # by default gathering retrieves all facts subsets
  # all - gather all subsets
  # network - gather min and network facts
  # hardware - gather hardware facts (longest facts to retrieve)
  # virtual - gather min and virtual facts
  # facter - import facts from facter
  # ohai - import facts from ohai
  # You can combine them using comma (ex: network,virtual)
  # You can negate them using ! (ex: !hardware,!facter,!ohai)
  # A minimal set of facts is always gathered.
  #gather_subset = all
  
  # some hardware related facts are collected
  # with a maximum timeout of 10 seconds. This
  # option lets you increase or decrease that
  # timeout to something more suitable for the
  # environment.
  # gather_timeout = 10
  
  # additional paths to search for roles in, colon separated
  #roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
  
  # uncomment this to disable SSH key host checking
  #host_key_checking = False
  
  # change the default callback, you can only have one 'stdout' type  enabled at a time.
  #stdout_callback = skippy
  
  
  ## Ansible ships with some plugins that require whitelisting,
  ## this is done to avoid running all of a type by default.
  ## These setting lists those that you want enabled for your system.
  ## Custom plugins should not need this unless plugin author specifies it.
  
  # enable callback plugins, they can output to stdout but cannot be 'stdout' type.
  #callback_whitelist = timer, mail
  
  # Determine whether includes in tasks and handlers are "static" by
  # default. As of 2.0, includes are dynamic by default. Setting these
  # values to True will make includes behave more like they did in the
  # 1.x versions.
  #task_includes_static = False
  #handler_includes_static = False
  
  # Controls if a missing handler for a notification event is an error or a warning
  #error_on_missing_handler = True
  
  # change this for alternative sudo implementations
  #sudo_exe = sudo
  
  # What flags to pass to sudo
  # WARNING: leaving out the defaults might create unexpected behaviours
  #sudo_flags = -H -S -n
  
  # SSH timeout
  #timeout = 10
  
  # default user to use for playbooks if user is not specified
  # (/usr/bin/ansible will use current user as default)
  #remote_user = root
  
  # logging is off by default unless this path is defined
  # if so defined, consider logrotate
  #log_path = /var/log/ansible.log
  
  # default module name for /usr/bin/ansible
  #module_name = command
  
  # use this shell for commands executed under sudo
  # you may need to change this to bin/bash in rare instances
  # if sudo is constrained
  #executable = /bin/sh
  
  # if inventory variables overlap, does the higher precedence one win
  # or are hash values merged together?  The default is 'replace' but
  # this can also be set to 'merge'.
  #hash_behaviour = replace
  
  # by default, variables from roles will be visible in the global variable
  # scope. To prevent this, the following option can be enabled, and only
  # tasks and handlers within the role will see the variables there
  #private_role_vars = yes
  
  # list any Jinja2 extensions to enable here:
  #jinja2_extensions = jinja2.ext.do,jinja2.ext.i18n
  
  # if set, always use this private key file for authentication, same as
  # if passing --private-key to ansible or ansible-playbook
  #private_key_file = /path/to/file
  
  # If set, configures the path to the Vault password file as an alternative to
  # specifying --vault-password-file on the command line.
  #vault_password_file = /path/to/vault_password_file
  
  # format of string {{ ansible_managed }} available within Jinja2
  # templates indicates to users editing templates files will be replaced.
  # replacing {file}, {host} and {uid} and strftime codes with proper values.
  #ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}
  # {file}, {host}, {uid}, and the timestamp can all interfere with idempotence
  # in some situations so the default is a static string:
  #ansible_managed = Ansible managed
  
  # by default, ansible-playbook will display "Skipping [host]" if it determines a task
  # should not be run on a host.  Set this to "False" if you don't want to see these "Skipping"
  # messages. NOTE: the task header will still be shown regardless of whether or not the
  # task is skipped.
  #display_skipped_hosts = True
  
  # by default, if a task in a playbook does not include a name: field then
  # ansible-playbook will construct a header that includes the task's action but
  # not the task's args.  This is a security feature because ansible cannot know
  # if the *module* considers an argument to be no_log at the time that the
  # header is printed.  If your environment doesn't have a problem securing
  # stdout from ansible-playbook (or you have manually specified no_log in your
  # playbook on all of the tasks where you have secret information) then you can
  # safely set this to True to get more informative messages.
  #display_args_to_stdout = False
  
  # by default (as of 1.3), Ansible will raise errors when attempting to dereference
  # Jinja2 variables that are not set in templates or action lines. Uncomment this line
  # to revert the behavior to pre-1.3.
  #error_on_undefined_vars = False
  
  # by default (as of 1.6), Ansible may display warnings based on the configuration of the
  # system running ansible itself. This may include warnings about 3rd party packages or
  # other conditions that should be resolved if possible.
  # to disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
  #system_warnings = True
  
  # by default (as of 1.4), Ansible may display deprecation warnings for language
  # features that should no longer be used and will be removed in future versions.
  # to disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
  #deprecation_warnings = True
  
  # (as of 1.8), Ansible can optionally warn when usage of the shell and
  # command module appear to be simplified by using a default Ansible module
  # instead.  These warnings can be silenced by adjusting the following
  # setting or adding warn=yes or warn=no to the end of the command line
  # parameter string.  This will for example suggest using the git module
  # instead of shelling out to the git command.
  # command_warnings = False
  
  
  # set plugin path directories here, separate with colons
  #action_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/action
  #cache_plugins      = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/cache
  #callback_plugins   = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/callback
  #connection_plugins = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/connection
  #lookup_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/lookup
  #inventory_plugins  = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/inventory
  #vars_plugins       = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/vars
  #filter_plugins     = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter
  #test_plugins       = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/test
  #terminal_plugins   = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/terminal
  #strategy_plugins   = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/strategy
  
  
  # by default, ansible will use the 'linear' strategy but you may want to try
  # another one
  #strategy = free
  
  # by default callbacks are not loaded for /bin/ansible, enable this if you
  # want, for example, a notification or logging callback to also apply to
  # /bin/ansible runs
  #bin_ansible_callbacks = False
  
  
  # don't like cows?  that's unfortunate.
  # set to 1 if you don't want cowsay support or export ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1
  #nocows = 1
  
  # set which cowsay stencil you'd like to use by default. When set to 'random',
  # a random stencil will be selected for each task. The selection will be filtered
  # against the `cow_whitelist` option below.
  #cow_selection = default
  #cow_selection = random
  
  # when using the 'random' option for cowsay, stencils will be restricted to this list.
  # it should be formatted as a comma-separated list with no spaces between names.
  # NOTE: line continuations here are for formatting purposes only, as the INI parser
  #       in python does not support them.
  #cow_whitelist=bud-frogs,bunny,cheese,daemon,default,dragon,elephant-in-snake,elephant,eyes,\
  #              hellokitty,kitty,luke-koala,meow,milk,moofasa,moose,ren,sheep,small,stegosaurus,\
  #              stimpy,supermilker,three-eyes,turkey,turtle,tux,udder,vader-koala,vader,www
  
  # don't like colors either?
  # set to 1 if you don't want colors, or export ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=1
  #nocolor = 1
  
  # if set to a persistent type (not 'memory', for example 'redis') fact values
  # from previous runs in Ansible will be stored.  This may be useful when
  # wanting to use, for example, IP information from one group of servers
  # without having to talk to them in the same playbook run to get their
  # current IP information.
  #fact_caching = memory
  
  
  # retry files
  # When a playbook fails by default a .retry file will be created in ~/
  # You can disable this feature by setting retry_files_enabled to False
  # and you can change the location of the files by setting retry_files_save_path
  
  #retry_files_enabled = False
  #retry_files_save_path = ~/.ansible-retry
  
  # squash actions
  # Ansible can optimise actions that call modules with list parameters
  # when looping. Instead of calling the module once per with_ item, the
  # module is called once with all items at once. Currently this only works
  # under limited circumstances, and only with parameters named 'name'.
  #squash_actions = apk,apt,dnf,homebrew,pacman,pkgng,yum,zypper
  
  # prevents logging of task data, off by default
  #no_log = False
  
  # prevents logging of tasks, but only on the targets, data is still logged on the master/controller
  #no_target_syslog = False
  
  # controls whether Ansible will raise an error or warning if a task has no
  # choice but to create world readable temporary files to execute a module on
  # the remote machine.  This option is False by default for security.  Users may
  # turn this on to have behaviour more like Ansible prior to 2.1.x.  See
  # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/become.html#becoming-an-unprivileged-user
  # for more secure ways to fix this than enabling this option.
  #allow_world_readable_tmpfiles = False
  
  # controls the compression level of variables sent to
  # worker processes. At the default of 0, no compression
  # is used. This value must be an integer from 0 to 9.
  #var_compression_level = 9
  
  # controls what compression method is used for new-style ansible modules when
  # they are sent to the remote system.  The compression types depend on having
  # support compiled into both the controller's python and the client's python.
  # The names should match with the python Zipfile compression types:
  # * ZIP_STORED (no compression. available everywhere)
  # * ZIP_DEFLATED (uses zlib, the default)
  # These values may be set per host via the ansible_module_compression inventory
  # variable
  #module_compression = 'ZIP_DEFLATED'
  
  # This controls the cutoff point (in bytes) on --diff for files
  # set to 0 for unlimited (RAM may suffer!).
  #max_diff_size = 1048576
  
  # This controls how ansible handles multiple --tags and --skip-tags arguments
  # on the CLI.  If this is True then multiple arguments are merged together.  If
  # it is False, then the last specified argument is used and the others are ignored.
  # This option will be removed in 2.8.
  #merge_multiple_cli_flags = True
  
  # Controls showing custom stats at the end, off by default
  #show_custom_stats = True
  
  # Controls which files to ignore when using a directory as inventory with
  # possibly multiple sources (both static and dynamic)
  #inventory_ignore_extensions = ~, .orig, .bak, .ini, .cfg, .retry, .pyc, .pyo
  
  # This family of modules use an alternative execution path optimized for network appliances
  # only update this setting if you know how this works, otherwise it can break module execution
  #network_group_modules=eos, nxos, ios, iosxr, junos, vyos
  
  # When enabled, this option allows lookups (via variables like {{lookup('foo')}} or when used as
  # a loop with `with_foo`) to return data that is not marked "unsafe". This means the data may contain
  # jinja2 templating language which will be run through the templating engine.
  # ENABLING THIS COULD BE A SECURITY RISK
  #allow_unsafe_lookups = False
  
  # set default errors for all plays
  #any_errors_fatal = False
  
  [inventory]
  # enable inventory plugins, default: 'host_list', 'script', 'yaml', 'ini'
  #enable_plugins = host_list, virtualbox, yaml, constructed
  
  # ignore these extensions when parsing a directory as inventory source
  #ignore_extensions = .pyc, .pyo, .swp, .bak, ~, .rpm, .md, .txt, ~, .orig, .ini, .cfg, .retry
  
  # ignore files matching these patterns when parsing a directory as inventory source
  #ignore_patterns=
  
  # If 'true' unparsed inventory sources become fatal errors, they are warnings otherwise.
  #unparsed_is_failed=False
  
  [privilege_escalation]
  #become=True
  #become_method=sudo
  #become_user=root
  #become_ask_pass=False
  
  [paramiko_connection]
  
  # uncomment this line to cause the paramiko connection plugin to not record new host
  # keys encountered.  Increases performance on new host additions.  Setting works independently of the
  # host key checking setting above.
  #record_host_keys=False
  
  # by default, Ansible requests a pseudo-terminal for commands executed under sudo. Uncomment this
  # line to disable this behaviour.
  #pty=False
  
  # paramiko will default to looking for SSH keys initially when trying to
  # authenticate to remote devices.  This is a problem for some network devices
  # that close the connection after a key failure.  Uncomment this line to
  # disable the Paramiko look for keys function
  #look_for_keys = False
  
  # When using persistent connections with Paramiko, the connection runs in a
  # background process.  If the host doesn't already have a valid SSH key, by
  # default Ansible will prompt to add the host key.  This will cause connections
  # running in background processes to fail.  Uncomment this line to have
  # Paramiko automatically add host keys.
  #host_key_auto_add = True
  
  [ssh_connection]
  
  # ssh arguments to use
  # Leaving off ControlPersist will result in poor performance, so use
  # paramiko on older platforms rather than removing it, -C controls compression use
  #ssh_args = -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s
  
  # The base directory for the ControlPath sockets.
  # This is the "%(directory)s" in the control_path option
  #
  # Example:
  # control_path_dir = /tmp/.ansible/cp
  #control_path_dir = ~/.ansible/cp
  
  # The path to use for the ControlPath sockets. This defaults to a hashed string of the hostname,
  # port and username (empty string in the config). The hash mitigates a common problem users
  # found with long hostames and the conventional %(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r format.
  # In those cases, a "too long for Unix domain socket" ssh error would occur.
  #
  # Example:
  # control_path = %(directory)s/%%h-%%r
  #control_path =
  
  # Enabling pipelining reduces the number of SSH operations required to
  # execute a module on the remote server. This can result in a significant
  # performance improvement when enabled, however when using "sudo:" you must
  # first disable 'requiretty' in /etc/sudoers
  #
  # By default, this option is disabled to preserve compatibility with
  # sudoers configurations that have requiretty (the default on many distros).
  #
  #pipelining = False
  
  # Control the mechanism for transferring files (old)
  #   * smart = try sftp and then try scp [default]
  #   * True = use scp only
  #   * False = use sftp only
  #scp_if_ssh = smart
  
  # Control the mechanism for transferring files (new)
  # If set, this will override the scp_if_ssh option
  #   * sftp  = use sftp to transfer files
  #   * scp   = use scp to transfer files
  #   * piped = use 'dd' over SSH to transfer files
  #   * smart = try sftp, scp, and piped, in that order [default]
  #transfer_method = smart
  
  # if False, sftp will not use batch mode to transfer files. This may cause some
  # types of file transfer failures impossible to catch however, and should
  # only be disabled if your sftp version has problems with batch mode
  #sftp_batch_mode = False
  
  # The -tt argument is passed to ssh when pipelining is not enabled because sudo 
  # requires a tty by default. 
  #use_tty = True
  
  [persistent_connection]
  
  # Configures the persistent connection timeout value in seconds.  This value is
  # how long the persistent connection will remain idle before it is destroyed.
  # If the connection doesn't receive a request before the timeout value
  # expires, the connection is shutdown. The default value is 30 seconds.
  #connect_timeout = 30
  
  # Configures the persistent connection retry timeout.  This value configures the
  # the retry timeout that ansible-connection will wait to connect
  # to the local domain socket. This value must be larger than the
  # ssh timeout (timeout) and less than persistent connection idle timeout (connect_timeout).
  # The default value is 15 seconds.
  #connect_retry_timeout = 15
  
  # The command timeout value defines the amount of time to wait for a command
  # or RPC call before timing out. The value for the command timeout must
  # be less than the value of the persistent connection idle timeout (connect_timeout)
  # The default value is 10 second.
  #command_timeout = 10
  
  [accelerate]
  #accelerate_port = 5099
  #accelerate_timeout = 30
  #accelerate_connect_timeout = 5.0
  
  # The daemon timeout is measured in minutes. This time is measured
  # from the last activity to the accelerate daemon.
  #accelerate_daemon_timeout = 30
  
  # If set to yes, accelerate_multi_key will allow multiple
  # private keys to be uploaded to it, though each user must
  # have access to the system via SSH to add a new key. The default
  # is "no".
  #accelerate_multi_key = yes
  
  [selinux]
  # file systems that require special treatment when dealing with security context
  # the default behaviour that copies the existing context or uses the user default
  # needs to be changed to use the file system dependent context.
  #special_context_filesystems=nfs,vboxsf,fuse,ramfs,9p
  
  # Set this to yes to allow libvirt_lxc connections to work without SELinux.
  #libvirt_lxc_noseclabel = yes
  
  [colors]
  #highlight = white
  #verbose = blue
  #warn = bright purple
  #error = red
  #debug = dark gray
  #deprecate = purple
  #skip = cyan
  #unreachable = red
  #ok = green
  #changed = yellow
  #diff_add = green
  #diff_remove = red
  #diff_lines = cyan
  
  
  [diff]
  # Always print diff when running ( same as always running with -D/--diff )
  # always = no
  
  # Set how many context lines to show in diff
  # context = 3 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? Help is greatly appreciated!</p>
  
  <p><code>"Connection failure: timed out", "status": -1, "url" :"http://192.168.77.15:80/ins"</code></p>