Provision ubuntu/xenial64 using Vagrant and Ansible - vagrant

Question

I'm trying to create an ubuntu/xenial64 vm with Vagrant and provision it using Ansible. Installed versions of tools are:
Vagrant: 2.0.0
Ansible: 2.3.2.0
Python: 2.7.10
Virtualbox: 5.1.30
These are the contents of directory in which I am running vagrant up:
├── Vagrantfile
└── playbooks
├── inventory
├── main.yml
└── vars.yml
These are the contents of Vagrantfile:
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :
Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
config.ssh.insert_key = true
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
v.name = "ubuntu"
v.memory = 1024
v.cpus = 2
end
config.vm.hostname = "ubuntu"
config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.33.7"
config.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
ansible.playbook = "playbooks/main.yml"
ansible.sudo = true
ansible.verbose = true
ansible.inventory_path = "playbooks/inventory"
ansible.compatibility_mode = "2.0"
end
end
playbooks/main.yml:
---
- hosts: ubuntu
become: yes
vars_files:
- vars.yml
roles:
- geerlingguy.docker
playbooks/inventory:
[ubuntu]
192.168.33.7
[ubuntu:vars]
ansible_ssh_user=vagrant
ansible_ssh_private_key_file=~/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key
playbooks/vars.yml:
docker_edition: 'ce'
docker_package: "docker-{{ docker_edition }}"
docker_package_state: present
When I run vagrant up the output is:
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
default: The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version of
default: VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can
default: prevent things such as shared folders from working properly. If you see
default: shared folder errors, please make sure the guest additions within the
default: virtual machine match the version of VirtualBox you have installed on
default: your host and reload your VM.
default:
default: Guest Additions Version: 5.0.40
default: VirtualBox Version: 5.1
==> default: Setting hostname...
==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
default: /vagrant => /Users/danilo/tutorials/ansible ubuntu
==> default: Running provisioner: ansible...
default: Running ansible-playbook...
PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=true ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=false ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS='-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o IdentityFile=/Users/danilo/tutorials/ansible ubuntu/.vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/private_key -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s' ansible-playbook --connection=ssh --timeout=30 --extra-vars=ansible_user\=\'ubuntu\' --limit="default" --inventory-file=playbooks/inventory --become -v playbooks/main.yml
No config file found; using defaults
ERROR! Specified --limit does not match any hosts
Ansible failed to complete successfully. Any error output should be
visible above. Please fix these errors and try again.
However, vagrant ssh works as expected. Any ideas what I may be missing?

Answer 1

Firstly, if you use hosts: ubuntu then you must define named machine:
config.vm.define "ubuntu" do |ubuntu|
ubuntu.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
ansible.playbook = "playbooks/main.yml"
ansible.sudo = true
ansible.verbose = true
ansible.inventory_path = "playbooks/inventory"
ansible.compatibility_mode = "2.0"
end
end
Otherwise change to hosts: default in the play.
But then...
I have no idea why you try to provision via 192.168.33.7 - it seems completely unnecessary for this use case - you can remove the ansible.inventory_path from Vagrantfile
in the same inventory file you specify user vagrant which is not configured on ubuntu/xenial64 box
ansible.sudo is also not necessary in the Vagrantfile
running Ansible this way on ubuntu/xenial64 way will likely fail for the lack of Python 2