to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program

[rm-rf-etc]

Tried running this on my iMac running Sierra 12.10.6. Got the following errors, didn't investigate.

Ansible version 2.5.5
VirtualBox 5.2.12

rob::Roberts-iMac { ~/projects/Deployment/kubernetes-vagrant-ansible }-> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory -e @vars.yml

PLAY [all-nodes] *************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************
fatal: [172.16.66.4]: FAILED! => {"msg": "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program"}
fatal: [172.16.66.5]: FAILED! => {"msg": "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program"}
fatal: [172.16.66.2]: FAILED! => {"msg": "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program"}
fatal: [172.16.66.3]: FAILED! => {"msg": "to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program"}
	to retry, use: --limit @/Users/rob/projects/Deployment/kubernetes-vagrant-ansible/playbook.retry

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************
172.16.66.2                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1   
172.16.66.3                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1   
172.16.66.4                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1   
172.16.66.5                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1   

[vippujain]

i am also getting this same on ubuntu 18.04. Do you find any resolution for this?

[kamal2222ahmed]

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sshpass/sshpass/1.06/sshpass-1.06.tar.gz
tar zxvf sshpass-1.06.tar.gz
cd sshpass-1.06
./configure
make
sudo make install

but then:

$ ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory -e @vars.yml

PLAY [all-nodes] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [172.16.66.3]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 172.16.66.3 port 22: Operation timed out\r\n", "unreachable": true}
fatal: [172.16.66.2]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 172.16.66.2 port 22: Operation timed out\r\n", "unreachable": true}
fatal: [172.16.66.4]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 172.16.66.4 port 22: Operation timed out\r\n", "unreachable": true}
fatal: [172.16.66.5]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 172.16.66.5 port 22: Operation timed out\r\n", "unreachable": true}
	to retry, use: --limit @/Users/syedahmed/KUBERNETES/kubernetes-vagrant-ansible/playbook.retry

PLAY RECAP ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
172.16.66.2                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=1    failed=0
172.16.66.3                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=1    failed=0
172.16.66.4                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=1    failed=0
172.16.66.5                : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=1    failed=0

[kamal2222ahmed]

$ brew install http://git.io/sshpass.rb
######################################################################## 100.0%
Warning: sshpass 1.05 is already installed and up-to-date
To reinstall 1.05, run `brew reinstall sshpass`