Ansible ssh error: mux_client_read_packet: read header failed: Broken pipe Received exit status from master - ssh

Question

I have a script /wd/remoteuser/stopALL.sh on remotehost i.e 10.0.0.211 and takes 3 seconds to complete execution and has full permission 775 for remoteuser.
Note: /wd/remoteuser/stopALL.sh does not exist on the host where ansible runs.
I wish to trigger the stop script on remotehost from my ansiblehost.
Below is how i run my ansible playbook.
ansible-playbook /app/playbook/ovs.yml -i /app/playbook/ovs.hosts -t stop -f 5 -e Environment=PROD -e Country=SRILANKA -vvvv
cat /app/playbook/ovs.yml
---
- name: Play 1- check for login and mount point
hosts: "*{{ Country }}_{{ Environment }}"
user: "{{ USER }}"
any_errors_fatal: true
vars:
ansible_ssh_extra_args: -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=90 -o ServerAliveInterval=50
ansible_ssh_private_key_file: /app/ssh_keys/id_rsa
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Execute backup stop1 script
tags: stop,restart
script: "{{ stopscript }}"
args:
chdir: "{{ stopscript | dirname }}"
register: stopscriptoutput
- name: Debug stopscript
tags: stop,restart
debug:
msg: "{{ stopscriptoutput.stdout }}"
cat /app/playbook/ovs.hosts
[APP_SRILANKA_PROD]
10.0.0.211 USER=remoteuser stopscript=/wd/remoteuser/stopALL.sh countrydet=SRILANKA evt=PROD
Output:
<10.0.0.211> (0, '', 'OpenSSH_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 58: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: kex names ok: [curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256#libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,gss-gex-sha1-,gss-group14-sha1-]\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 190236\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n')
fatal: [10.0.0.211]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"msg": "Could not find or access '/wd/remoteuser/stopALL.sh' on the Ansible Controller.\nIf you are using a module and expect the file to exist on the remote, see the remote_src option"
}
NO MORE HOSTS LEFT *****************************************************************************************************************************************************
PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************************************************
10.0.0.211 : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
I get this ssh read header failed: Broken pipe error even if I use the shell module as shown below.
- name: Execute backup stop1 script
tags: stop
shell: "sleep 90; {{ stopscript }}; sleep 90"
register: stopscriptoutput
Kindly suggest how can I resolve the ssh broken pipe error and get the script to execute remotely?

Answer 1

Set the proxy in environment variable and it started working