GIT over SSH in Ansible hangs, eventhough ssh-agent forwarding is set up

Just to expand on tillda's answer, that config can be placed in an ansible.cfg file alongside your playbook. e.g.:

ansible.cfg

[defaults]transport = ssh[ssh_connection]ssh_args = -o ForwardAgent=yes

I'd say it's better to do that than setting as an env variable, as placing it in a conf file is both more declarative and also will minimise the steps needed for other people you may be working with to going with a project.

Conf docs:http://docs.ansible.com/intro_configuration.html#the-ansible-configuration-file

Example config file:https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/ansible.cfg

I want to share the answer that worked for me:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/ansible-project/u6o-sWynMjo/69UwJfJPq7cJ - From Ansible Google Group

For ansible, ssh-add to load ssh keys in your host machine first.Then use "ssh" as connection type with forwarding enabled.

Such as:

$ ssh-add  $ export ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT="ssh"  $ export  ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS="-o ForwardAgent=yes"

See manual for ssh-add for running the agent.

The Ansible docs for ssh-args are http://docs.ansible.com/intro_configuration.html#ssh-args

this works for me

- name: ensure known hosts  shell: touch ~/.ssh/known_hosts- name: remove github.com from known host  shell: ssh-keygen -R github.com  # >> instead of > to keep existing known_hosts file- name: ensure github.com in known host  shell: ssh-keyscan -H github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts