How to create ansible host file on mac?

Question

When I try to create ansible host file as follows:

sudo vi /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts

When I try to save the file I get following error:

"/usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts" E212: Can't open file for writing

That error could be thrown if the file does not exists. According to this and this source the path to the hosts file is different. — 030, Sep 11 '17 at 19:35
please post the output of ls -lah /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts and also what user are you running ansible with? — 13dimitar, Sep 12 '17 at 14:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '17 at 12:19

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Run:

$ sudo touch /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts
$ sudo vi /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts

To create a file and then open it.

answered Sep 13 '17 at 12:19

junkgui

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '17 at 16:06

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The issue was that the host file did not exist. So, first I created the host file at the location: /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts Then after that i could add the hosts to this file.

answered Sep 12 '17 at 16:06

Subrat Srivastwa

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How to create ansible host file on mac?

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