Ansible: SSH Error: unix_listener: too long for Unix domain socket

Question

This is a known issue and I found a solution but it\'s not working for me.

First I had:

fatal: [openshift-node-compute-e50xx] => SSH Error: ControlPat         


        

Answer 1

Customizing the control_path solves the problem for me. Here is how to do it without spamming the home directory.

The control_path defaults to (documentation):

control_path=%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r

Edit ansible config.

vim ~/.ansible.cfg

Here are sample file contents with new control_path value:

[defaults]
inventory=/etc/ansible/hosts

[ssh_connection]
control_path=%(directory)s/%%h-%%r
control_path_dir=~/.ansible/cp