Ssh to Host - not using Primary interface IP address

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Problem: Foreman is trying to connect to the wrong network interface on a host (not the Primary interface)

Expected outcome: Foreman uses the Primary interface IP address when trying to connect to a Host.

Foreman and Proxy versions: 3.211.2

Foreman and Proxy plugin versions:

  • foreman-tasks: 9.1.1
  • foreman_ansible: 14.0.0
  • foreman_bootdisk: 21.2.3
  • foreman_remote_execution: 13.1.0
  • katello: 4.13.1

Distribution and version: AlmaLinux 9.4

Other relevant data:
I am having this problem with two Hosts. They each have two network interfaces. When I attempt to run Ansible Roles on these Hosts, it fails with the error “UNREACHABLE!” and “Connection timed out.”

From the shell on the Foreman server, I can successfully initiate ssh connections to the two Hosts, when using the IPs that are marked as the Primary interfaces in the Host config. I’m 99% sure Foreman is using the non-Primary interface for these hosts to try to connect, and ssh won’t work on their non-Primary interfaces.

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A colleague figured it out for me. I needed to set “Remote execution” on the appropriate interface. All good now.

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