ansible_runner doesn't accept ansible's user password via ansible_password variable

[lmesz-bitrise]

When using testinfra with ansible_runner the only acceptable variable that can contain the password for ansible's user is ansible_ssh_pass. Based on ansible documentation if the user wants to use ansible with a password the ansible_password must be set.
The reason why only ansible_ssh_pass is accepted is that the password parameter is directly pulled from ansible_ssh_pass. See code here
I plan to create a PR to fix this if it is okay.

[urskog84]

Hi @lmesz-bitrise thanks for adding this issue. It took me a long time to find the solution to this. I have always used the ansible_password: variable name for my ansible inventorys..

Some google phrases i used

• testinfra promts for password
• testinfra ask for password
• testinfra ansible promts for password

After looking around in the code, I think that the errors are here
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-testinfra/blob/master/testinfra/utils/ansible_runner.py#L148

Possibel solution to this issue

password = get_config("ansible_ssh_pass")
if password == None:
    password = get_config("ansible_password")

[mshonichev]

as of 2024, issue still reproduced.
Ansible deprecates ansible_ssh_pass way long ago, maybe it's time to finally fix it?