diff --git a/website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible.html.md b/website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible.html.md index 70de17c05..10ad71fce 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible.html.md @@ -100,4 +100,11 @@ Optional Parameters: ## Limitations -The `ansible` provisioner does not support SCP to transfer files. +- The `ansible` provisioner does not support SCP to transfer files. + +- Redhat / CentOS builds have been known to fail with the following error due to `sftp_command`, which should be set to `/usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server -e`: + +``` +==> virtualbox-ovf: starting sftp subsystem + virtualbox-ovf: fatal: [default]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh", "unreachable": true} +```