Updated ansible provisioner documentation to cite situation encountered by Redhat family around sftp_command

2016-09-02 07:45:16 -04:00 · 2016-09-02 07:45:16 -04:00 · 71e43abef6
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--- a/website/source/docs/provisioners/ansible.html.md
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@ -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}
+```