Step "sync the remote host with code from the remote repository" fails with "Connection refused"

[php-coder]

PLAY [sync the remote host with code from the remote repository] ***************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
fatal: [172.18.6.252]: UNREACHABLE! => {
    "changed": false, 
    "generated_timestamp": "2017-06-06 07:26:56.594043", 
    "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 172.18.6.252 port 22: Connection refused\r\n", 
    "unreachable": true
}

Seen here: https://ci.openshift.redhat.com/jenkins/job/test_pull_request_origin_check/2832/console

CC @stevekuznetsov

[stevekuznetsov]

The probe for SSH connectivity was successful, so this looks like an AWS flake :\

TASK [aws-up : wait for SSH to be available] ***********************************
task path: /var/lib/jenkins/origin-ci-tool/54f1755641e07ff2be4a3812a9a5937eef8b697c/lib/python2.7/site-packages/oct/ansible/oct/playbooks/provision/roles/aws-up/tasks/main.yml:172
ok: [localhost] => {
    "changed": false, 
    "elapsed": 240, 
    "generated_timestamp": "2017-06-06 07:26:55.130310", 
    "path": null, 
    "port": 22, 
    "search_regex": null, 
    "state": "started"
}

[pweil-]

I suppose we could retry. Please close if this isn't something we're going to fix

[stevekuznetsov]

Yeah, this is just weirdness in AWS -- I've taken all the steps I can think of on the Ansible side of things for provisioning and connecting.