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When I try to create ansible host file as follows: 

sudo vi /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts

When I try to save the file I get following error:

"/usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts" E212: Can't open file for writing
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    That error could be thrown if the file does not exists. According to this and this source the path to the hosts file is different.
    – 030
    Commented Sep 11, 2017 at 19:35
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    please post the output of ls -lah /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts and also what user are you running ansible with?
    – 13dimitar
    Commented Sep 12, 2017 at 14:29
  • @030 thanks for the response it was helpful
    – Subrat Srivastwa
    Commented Sep 12, 2017 at 16:07

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Run:

$ sudo touch /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts
$ sudo vi /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts

To create a file and then open it.

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The issue was that the host file did not exist. So, first I created the host file at the location: /usr/local/etc/ansible/hosts Then after that i could add the hosts to this file.

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