ssh configs in inventory file being ignored when using --sudo cli option

[LongLiveCHIEF]

I've been trying to find a way to avoid typing a ton of flags when I run bolt. Currently, all my bolt commands require sudo, which requires tty. This means I have to pass all three of the following on the command line for each run of bolt: --sudo --tty --run-as root. This is in addition to having a unique inventory file for each of my role/profile type modules, which means I also have to use --inventoryfile inventory.yaml.

After reviewing the docs, it appears I could at least set some of these options in the group configs inside the inventory. So I did this:

groups:
  - name: sbx_haproxy
    config:
      ssh:
        run-as: root
        tty: true
    nodes:
      - proxy1.test.example.org
      - proxy2.test.example.org
  - name: sbx_ha
    config:
      ssh:
        run-as: root
        tty: true
    groups:
      - name: sbx_application
        nodes:
          - app1.test.example.org
          - app2.test.example.org
          - app3.test.example.org
          - app4.test.example.org

Then i ran this:

bolt script run "tasks/destroy.sh" --sudo --inventoryfile inventory.yaml --nodes sbx_ha

But this results in the following output (repeated for each node in the group):

Failed to clean up tempdir '/bolt/4812b322-71eb-4ef3-abc7-edc68da9f840': sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Failed on proxy1.test.example.org:
  Could not change owner of '/bolt/4812b322-71eb-4ef3-abc7-edc68da9f840' to root: sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo
Failed to clean up tempdir '/bolt/67e3f85c-cf65-41ae-ad75-ed3bd809c0b9': sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

It appears that by utilizing --sudo, the other configs listed for the group aren't loaded.

[MikaelSmith]

That's interesting. I don't believe you should have to add --sudo to the CLI command, the inventory should take care of it. Or is that to pass in a sudo password?

I'll give this a try, not sure what's going on.

[MikaelSmith]

Which version of Bolt are you using?

[MikaelSmith]

Ok, reproduced this. I'm pretty sure tty in inventory just isn't working.

[MikaelSmith]

Filed as https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/BOLT-555.