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## [how to handle the log message if free strategy is used](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-the-log-message-if-free-strategy-is-used/34998)

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**Author:** [@maple.f](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maple.f)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-the-log-message-if-free-strategy-is-used/34998 "2021-04-16T03:36:52Z")

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Hi, I tried to use free strategy instead of default linear strategy, task didn’t wait all hosts any more, hosts finished tasks in different speed. Yet, it introduce another problem that log message is almost a mess, you…

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## [Windows Playbook how to not have a remote connection for every task](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-playbook-how-to-not-have-a-remote-connection-for-every-task/34996)

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**Author:** [@Daniel2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-playbook-how-to-not-have-a-remote-connection-for-every-task/34996 "2021-04-15T21:55:04Z")

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Working on a playbook, using the following windows modules: win\_mapped\_drive and win\_robocopy. I have been using net use commands since the late 80’s with 3Com Lan Manager, so I know what I am doing and I can do what I …

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## [Copy files from remote to remote](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-files-from-remote-to-remote/34988)

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**Author:** [@Sivaraman\_P](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sivaraman_P)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-files-from-remote-to-remote/34988 "2021-04-15T21:37:35Z")

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Hi All, Is there anyway to copy files from one remote node to another without using delegate\_to in ansible. Regards, Sivaraman P

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## [AWX integration with Okta](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-integration-with-okta/34571)

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**Author:** [@Angel\_Rengifo\_Cancin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Angel_Rengifo_Cancin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-integration-with-okta/34571 "2021-04-15T21:20:04Z")

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Hi guys: Does anybody know how to properly configure AWX SAML authentication with Okta? I’m struggling with this matter because AWX (v15.0.1) shows me this in log file: “ERROR social Authentication failed: SAML login f…

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## [Will collections support namespaced tasks?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/will-collections-support-namespaced-tasks/34985)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_Kakouros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nick_Kakouros)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/will-collections-support-namespaced-tasks/34985 "2021-04-15T17:56:54Z")

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I remember quite some time ago reading somewhere a proposed structure for collections that included a tasks folder, along with playbooks, roles, etc. Is support for tasks in collections still planned, so that they can be…

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## [What is the most stable version of AWX so far?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-most-stable-version-of-awx-so-far/34995)

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**Author:** [@Brandon\_Ellis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brandon_Ellis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-most-stable-version-of-awx-so-far/34995 "2021-04-15T17:13:40Z")

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Trying out AWX 19.0 and having literally everything windows break due to a faulty default EE is starting to make me realize the consequences of working with a fast-moving upstream project. Is there any particular versio…

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## [Ansible 4.0.0 alpha4 released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-4-0-0-alpha4-released/34994)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-4-0-0-alpha4-released/34994 "2021-04-15T15:15:07Z")

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Hi all, We're happy to announce that the Ansible-4.0.0 alpha4 package is now available! This update is based on the Ansible-core-2.11.x package which is a major update from the Ansible-3 package (Ansible-3 was based …

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## [how to flush handlers in a role.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-flush-handlers-in-a-role/34993)

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**Author:** [@Mario\_Garcia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mario_Garcia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-flush-handlers-in-a-role/34993 "2021-04-15T15:12:12Z")

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I am wondering how can i use : meta: flush\_handlers in a role. so that the handlers are executed immediately after a task in the role has changed. i have these tasks in a role: name: key from MX shell: cat /server…

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## [Manage ambri service via using api](https://forum.ansible.com/t/manage-ambri-service-via-using-api/34991)

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**Author:** [@Jitender\_J](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jitender_J)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/manage-ambri-service-via-using-api/34991 "2021-04-15T11:12:35Z")

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Hi Team, I need to start/stop ambri service via api in ansibile playbook, please share some examples if anybody have any idea

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## [Modules install on Airgapped AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modules-install-on-airgapped-awx/34990)

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**Author:** [@Christopher\_Billett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Billett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modules-install-on-airgapped-awx/34990 "2021-04-15T10:33:41Z")

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Trying to get a playbookto run with the aws module. Does anyone have a solution to getting this installed on the AWX setup. My setup is also airgapped which could make it trickier?

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## [Airgap installs?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/airgap-installs/34986)

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**Author:** [@EvilMonkeySlayer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/EvilMonkeySlayer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/airgap-installs/34986 "2021-04-15T10:30:13Z")

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Hi, Is there a standard method for airgap installs? I haven’t yet tried, but looking at awx-operator to me it looks like I’d have to: Download all images to my own private docker registry from quay.io for awx Use sed…

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## [Development environment issue: make docker-compose](https://forum.ansible.com/t/development-environment-issue-make-docker-compose/34989)

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**Author:** [@Seiwai\_Lai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Seiwai_Lai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/development-environment-issue-make-docker-compose/34989 "2021-04-15T09:28:50Z")

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Hello, everyone, I recently encountered one issue during make docker-compose process for my other branch. However, the make docker-compose works fine for devel branch. I would like to know if any encountered this issue …

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## [k8s\_facts just does not work](https://forum.ansible.com/t/k8s-facts-just-does-not-work/34984)

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**Author:** [@Nic\_H](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nic_H)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/k8s-facts-just-does-not-work/34984 "2021-04-15T05:46:58Z")

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well another thing I try and just does not work as per the doc the example from the official doc does not even work : ansibe 2.8 / python3.6 , openshift / kubernetes pip modules 0.11 (0.12 is broken too). - name: Sear…

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## [Ansible Query](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982)

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**Author:** [@Monica](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Monica)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query/34982 "2021-04-14T17:04:45Z")

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Hello Everyone, Can anyone answer this? What are the different ways other than SSH by which Ansible can connect to remote hosts? Thanks in advance

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## [Is It Possible To Limit Ansible Tower Inventory Hosts To One Group At A Time?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-limit-ansible-tower-inventory-hosts-to-one-group-at-a-time/34981)

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**Author:** [@Marcus\_Hayhurst](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcus_Hayhurst)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-limit-ansible-tower-inventory-hosts-to-one-group-at-a-time/34981 "2021-04-14T14:53:51Z")

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Hello everyone, I have Playbooks that use a host’s associated group in order to properly function. However, the Play will fail if someone mistakenly associates a host with multiple groups instead of just one group. Does…

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## [Create VM from iso file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-vm-from-iso-file/34980)

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**Author:** [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-vm-from-iso-file/34980 "2021-04-14T14:36:29Z")

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Please someone help me. I am creating two vms with iso file to be installed but get this error. I dont know what to do again. failed: \[127.0.0.1 → localhost\] (item=my\_vm\_01) =\> {“ansible\_facts”: {“discovered\_interpreter…

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## [how to prevent apt module from desinstall something when installing a package ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-prevent-apt-module-from-desinstall-something-when-installing-a-package/34978)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Caillibaud](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Caillibaud)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-prevent-apt-module-from-desinstall-something-when-installing-a-package/34978 "2021-04-14T10:43:50Z")

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Hi, When a package install is conflicting with other, apt module desinstall all packages in conflict to install the asked one, without notifying anything (except change). I didn't see any option to prevent this on ht…

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## [AWX authentication](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-authentication/34976)

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**Author:** [@miqdad\_patwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/miqdad_patwa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-authentication/34976 "2021-04-14T09:15:49Z")

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Hello, I am using AWX in dockerised container. Running playbooks via AWX on Cisco and juniper Network switches. Also copying the configuration to one of the local server. From CLI i can get authenticated and the conf…

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## [/var/lib/awx directory does not exist after AWX installation.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-lib-awx-directory-does-not-exist-after-awx-installation/34967)

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**Author:** [@SLinden](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SLinden)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/var-lib-awx-directory-does-not-exist-after-awx-installation/34967 "2021-04-14T07:42:09Z")

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My employer wants to look at Ansible and AWX for automation. I have install AWX 18.0.0 on RHEL 8 using the operator method and Minikube as the target. The /var/lib/awx directory does not exist on my VM after installatio…

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## [Upgrading to Awx 9.0.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrading-to-awx-9-0-0/34935)

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**Author:** [@Andrea\_Lenarduzzi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrea_Lenarduzzi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrading-to-awx-9-0-0/34935 "2021-04-14T01:44:31Z")

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Hi, I’m tryng to upgrade 18 to 19.0.0 I’ve minikube kubectl – apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/awx-operator/devel/deploy/awx-operator.yaml minikube kubectl get pods: awx-operator-f768499d-cstw4 0/1 E…

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## [mysql\_db and pymysql error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-db-and-pymysql-error/34943)

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**Author:** [@Nic\_H](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nic_H)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-db-and-pymysql-error/34943 "2021-04-14T00:59:18Z")

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I am trying to move to python 3.6 on centos 7.8 and ansible 2.8.12 Mysql\_db module fails importing connections from PyMySQL pip module. At least with recent versions ( 0.9 ,1.0.2 ) using 0.7 pass. the error seems to b…

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## [Pattern for "assemble"ing fragments across roles?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pattern-for-assemble-ing-fragments-across-roles/34975)

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**Author:** [@Rich\_Rauenzahn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rich_Rauenzahn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pattern-for-assemble-ing-fragments-across-roles/34975 "2021-04-14T00:13:37Z")

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I’m trying to come up with some roles for configuring hashicorp vault agent. In the end I’d like to build up then agent’s config file to pull different secrets from a vault and then call scripts in response. I have a ro…

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## [Gathering facts from hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gathering-facts-from-hosts/34972)

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**Author:** [@Werner\_Flamme](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Werner_Flamme)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gathering-facts-from-hosts/34972 "2021-04-13T17:11:24Z")

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Hi list, I wonder if there is a dynamic way of providing facts about hosts. I only find the possibility to include facts that are hardcoded in one file (or multiple), but they are static, and maybe outdated. This I se…

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## [Optimizing 'gather\_facts' response time over networking devices](https://forum.ansible.com/t/optimizing-gather-facts-response-time-over-networking-devices/34955)

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**Author:** [@actionmystique](https://forum.ansible.com/u/actionmystique)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/optimizing-gather-facts-response-time-over-networking-devices/34955 "2021-04-13T16:43:36Z")

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With: ansible 3.2.0 (pip3) ansible-base 2.10.7 (pip3) The goal is twofold:- gather the facts only from the local cache when the cache is not empty and its timeout \<fact\_caching\_timeout\> has not expired contact the r…

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## [Ansible "block" error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-block-error/34974)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Mills](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Keith_Mills)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-block-error/34974 "2021-04-13T16:22:55Z")

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How do I troubleshoot the Ansible Error “block is not a valid attribute for a Play”? Or, is there a better attribute to use here? Ansible Version: ansible 2.9.18 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured modu…

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## [How do I get SSL/HTTPS working on LoadBalancer Deployment?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-get-ssl-https-working-on-loadbalancer-deployment/34961)

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**Author:** [@Brandon\_Ellis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brandon_Ellis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-get-ssl-https-working-on-loadbalancer-deployment/34961 "2021-04-13T15:42:30Z")

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What do I need to get SSL termination across all of AWX when deployed with an AWS LoadBalancer Ingress? I was under the assumption that I just need to toss in some annotations like this along with the ACM certificate AR…

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## [Cannot create multiple VMs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970)

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**Author:** [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970 "2021-04-13T13:35:16Z")

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I want to create two VMs with ansible but keep getting this error with the with\_items Please I need help. I am very new to ansible. ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. did not find expected ‘-’ indicator The erro…

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## [Custom EE with Azure modules?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-ee-with-azure-modules/34953)

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**Author:** [@howardjones](https://forum.ansible.com/u/howardjones)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-ee-with-azure-modules/34953 "2021-04-13T13:24:08Z")

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I was hoping to try out AWX 19 this afternoon, specifically the execution environments, which might solve hassles we have with custom AWX builds and venvs currently, but... I'm building an EE with collection.azcollectio…

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## [ThrottlingException in KMS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/throttlingexception-in-kms/34962)

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**Author:** [@Jayesh\_Mahajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jayesh_Mahajan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/throttlingexception-in-kms/34962 "2021-04-13T08:02:26Z")

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Dear All, I am facing throttling issue in AWS KMS. I just want to understand why? I am using below task to perform upgrade on instances. aws\_kms\_facts: region: “{{ region }}” filters: alias: “{{ envrn }}-{{ region…

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## [Greengrass: Adding device fails first time](https://forum.ansible.com/t/greengrass-adding-device-fails-first-time/34968)

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**Author:** [@niran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/niran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/greengrass-adding-device-fails-first-time/34968 "2021-04-13T07:09:23Z")

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Hi i am having some issue adding a new device D35 to greengrass . The first time the role is run on devices newly added to {{ api\_greengrass\_group\_thing\_list }} the playbook will fail at this point but then running the…

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