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## [Unable to find Ansible module for Google Cloud Platform server creation using Machine Images](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-find-ansible-module-for-google-cloud-platform-server-creation-using-machine-images/34628)

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**Author:** [@Shristi\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shristi_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-find-ansible-module-for-google-cloud-platform-server-creation-using-machine-images/34628 "2021-02-16T13:35:52Z")

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Hi, I am trying to create a playbook to launch google cloud server using machine image. For reference please use this - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-images/create-instance-from-machine-image. In Ansib…

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## [Need assistance with ansible script for IOS image copying and MD5 verification](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-assistance-with-ansible-script-for-ios-image-copying-and-md5-verification/34627)

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**Author:** [@Vikram\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vikram_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-assistance-with-ansible-script-for-ios-image-copying-and-md5-verification/34627 "2021-02-16T08:32:59Z")

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Can i use below script to copy? iam using below command because i don’t have IOS image stored in ansible controller, rather in a FTP server (10.4.1.104) tasks: – name: copy image cli\_command: command: copy ftp://use…

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## [botocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError](https://forum.ansible.com/t/botocore-exceptions-nocredentialserror/34622)

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**Author:** [@Brati\_Acharya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brati_Acharya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/botocore-exceptions-nocredentialserror/34622 "2021-02-16T02:54:08Z")

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Hi Any idea on the below error? An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: botocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError: Unable to locate credentials fatal: \[localhost\]:…

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## [Dynamic dictionary key](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-dictionary-key/34621)

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**Author:** [@Rishare\_Rishare](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rishare_Rishare)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-dictionary-key/34621 "2021-02-15T16:39:55Z")

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Hi, I can’t find any easy way how to do something like this: set\_fact: “mydict\[{{ myvar }}\]”: “value” vars: myvar: “blabla” However it does not work, because the variable name is not evaluated. The only way I foun…

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## [Failed to load inventory plugin, skipping community.vmware.vmware\_vm\_inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-community-vmware-vmware-vm-inventory/34618)

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**Author:** [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-community-vmware-vmware-vm-inventory/34618 "2021-02-14T20:51:34Z")

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Hi, When i run below as Jenkins user i get error ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/playbooks/uptime-inv-based.yml -i /etc/ansible/playbooks/dc-inv-ALL-vmware.yml \[WARNING\]: Failed to load inventory plugin, skipping commun…

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## [ANNOUNCE: ansible collectio pfsensible.core 0.4.0 released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announce-ansible-collectio-pfsensible-core-0-4-0-released/34620)

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**Author:** [@opoplawski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/opoplawski)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announce-ansible-collectio-pfsensible-core-0-4-0-released/34620 "2021-02-13T22:51:20Z")

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Version 0.4.0 of the pfsensible.core collection for ansible has just been released here This is a long overdue synchronization from the original ansible-pfsense project and includes a number of bugfixes as well as a cou…

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## [vmware\_guest create from template very slow to start](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-create-from-template-very-slow-to-start/34617)

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**Author:** [@Joacim\_Martensson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joacim_Martensson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-create-from-template-very-slow-to-start/34617 "2021-02-13T17:23:00Z")

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Hi, We are using the vmware\_guest module to provisioning servers and have noticed its takes up to 1-2 minutes before the task show up and is executed in VMWare. We have tried it both from a standalone Ansible host and …

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## [Help Log in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-log-in-awx/34608)

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**Author:** [@Alvaro\_Saavedra\_de\_l](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alvaro_Saavedra_de_l)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-log-in-awx/34608 "2021-02-12T21:43:21Z")

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Hello, When i have already installed AWX when i go to make log in in i write “admin” and passwd “password” and it doesn\`t enter. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Álvaro (attachments)

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## [Ansible Roles testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-testing/34611)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Mills](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Keith_Mills)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-testing/34611 "2021-02-12T15:52:44Z")

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Hello All, I am looking for information on testing Ansible Roles with Molecule on Ansible Tower. Can anyone point me to documentation that will help me? Regards, Keith

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## [ImportError: cannot import name '\_psutil\_linux'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-psutil-linux/34616)

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**Author:** [@donotos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/donotos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-psutil-linux/34616 "2021-02-12T15:01:14Z")

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Hello there. I’ve created a new venv to install the necessary dependency required by: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware when i execute my template in this venv i got this error. Here is the comp…

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## [How to avoid AWX starting from boot?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-avoid-awx-starting-from-boot/34615)

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**Author:** [@Oliver\_Schiinke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oliver_Schiinke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-avoid-awx-starting-from-boot/34615 "2021-02-12T13:40:31Z")

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Please, I have installed AWX (16.0.0) for lab purposes in my Laptop and I would like to know how to disable its docker compose instances starting from boot. I would like to handle it manually via start & stop scripts. T…

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## [VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Python](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vsphere-automation-sdk-for-python/34612)

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**Author:** [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vsphere-automation-sdk-for-python/34612 "2021-02-12T00:16:10Z")

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Hi, Anyone can suggest on below will help. I am getting error when tried to install VMware vSphere Automation SDK for Python on centos7 Below is my server details Doc i am following is https://github.com/vmware/vsphe…

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## [Change root user password for VMware servers using Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-user-password-for-vmware-servers-using-ansible/34614)

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**Author:** [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-user-password-for-vmware-servers-using-ansible/34614 "2021-02-11T21:11:18Z")

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We have to change a number of VMware ESX servers root user’s password. The current process is using Power Shell to handle this task. Is there an Ansible playbook and/or Python VMware module that can be utilized to handle…

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## [Regarding json query in ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regarding-json-query-in-ansible/34613)

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**Author:** [@Deepak\_Sharma1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepak_Sharma1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regarding-json-query-in-ansible/34613 "2021-02-11T20:18:29Z")

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Hi All, I am facing an issue with the JSON query to get value to one variable . Code and Ansible output is given below . Response of JSON is coming as null . name: print user and password debug: msg: “Start\_result=…

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## [Ansible-3.0.0 release candidate 1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-3-0-0-release-candidate-1/34598)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-3-0-0-release-candidate-1/34598 "2021-02-11T18:10:03Z")

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Hi all, We're happy to announce that the ansible-3.0.0 release candidate 1 package is now available for testing! This update is based on the ansible-base-2.10.x package just like ansible-2.10 was so the changes shoul…

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## [Cannot get latest changes for the UI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-latest-changes-for-the-ui/34609)

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**Author:** [@Tobias\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tobias_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-latest-changes-for-the-ui/34609 "2021-02-11T16:30:01Z")

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pulled in latest devel, executed installation playbook, still not a type ahead field. And there is nothing else explained in https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md#upgrading-from-previous-versions so what a…

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## [AWX Monitoring (prometheus, Grafana...)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-monitoring-prometheus-grafana/34601)

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**Author:** [@driCs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/driCs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-monitoring-prometheus-grafana/34601 "2021-02-11T12:17:32Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if there is a stack containing Prometheus, Grafana, Traefik ready to use for AWX monitoring (or another solution?) ? Or do we have to install these different tools one by one ? The objectiv…

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## [Satellite 6 host\_collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/satellite-6-host-collection/34603)

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**Author:** [@Yan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/satellite-6-host-collection/34603 "2021-02-11T11:07:50Z")

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Hi, I read that I should use “satellite6\_want\_hostcollections: True” as SOURCE VARIABLES of my Red Hat Satellite 6 Inventory Source. Unfortunately it does not create any host\_collection. The inventory is created corre…

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## [vmware\_vm\_inventory filters](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vm-inventory-filters/33744)

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**Author:** [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vm-inventory-filters/33744 "2021-02-11T04:58:06Z")

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Hi Needs any suggestion in my case as below We have vCenter where many linux bases vm which are use by other lob, there is no proper naming standard , no ip based filter possible , no folders arranged properly With al…

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## [YML Error when using shell module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yml-error-when-using-shell-module/34583)

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**Author:** [@CaptainBrewing](https://forum.ansible.com/u/CaptainBrewing)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yml-error-when-using-shell-module/34583 "2021-02-10T23:40:12Z")

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Hello, I am using the shell module to run a command inside a docker container and it is giving me a yaml error. The command is stupid silly complicated :wink: Is there a way to get Ansible to just send it as is and ignor…

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## [ansible 2.9 yaml inventory and group ordering](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-9-yaml-inventory-and-group-ordering/34605)

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**Author:** [@Julien\_Tognazzi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julien_Tognazzi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-9-yaml-inventory-and-group-ordering/34605 "2021-02-10T21:54:52Z")

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Dear list, I recently changed from a ini inventory to a yaml one. And I was hit by a change in the groups ordering on Centos-7. ansible 2.9.17 config file = /opt/devtools-work/bamboo/xml-data/build-dir/1179649/135102…

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## [Starting vm issue inside docker](https://forum.ansible.com/t/starting-vm-issue-inside-docker/34606)

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**Author:** [@kalaiselvi\_Natarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kalaiselvi_Natarajan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/starting-vm-issue-inside-docker/34606 "2021-02-10T17:44:27Z")

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Hi Team, Could you please help me out on this i I am not able to send in same mail thread so started new mail thread I have tried below steps and now I am facing below issue due to which we are hitting with the below …

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## [Wait for service restart](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-service-restart/34604)

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**Author:** [@Mehdi\_Khlifi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mehdi_Khlifi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wait-for-service-restart/34604 "2021-02-10T15:54:11Z")

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Hey guys, Is there a way to restart a service and wait for it to finish? I’m starting Keepalived using the service module and apparently it takes a few seconds to actually start after installation so it’s throwing me a…

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## [Help needed - How to install additional modules & galaxy collections](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-how-to-install-additional-modules-galaxy-collections/34459)

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**Author:** [@Prem\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prem_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-needed-how-to-install-additional-modules-galaxy-collections/34459 "2021-02-10T13:37:56Z")

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Dear AWX Community Users, In AWX (Version 16) following Docker deployment method, my team needs to add a couple of more modules and ansible galaxy collections as well. Software modules & ansible galaxy collections need…

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## [ansilble-lint 5.0.0 released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansilble-lint-5-0-0-released/34602)

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**Author:** [@ssbarnea](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ssbarnea)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansilble-lint-5-0-0-released/34602 "2021-02-10T08:47:43Z")

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Yesterday we released ansible-lint followed by an announce on reddit. For upgrading to the newer version you may want to consult https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-lint/discussions/1150 as this is not the usua…

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## [molecule with ansible 2.10?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-with-ansible-2-10/34482)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Megginson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Megginson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-with-ansible-2-10/34482 "2021-02-10T08:40:59Z")

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Does molecule support ansible 2.10? I figured out that I have to pip install molecule\[docker\] and ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker to get the docker functionality, but molecule still fails: ERROR! coul…

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## [Update custom attribute called OS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-custom-attribute-called-os/34585)

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**Author:** [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-custom-attribute-called-os/34585 "2021-02-10T07:53:57Z")

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Hi anyone can suggest Please if we can update the say a ‘custom attribute’ called OS from OS level with below https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware\_vm\_info\_module.html Say i want …

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## [Parsing json outputs not returning expected results.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-json-outputs-not-returning-expected-results/34599)

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**Author:** [@Darshan\_Yamakanamard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darshan_Yamakanamard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-json-outputs-not-returning-expected-results/34599 "2021-02-10T05:34:30Z")

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Hello All, I am trying to parse JSON output and use it as a variable in a playbook. Whilst the JSON query works perfectly fine if I run it on the bash command line, but for some reason, Ansible is not parsing the JSON o…

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## [GCP Tunnel through IAP](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gcp-tunnel-through-iap/31722)

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**Author:** [@Micahel\_Scott](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Micahel_Scott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gcp-tunnel-through-iap/31722 "2021-02-09T21:56:07Z")

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I am required to tunnel through IAP with service account credentials. I have overridden my ssh binary, ‘ssh\_executable=script.sh’, creating a ‘gcloud compute ssh xxxx —tunnel-through-iap’ wrapper, where I regex ssh argu…

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## [Ansible-2.10.7 released.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-7-released/34597)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-7-released/34597 "2021-02-09T21:50:19Z")

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Hi all, We're happy to announce that the ansible-2.10.7 package is now available! This update contains bugfixes and new, backwards compatible features in the contained collections. Ansible-2.10.x is a big change in h…

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