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## [AWX "Failed to get token: The read operation times out"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-failed-to-get-token-the-read-operation-times-out/34564)

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**Author:** [@GoMatrix\_Hosting](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GoMatrix_Hosting)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-failed-to-get-token-the-read-operation-times-out/34564 "2021-02-04T13:29:52Z")

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Struggling to get a playbook to finish due to this error, see this reddit thread for details: https://www.reddit.com/r/awx/comments/lastzb/awx\_failed\_to\_get\_token\_the\_read\_operation\_times/

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## [ssh error from ad-hoc command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-error-from-ad-hoc-command/34562)

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**Author:** [@Ken\_Cheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ken_Cheng)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-error-from-ad-hoc-command/34562 "2021-02-04T13:09:33Z")

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hi, i’m sorry if this was already covered but why does ansible’s ping module giving me an ssh error? i installed ansible version 2.9.17 on a centos vm. that vm can ping & ssh to my test destination router from the comm…

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## [AWX Plugin Connection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-plugin-connection/34567)

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**Author:** [@Alessio\_Dini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alessio_Dini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-plugin-connection/34567 "2021-02-04T10:13:50Z")

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I built a new AWX and I configured a Vmware Vcenter invetory. It works very well via sync, I get all the vms. But I have a problem: How can I deal with vms running without ip addresses? With the standard ansible I use …

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## [Problem with json\_query to search number](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-json-query-to-search-number/34565)

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**Author:** [@Danny\_van\_der\_Aa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Danny_van_der_Aa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-json-query-to-search-number/34565 "2021-02-04T08:54:46Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to search for a number with a json\_query but result is always “”. Part of JSON is: “json”: { “code”: 200, “success”: true, “data”: \[ { “vlanId”: “430”, “domainId”: “3”, “name”: “Default”, “…

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## [Ansible authentication with windows by using GoDaddy or third party certificates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-authentication-with-windows-by-using-godaddy-or-third-party-certificates/34530)

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**Author:** [@karthik\_kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/karthik_kumar1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-authentication-with-windows-by-using-godaddy-or-third-party-certificates/34530 "2021-02-03T16:20:33Z")

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Hi, Need help on setting up authentication between ansible and windows by using GoDaddy certificates or any third party instead of Openssl or SelfSigned certificate. I have tried many ways but its not working. i was ab…

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## [In Ansible Tower - servicenow.servicenow collection plugin imports inventory with IP instead of names.   How can you import inventory as name?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-ansible-tower-servicenow-servicenow-collection-plugin-imports-inventory-with-ip-instead-of-names-how-can-you-import-inventory-as-name/34560)

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**Author:** [@Rajeev\_Verma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rajeev_Verma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-ansible-tower-servicenow-servicenow-collection-plugin-imports-inventory-with-ip-instead-of-names-how-can-you-import-inventory-as-name/34560 "2021-02-03T15:44:53Z")

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In Ansible Tower - servicenow.servicenow collection plugin imports inventory with IP instead of names. How can you import inventory as name? I have used the following info to setup servicenow.servicenow collection plugi…

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## [Error: No matching host could be found, in AWX provisioning callback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-no-matching-host-could-be-found-in-awx-provisioning-callback/34553)

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**Author:** [@amkur\_p](https://forum.ansible.com/u/amkur_p)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-no-matching-host-could-be-found-in-awx-provisioning-callback/34553 "2021-02-03T15:33:40Z")

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Hi Team, I hope you all are doing good in these trying times !! Am configuring provisioning callback in job template in AWX, but receives an error on EC2 instance as {“msg”:“No matching host could be found!”} Have co…

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## [AWX GUI-Ping module not working with hostname](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-gui-ping-module-not-working-with-hostname/34525)

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**Author:** [@Ravikumar\_Arigela](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ravikumar_Arigela)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-gui-ping-module-not-working-with-hostname/34525 "2021-02-03T14:10:06Z")

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Hello, I’m unable to ping linux VM through AWX GUI… Error: msg": “Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: Could not resolve hostname : Name or service not known” However, I am able to ping through IP address. Doe…

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## [Dynamic Inventory Source Sync](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-inventory-source-sync/34509)

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**Author:** [@wmedley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wmedley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-inventory-source-sync/34509 "2021-02-03T14:07:06Z")

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So this may sound like a bit of a dumb question, but i can’t seem to find an answer anywhere. I have a Dynamic inventory setup, have a playbook that will deploy a new machine, how can i trigger the inventory source to ru…

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## [Supress UI in Main "tools\_awx" container - Docker Method](https://forum.ansible.com/t/supress-ui-in-main-tools-awx-container-docker-method/34456)

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**Author:** [@Prem\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prem_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/supress-ui-in-main-tools-awx-container-docker-method/34456 "2021-02-03T09:40:08Z")

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Hi All, I’m able to do a successful build of AWX (Version 16) with Ansible (2.9.4) following Docker deployment method, using the steps mentioned in the CONTRIBUTING.md. I’m trying to customize the build of AWX, i.e., n…

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## [How to set or declare a volume group as fact](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-set-or-declare-a-volume-group-as-fact/34559)

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**Author:** [@Aris\_Aguirre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aris_Aguirre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-set-or-declare-a-volume-group-as-fact/34559 "2021-02-03T06:47:56Z")

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I cant see my volume group vgtemp if I will run a ansible -m setup. How to declare or how to make it available/define if i will run ansible -m setup? Thanks

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## [Block is working as expected but](https://forum.ansible.com/t/block-is-working-as-expected-but/34557)

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**Author:** [@Aris\_Aguirre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aris_Aguirre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/block-is-working-as-expected-but/34557 "2021-02-03T06:29:11Z")

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Instead of throwing FATAL errors out there, can we do something like? It will say “Volume group vgaris does not exist” if the VG doesnt exist, and if it is like creating the 3g instead of 7G, it will say, “insufficient …

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## [Ansible-3.0.0 beta1 released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-3-0-0-beta1-released/34558)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-3-0-0-beta1-released/34558 "2021-02-02T23:23:05Z")

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Hi all, We're happy to announce that the ansible-3.0.0 beta1 package is now available! This update is based on the ansible-base-2.10.x package just like ansible-2.10 was so the changes shouldn't be too major. However…

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## [Powershell Function via Ansible | Get-AnsibleParam: Missing required argument: \_raw\_params](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523)

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**Author:** [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523 "2021-02-02T20:53:50Z")

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Executing a rather large playbook revolving around multiple plays to create shares and DFS links, etc. I’ve got a play to do the following.

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## [Equivalent of this inventory\_hostname in groups\['dev'\] or inventory\_hostname in groups\['lb'\]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/equivalent-of-this-inventory-hostname-in-groups-dev-or-inventory-hostname-in-groups-lb/34556)

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**Author:** [@ursa\_Brown](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ursa_Brown)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/equivalent-of-this-inventory-hostname-in-groups-dev-or-inventory-hostname-in-groups-lb/34556 "2021-02-02T20:51:19Z")

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Is there a shortcut way for this? inventory\_hostname in groups\[‘dev’\] or inventory\_hostname in groups\[‘lb’\] I have a long playbook, im trying to cut some text.

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## [\[WARNING\]: - linux-system-roles.network was NOT installed successfully: Unknown error when attempting to call Galaxy at 'https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/': \<urlopen error \[Errno 101\] Network is unreachable\>](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-linux-system-roles-network-was-not-installed-successfully-unknown-error-when-attempting-to-call-galaxy-at-https-galaxy-ansible-com-api-urlopen-error-errno-101-network-is-unreachable/34552)

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**Author:** [@ursa\_Brown](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ursa_Brown)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-linux-system-roles-network-was-not-installed-successfully-unknown-error-when-attempting-to-call-galaxy-at-https-galaxy-ansible-com-api-urlopen-error-errno-101-network-is-unreachable/34552 "2021-02-02T17:21:32Z")

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How can I make ansible-galaxy work if it is not connected to internet? Thank you ansible-galaxy role install linux-system-roles.network \[WARNING\]: - linux-system-roles. network was NOT installed successfully: Unknown …

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## [AWX/Tower notifications](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-tower-notifications/34555)

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**Author:** [@Marko\_Petrovic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marko_Petrovic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-tower-notifications/34555 "2021-02-02T16:02:22Z")

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Hi, is there any option to send an email to the recipient list defined in the variable? I’ve tried to put var reference in that list in the notification, but that reference can’t be resolved. Input for job template wou…

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## [List folder/files on windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/list-folder-files-on-windows/34554)

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**Author:** [@Deepak\_Gowda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepak_Gowda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/list-folder-files-on-windows/34554 "2021-02-02T11:42:36Z")

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HI All, I have a list of files in C:\\Users\\xxxuser\\Downloads\\ ,I am trying to find out if i can pull the list of files/folders present in windows on the ansible node. i have the below playbook which doesnt give any err…

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## [SQL Server 2019 Installation Failing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sql-server-2019-installation-failing/34547)

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**Author:** [@Praveen\_Kumar\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Praveen_Kumar_Singh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sql-server-2019-installation-failing/34547 "2021-02-01T22:32:59Z")

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Dear All, I am getting below error while installing SQL server 2019. Also below is the playbook that I am using. So can someone please help.

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## [Creating symbolic links in Windows with mklink always returns changed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-symbolic-links-in-windows-with-mklink-always-returns-changed/34548)

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**Author:** [@Amedee\_Van\_Gasse](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amedee_Van_Gasse)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-symbolic-links-in-windows-with-mklink-always-returns-changed/34548 "2021-02-01T22:26:35Z")

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I’m using this to create a symbolic link to a directory, on Windows: name: Find OpenJDK directory ansible.windows.win\_find: paths: C:\\Program Files\\OpenJDK patterns: openjdk\* file\_type: directory recurse: no reg…

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## [Some changes to the AWX logo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-changes-to-the-awx-logo/34508)

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**Author:** [@rpetrell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rpetrell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-changes-to-the-awx-logo/34508 "2021-02-01T21:51:07Z")

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Hey folks, We noticed that the former AWX logo (the “AWX with wings”) bears a resemblance to symbols used by certain hate groups. I won’t share those symbols here, but the core AWX team has compared the AWX logo to them…

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## [Pass dynamic inventory as json not as file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pass-dynamic-inventory-as-json-not-as-file/34510)

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**Author:** [@Filip\_Rucinski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Filip_Rucinski)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pass-dynamic-inventory-as-json-not-as-file/34510 "2021-02-01T18:08:34Z")

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Hello First question: Is there any possibility to pass dynamic inventory as a pure json structure? I have got a small app that is written in python and flask, that listen for some data (finally it is in json format) f…

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## [Is it Possible to have multiple Dashboards for each Job](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-dashboards-for-each-job/34550)

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**Author:** [@anish\_anil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anish_anil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-dashboards-for-each-job/34550 "2021-02-01T17:41:29Z")

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Hello AWX, The current dashboard shows the job status for all jobs I have multiple projects and each day the job are run for multiple projects. The current dasboard shows the job status for all jobs and not for ind…

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## [Save debug results to a local file ( not copying all )](https://forum.ansible.com/t/save-debug-results-to-a-local-file-not-copying-all/34539)

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**Author:** [@Ramesh\_AR](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ramesh_AR)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/save-debug-results-to-a-local-file-not-copying-all/34539 "2021-02-01T14:37:37Z")

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I have a task that will save outputs to a local file, when I check the text file the contents are missing . ex: I have 13 inventory host and should run each task and save the output to local file. so ideally should have…

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## [Running remote playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-remote-playbooks/34551)

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**Author:** [@Ethan\_Sowell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ethan_Sowell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-remote-playbooks/34551 "2021-02-01T14:15:51Z")

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So I am pretty new to AWX and ansible in general and had a question. I have a situation where I have cloned the AWX repo into the /tmp/ folder on a remote docker swarm container. I want to run AWX from there and want to …

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## [AnsibleUndefinedVariable: 'ansible.vars.hostvars.HostVarsVars object' has no attribute 'ansible\_all\_ipv4\_addresses'"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibleundefinedvariable-ansible-vars-hostvars-hostvarsvars-object-has-no-attribute-ansible-all-ipv4-addresses/34541)

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**Author:** [@Aris\_Aguirre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aris_Aguirre)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibleundefinedvariable-ansible-vars-hostvars-hostvarsvars-object-has-no-attribute-ansible-all-ipv4-addresses/34541 "2021-02-01T13:42:10Z")

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Below is working when I was still using ansible 2.3 or maybe 2.7 But no longer ansible 2.8 or 2.9. Please be advise no matter what it is not working. Thanks {% for host in groups.all %} {{ hostvars\[host\]\[‘ansible\_all\_…

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## [inheriting from other modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inheriting-from-other-modules/34491)

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**Author:** [@jszigetvari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jszigetvari)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inheriting-from-other-modules/34491 "2021-02-01T06:31:20Z")

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Hi, In a POC project I would need to create a new Ansible module that would need to work just like the command module, with the only difference being that it would need to prepend a command to the command line passed to…

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## [Validate case insensitive values](https://forum.ansible.com/t/validate-case-insensitive-values/34493)

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**Author:** [@Amjad\_Saleem1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amjad_Saleem1)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/validate-case-insensitive-values/34493 "2021-01-31T22:34:18Z")

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Trying to validate that a specific variable must have one of pre-determined values, mimicking dropdown in survey in ansible tower/awx. I have the following code but it only matches for upper case: vars: environments: …

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## [No package matching 'python-pip' is available ubuntu 20.04 LTS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-package-matching-python-pip-is-available-ubuntu-20-04-lts/34546)

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**Author:** [@Syed\_Ejaz\_Ahmed\_Hash](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Syed_Ejaz_Ahmed_Hash)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-package-matching-python-pip-is-available-ubuntu-20-04-lts/34546 "2021-01-31T16:48:18Z")

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We have full functional ansible on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and all our playbooks are running successfully without any issue on ubuntu 18.04 LTS. We are trying to run the playbook on ubuntu 20.04 LTS and run the playbook which …

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## [Mac Big Sur Ansible Installation Issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mac-big-sur-ansible-installation-issue/34532)

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**Author:** [@Jorge\_Alonso\_Ayala\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jorge_Alonso_Ayala_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mac-big-sur-ansible-installation-issue/34532 "2021-01-31T16:20:53Z")

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Hi Do you know how can I solve this (last command): Jorayala@JORAYALA-M-JFTV ~ % python3 get-pip.py --user Collecting pip Downloading pip-21.0-py3-none-any.whl (1.5 MB) ████████████████████████████████| 1.5 MB 499 …

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