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## [Open Source .net App for Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/open-source-net-app-for-ansible/34124)

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**Author:** [@Gavin\_Landon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gavin_Landon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/open-source-net-app-for-ansible/34124 "2020-10-29T00:21:31Z")

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I’ve started an open source .net app using SSH.net with Ansible installation for CentOS. Could use some help as its pretty basic at the moment. Comes with ansible demo code. As an Ansible developer I needed something I c…

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## [Advice on build Immutable VM's ( VMware )](https://forum.ansible.com/t/advice-on-build-immutable-vms-vmware/34096)

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**Author:** [@SP1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SP1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/advice-on-build-immutable-vms-vmware/34096 "2020-10-28T23:18:37Z")

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Hi, Advice on build Immutable VM’s ( VMware ) and is that possible using Ansible ? What is the best way to do?

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## [cisco ios\_config](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-ios-config/34123)

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**Author:** [@william.dossett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/william.dossett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-ios-config/34123 "2020-10-28T21:22:35Z")

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Hi, I am trying to get some experience using the cisco ios\_config module. I want to get a diff between the running config and a master config. playbook snippet is: tasks: name: Check running config against master c…

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## [Test on ansible facts sda size](https://forum.ansible.com/t/test-on-ansible-facts-sda-size/34120)

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**Author:** [@Bill\_Price](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Price)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/test-on-ansible-facts-sda-size/34120 "2020-10-28T12:34:40Z")

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Can someone point me in the right direction ansible\_devices\[‘sda’\]\[‘size’\] returns “X GB” How can I use a when statement to perform something when: x\> variable Do I need to convert “X GB” to a number

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## [template error: Encountered unknown tag 'Y'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-error-encountered-unknown-tag-y/34119)

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**Author:** [@Roy\_Lenferink](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Roy_Lenferink)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-error-encountered-unknown-tag-y/34119 "2020-10-28T10:01:06Z")

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Hello everyone, I am having a problem with defining a string variable in Ansible (v2.9.9) The string I want to define (for the geerlingguy.apache role): apache\_global\_vhost\_settings: | LogFormat “\<%%JSON:httpd\_access…

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## [inventory host problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-host-problem/34117)

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**Author:** [@AnsibleJunior](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AnsibleJunior)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-host-problem/34117 "2020-10-28T09:47:38Z")

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Hi everybody, I hope this the good place to post my problem. I have declared this inventory in yml all: children: server\_country\_prod: hosts: server1.com: vars: … server\_country\_preprod: hosts: server2.com: …

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## [Basic "json\_query" features with yaml structures](https://forum.ansible.com/t/basic-json-query-features-with-yaml-structures/34122)

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**Author:** [@P\_Larsen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P_Larsen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/basic-json-query-features-with-yaml-structures/34122 "2020-10-28T03:33:59Z")

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Hello - i’m trying to figure out how to do this if the data isn’t JSON: json\_query(host\[?name==‘webserver’\].ipaddress) In other words, I want to return an attribute from a list based on a condition. I’m trying to combi…

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## [delegate\_to and when](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delegate-to-and-when/34121)

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**Author:** [@Spiro\_Mitsialis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spiro_Mitsialis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delegate-to-and-when/34121 "2020-10-27T20:57:33Z")

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I have a playbook that executes a command on a set of routers (inventory hosts) looking for a specific IP address. The playbook uses the “meta: end\_host” on hosts that do not return a desired result. This works fine. A r…

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## [Enterprise Authentication Setup, TACACS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/enterprise-authentication-setup-tacacs/34118)

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**Author:** [@Andres1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andres1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/enterprise-authentication-setup-tacacs/34118 "2020-10-27T15:11:25Z")

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I’m trying to setup TACACS authentication for my users. Under Settings, TACACS+, upon entering the required information, I’m getting the following error: TACACSPLUS\_SECRET is required when TACACSPLUS\_HOST is provided. A…

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## [Using set\_stats](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-set-stats/34115)

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**Author:** [@hieronymus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hieronymus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-set-stats/34115 "2020-10-27T14:31:54Z")

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Hi all, Before using set\_stats in Ansible Tower, I’m doing some test to understand it. I’m taking the hostname in playbook via set\_stats but I cannot check if my variable are correct. Here’s my script portion:

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## [Query related to junipernetworks.junos.junos\_interfaces](https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-related-to-junipernetworks-junos-junos-interfaces/34113)

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**Author:** [@debasmita\_hazra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/debasmita_hazra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/query-related-to-junipernetworks-junos-junos-interfaces/34113 "2020-10-27T13:27:47Z")

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Hello All, I am just starting out with working on Ansible. Hence, my query might be very elementary in nature but I cannot seem to get over it. I am trying to basically disable a port on a Juniper switch using the junos…

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## [change root password - ned help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-password-ned-help/34108)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-root-password-ned-help/34108 "2020-10-27T13:26:48Z")

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inventory file \[esx\] esx1 esx2 esx3 \[esx:vars\] ansible\_python\_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3

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## [Installing AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx/34116)

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**Author:** [@JK11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JK11)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx/34116 "2020-10-27T11:34:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I"m new to whole cloud thing, but have already started writing Ansible playbooks for our automation. I’d like to start with AWX since our automations are now growing and AWX is the perfect tool. However, …

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## [Upgrade awx 1.0.6](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrade-awx-1-0-6/34049)

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**Author:** [@Roman\_O](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Roman_O)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrade-awx-1-0-6/34049 "2020-10-27T10:21:19Z")

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I’d like to update awx 1.0.6 deployed using docker including data migration. I installed awx 7.0.0 using docker-compose, exported data from awx 1.0.6 using tower-cli and imported the data. There were error related to p…

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## [Limit Log Output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/limit-log-output/34109)

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**Author:** [@Troy\_Fine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Troy_Fine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/limit-log-output/34109 "2020-10-27T07:10:25Z")

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Hello, I was wondering is there a way I can drastically reduce the amount of logging that is output while a set of tasks is running? At the very least we’d like to try to limit/eliminate the ‘info’ logging, would be even…

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## [New release candidate: ansible 2.9.15rc1 and 2.8.17rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-2-9-15rc1-and-2-8-17rc1/34111)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-2-9-15rc1-and-2-8-17rc1/34111 "2020-10-27T01:21:59Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the release candidate of Ansible 2.9.15rc1 and 2.8.17rc1 are now available! This is a release candidate that you can use for testing the next available minor release of ansible. H…

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## [New release candidate: ansible-base 2.10.3rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-3rc1/34110)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-3rc1/34110 "2020-10-27T01:19:51Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the release candidate of ansible-base 2.10.3rc1 is now available! This is a release candidate that you can use for testing the next available minor release of ansible-base. How to…

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## [Any possible way to setup Ansible on windows 10 without WSL](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-possible-way-to-setup-ansible-on-windows-10-without-wsl/34103)

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**Author:** [@smart\_aquarius](https://forum.ansible.com/u/smart_aquarius)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-possible-way-to-setup-ansible-on-windows-10-without-wsl/34103 "2020-10-26T17:18:01Z")

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Team, I have few windows 10 production machines and python/pip is already installed in them. Is there any way to setup ansible in the machines without enabling windows subsytem for linux. Please suggest! Thank you

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## [need a playbook to change esxi root pass](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-a-playbook-to-change-esxi-root-pass/34097)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-a-playbook-to-change-esxi-root-pass/34097 "2020-10-26T14:58:26Z")

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How do I change the root password on all esxi hosts with a pb?

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## [Azure Policies Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-policies-module/34106)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Cal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Cal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-policies-module/34106 "2020-10-26T13:41:36Z")

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Hi - I remember using a module to create Azure Policies via Ansible - however, I cannot find the information on the Ansible doco site - Has anyone used it? Regards,

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## [Ansible ping unable to SSH to target host met error: "module\_stderr": "OpenSSH\_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017\\r\\ndebug1: Reading configuration data](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ping-unable-to-ssh-to-target-host-met-error-module-stderr-openssh-7-4p1-openssl-1-0-2k-fips-26-jan-2017-r-ndebug1-reading-configuration-data/34104)

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**Author:** [@Ethan\_Shen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ethan_Shen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ping-unable-to-ssh-to-target-host-met-error-module-stderr-openssh-7-4p1-openssl-1-0-2k-fips-26-jan-2017-r-ndebug1-reading-configuration-data/34104 "2020-10-25T23:05:56Z")

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SUMMARY Ansible ping unable to SSH to the target host source host ins on centos7 target host is rhel8 ISSUE TYPE- Bug Report COMPONENT NAME ping module ANSIBLE VERSION 2.1 OS / ENVIRONMENT Centos7 STEPS TO REPR…

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## [Any alternative to WinRM listener](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-alternative-to-winrm-listener/34102)

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**Author:** [@smart\_aquarius](https://forum.ansible.com/u/smart_aquarius)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-alternative-to-winrm-listener/34102 "2020-10-25T18:26:37Z")

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Hello, I need to perform installation of msi file on windows 10 machines. But my organization is not allowing to enable WinRM listener on remote production machines. Do we any alternative or planning other options in f…

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## [Ansible playbook - ned help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ned-help/34100)

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**Author:** [@AharonuReddy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AharonuReddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ned-help/34100 "2020-10-25T11:29:44Z")

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Hello mates, I have an issue with below corsern. I would be thankful if anyone of help me over here. I have a list as below which I stored in one variable, example svm1\_v1 svm1\_v2 svm1\_v3 svm1\_v5 svm1\_v4 When I r…

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## [Failed to validate GPG signature for mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch - reg](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-validate-gpg-signature-for-mysql-community-release-el7-5-noarch-reg/34098)

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**Author:** [@Prabhakaran\_Karuppai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prabhakaran_Karuppai)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-validate-gpg-signature-for-mysql-community-release-el7-5-noarch-reg/34098 "2020-10-24T23:14:46Z")

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name: Install the MySQL repo. dnf: name: http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm state: present Error: TASK \[Install the MySQL repo.\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Create a list of Failed tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-a-list-of-failed-tasks/34095)

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**Author:** [@Jason](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-a-list-of-failed-tasks/34095 "2020-10-24T16:48:57Z")

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Hello, I am trying to get a list of devices that are out of compliance with Cisco licensing. I would like to take failed out of compliance devices and add them to a list. Then send it to Microsoft Teams. What I am look…

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## [Create a variable of interfaces from an IOS switch based on the way they are configured.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-a-variable-of-interfaces-from-an-ios-switch-based-on-the-way-they-are-configured/34099)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Lucht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Lucht)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-a-variable-of-interfaces-from-an-ios-switch-based-on-the-way-they-are-configured/34099 "2020-10-24T15:46:27Z")

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Hello, I am looking for way to pull interfaces from an cisco switch and make them a variable based on they way they are currently configured so I can make configuration changes. For example if it is a trunk interface mak…

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## [Command Not found but module is installed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/command-not-found-but-module-is-installed/34074)

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**Author:** [@Fiend\_Busa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fiend_Busa)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/command-not-found-but-module-is-installed/34074 "2020-10-23T19:02:58Z")

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## [Ansible playbook execution from webportal](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-execution-from-webportal/34091)

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**Author:** [@Sathiya\_Vasagan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sathiya_Vasagan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-execution-from-webportal/34091 "2020-10-23T18:59:46Z")

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Hi Team, we need to execute Ansible playbook from java webportal using Ansible Engine

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## [unable tp ping esx hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-tp-ping-esx-hosts/34092)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-tp-ping-esx-hosts/34092 "2020-10-23T18:18:11Z")

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I am trying simple ping command to esx host but keep getting this ansible esx -m ping ansible esxhost-m ping esxhost | FAILED! =\> { “msg”: “to use the ‘ssh’ connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpas…

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## [Performing action on list items inside another loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/performing-action-on-list-items-inside-another-loop/34094)

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**Author:** [@Akshay\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akshay_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/performing-action-on-list-items-inside-another-loop/34094 "2020-10-23T17:02:05Z")

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Hi guys, Please provide your advise on below scenario: Finding files and putting in a list code ----- name: find Files to move find: paths: ‘{{ item.VlclDirName }}’ patterns: ‘{{ item.VlclFileSpec }}’ register: …

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