# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=185 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 186 --- ## [Would like to update root passwords using user module, but have a different passwords for each VM and read those from a csv file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/would-like-to-update-root-passwords-using-user-module-but-have-a-different-passwords-for-each-vm-and-read-those-from-a-csv-file/33421)
**Author:** [@Tibor\_I](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tibor_I)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/would-like-to-update-root-passwords-using-user-module-but-have-a-different-passwords-for-each-vm-and-read-those-from-a-csv-file/33421 "2020-07-16T23:13:10Z")
Hi Ansible gurus, I have a csv file with a list of hostnames and passwords eg: host1,password1 host2,password2 I can successfully read from that file using the read\_csv module. Now I’d like to use the “user” module… --- ## [Need to force inventory cache usage past timeout](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-force-inventory-cache-usage-past-timeout/33398)
**Author:** [@opoplawski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/opoplawski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-force-inventory-cache-usage-past-timeout/33398 "2020-07-16T22:52:27Z")
I’m working on converting the old cobbler inventory script to an inventory plugin. See https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/627 The behavior that I last had with my last version of the inventory… --- ## [Need a way to append to a line in a file using items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-a-way-to-append-to-a-line-in-a-file-using-items/33416)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Starling](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Starling)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-a-way-to-append-to-a-line-in-a-file-using-items/33416 "2020-07-16T21:00:38Z")
Given a line in a file like this simple\_allow\_groups = access1,access2,access3 I want to be able to use a list of variables and append to that line. simple\_allow\_groups = access1,access2,access3,access4,access5,access6 … --- ## [Inventory Audit Log](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-audit-log/33419)
**Author:** [@Abhishek\_R](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhishek_R)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-audit-log/33419 "2020-07-16T20:52:13Z")
Is there a way to track changes made to an AWX inventory, In order to maintain an audit trail of who-did-what with a critical inventory? There seems to be nothing on the UI or the REST api to track this. Any help is much… --- ## [Setting cloudformation time output as fact](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-cloudformation-time-output-as-fact/33417)
**Author:** [@takshika\_jambhule](https://forum.ansible.com/u/takshika_jambhule)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-cloudformation-time-output-as-fact/33417 "2020-07-16T18:14:47Z")
I'm trying to set up Cloudformation time as fact as below - name: Set Cloud Formation launch time as fact set\_fact: elasped\_time: "{{ (ansible\_date\_time.iso8601\[:19\] | to\_datetime(date\_fmt) - ansible\_facts\['cloudf… --- ## [remove mysql](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-mysql/33405)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-mysql/33405 "2020-07-16T15:51:05Z")
trying to remove mysql from a previous install --- ## [Windows update by ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-update-by-ansible/33415)
**Author:** [@hit\_d3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hit_d3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-update-by-ansible/33415 "2020-07-16T13:02:46Z")
Hello I have one of goals to solve a problem by ansible. My organization have thousands of WIN10 PCs. However, we have NOT updated WIN10 PCs to recent update. We are asking people to do updating. However, we have alre… --- ## [Save output to text file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/save-output-to-text-file/33382)
**Author:** [@Juraj\_Papic1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juraj_Papic1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/save-output-to-text-file/33382 "2020-07-16T10:50:13Z")
Hello I have my playbook that will just execute df -h and ls -ll teh issue is that is not being able to save the output to a txt file --- ## [Unable to login in Ansible AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-login-in-ansible-awx/27839)
**Author:** [@Prakash\_Sharma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prakash_Sharma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-login-in-ansible-awx/27839 "2020-07-16T08:28:37Z")
Hello , In our AWX test instance , lately I was playing around with changing port address where AWX \_WEB container instance starts. After that , I am not able to login in AWX web page. Also I noticed , earlier , I was… --- ## [Question regarding Jira module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-jira-module/33414)
**Author:** [@Karsten\_Klinger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karsten_Klinger)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-jira-module/33414 "2020-07-16T06:13:04Z")
Hi folks, I have a customfield in Jira Project which is number type. If I enter the value for the customfield directly in the playbook without quotes, the whole thing works. But when I pass the value through a variable,… --- ## [Ansible-2.10.0 alpha3](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha3/33413)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha3/33413 "2020-07-16T04:52:26Z")
Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha3 is now available on PyPI! Ansible 2.10.0a3 includes the ansible-base package (currently at version… --- ## [Question regarding aws\_sts\_assumerole](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-aws-sts-assumerole/33412)
**Author:** [@Des\_Sindatry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Des_Sindatry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-aws-sts-assumerole/33412 "2020-07-16T02:47:07Z")
Hello, I am using ansible to launch ec2 instances . As part of that using ADFS SAML integration. Playbook --- ## [New to Ansible - install Infrastructure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-install-infrastructure/33410)
**Author:** [@Daniel2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-install-infrastructure/33410 "2020-07-15T22:12:37Z")
I am new to Ansible, my company is doing a POC to move away from our current tool. I have an eval license for Ansible Tower, however, I am also going to run dual POC’s one with Tower and one with AWX. We will have the … --- ## [Ansible Registry workaround for CVE-2020-1350](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-registry-workaround-for-cve-2020-1350/33408)
**Author:** [@chr00ted](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chr00ted)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-registry-workaround-for-cve-2020-1350/33408 "2020-07-15T19:16:11Z")
If needed. This worked for me. DESCRIPTION Registry workaround for CVE-2020-1350 name: Registry workaround for CVE-2020-1350 hosts: dns\_servers gather\_facts: yes tasks: name: Apply Reg workaround win\_regedit: pa… --- ## [ansible - rhel8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-rhel8/33406)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Bidwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Bidwell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-rhel8/33406 "2020-07-15T18:54:58Z")
Hey all, having an interesting issue with my latest rhel8 installation. Trying to install an rpm from a URL. Here’s my playbook: --- ## [Ansible 2.10.0rc1 delayed until next week](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0rc1-delayed-until-next-week/33407)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0rc1-delayed-until-next-week/33407 "2020-07-15T18:45:06Z")
We’ll be delaying the 2.10.0rc1 release a week to sew up some recently discovered issues around redirected module\_utils. The roadmap page source has been updated to reflect the new date, and will push live to the docs si… --- ## [Filter in source inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/filter-in-source-inventory/33388)
**Author:** [@Rafael\_Tomelin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rafael_Tomelin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/filter-in-source-inventory/33388 "2020-07-15T18:42:56Z")
Hi guys, I have source inventory by Azure and need to create the filter with this informations: The VMs is running The OS is Linux The name contains lnx I create this filter nut not working host\_filters: “{{ powerst… --- ## [How to retrieve arguments to ansible-playbook from ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-retrieve-arguments-to-ansible-playbook-from-ansible/33404)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-retrieve-arguments-to-ansible-playbook-from-ansible/33404 "2020-07-15T16:15:07Z")
Hi As part of our deployment we are saving a file /etc/deployment\_status.json onto remote nodes: vars: deployment\_status: version: "{{ our\_version }}" date: "{{ ansible\_date\_time.iso8601 }}" … --- ## [how to determine group's id?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-determine-groups-id/33397)
**Author:** [@Laci](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Laci)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-determine-groups-id/33397 "2020-07-15T15:42:03Z")
Do you guys have a good idea what is the best way to determine a group’s id them reuse that in a variable? For ex: % getent group monitor monitor:x:990:polkitd I need 990, then I have to add a line to /etc/fstab incl… --- ## [Ansible with Z Open Automation Utilities on z/OS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-z-open-automation-utilities-on-z-os/33392)
**Author:** [@Wladyslaw\_Borysow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wladyslaw_Borysow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-z-open-automation-utilities-on-z-os/33392 "2020-07-15T10:58:05Z")
Hello, I am testing Ansible 2.9.9 with z/OS as managed node. I also installed ZOA, but it seems ZOA commands from Ansible fail. “Normal” shell commands work well. Some output from my playbooks: this works fine: --- ## [python unable to install open\_excel module for ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-unable-to-install-open-excel-module-for-ansible/33401)
**Author:** [@stack\_flow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/stack_flow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-unable-to-install-open-excel-module-for-ansible/33401 "2020-07-15T10:04:52Z")
Hello, I need open\_excel module for ansible so that it can read multiple sheets in excel. I am getting following errors. how to fix it? I am using macbook os catalina. ljames@mac ~ % pip3 install open\_excel Collecting… --- ## [Need to add A record and PRT recored in Cisco switches](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-add-a-record-and-prt-recored-in-cisco-switches/33386)
**Author:** [@Balayuvaraj\_Magudapa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balayuvaraj_Magudapa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-add-a-record-and-prt-recored-in-cisco-switches/33386 "2020-07-15T10:04:49Z")
Hey, In my environment i need to add a record and prt record in cisco switches for 800 devices. Some share the docs for this project component Name : network module , cisco Thanks Balayuvaraj --- ## ['win\_partition' is unable to resize the hdd](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-partition-is-unable-to-resize-the-hdd/33403)
**Author:** [@Udayendu\_kar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Udayendu_kar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-partition-is-unable-to-resize-the-hdd/33403 "2020-07-15T09:42:31Z")
Disk resize code: - name: Extend the C drive to the max space win\_partition: partition\_size: -1 partition\_number: 0 disk\_number: 0 Error message: TASK \[Extend the C drive to the max space\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [Develop IaC/Docker definition for AWX Server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/develop-iac-docker-definition-for-awx-server/33321)
**Author:** [@renato.marcandier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/renato.marcandier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/develop-iac-docker-definition-for-awx-server/33321 "2020-07-15T08:56:43Z")
Hello guys, Could you help me to figure out what’s the best way to achieve this task? I need to design and test a definition that allows easy and consistent deployment of Ansible AWX to Vagrant OpenStack AWS VMWare D… --- ## [ansible check and diff mode not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-check-and-diff-mode-not-working/33395)
**Author:** [@Shyam\_Sunder1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shyam_Sunder1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-check-and-diff-mode-not-working/33395 "2020-07-15T08:40:46Z")
Hi, I was going thru this post (https://blog.networktocode.com/post/generating-diff-with-ansible/) where its mentioned that we can use check and diff mode together. I am trying to use that for gold config audit (audit p… --- ## [Alternate SSH using ssh\_executable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alternate-ssh-using-ssh-executable/33396)
**Author:** [@Andy\_Schweig](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Schweig)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alternate-ssh-using-ssh-executable/33396 "2020-07-15T07:36:55Z")
I just started experimenting with AWX. I have it running on a GCP instance and am trying to get it to run a command on another instance. I can’t ssh from one instance to the other, but I can connect with gcloud compute s… --- ## [Not able to create workflow viualizer from API](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-create-workflow-viualizer-from-api/33402)
**Author:** [@scsp](https://forum.ansible.com/u/scsp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-create-workflow-viualizer-from-api/33402 "2020-07-15T02:56:09Z")
Hello Team , I have taken backup.json from towercli on one sever .I am trying to restore workflow template from API call of Tower cli from this backup.json.I have successfully restore worktemplate and job template on se… --- ## [New Ansible releases 2.8.13](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-releases-2-8-13/33400)
**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-releases-2-8-13/33400 "2020-07-14T23:23:22Z")
Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.8.13 are now available! How do you get it? --- ## [New Ansible releases 2.8.13](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-releases-2-8-13/33399)
**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-releases-2-8-13/33399 "2020-07-14T23:22:54Z")
Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.8.13 are now available! How do you get it? --- ## [Ansible module "template" support for Jinja2 new class "ChainableUndefined"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-template-support-for-jinja2-new-class-chainableundefined/33378)
**Author:** [@Baeschtu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Baeschtu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-template-support-for-jinja2-new-class-chainableundefined/33378 "2020-07-14T20:18:47Z")
According to the release notes of Jinja2 Version 2.11.0 (released on 2020-01-27) there is a new class named “ChainableUndefined” to handle undefined variables on multiple levels in Jinja2 templates. Currently, I use a an… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=184) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=186)