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## [Install AWX on RHEL8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-awx-on-rhel8/33160)

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**Author:** [@Cloud\_Arch](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cloud_Arch)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-awx-on-rhel8/33160 "2020-06-23T18:34:21Z")

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Can anyone please give me clear AWX instllation guide for RHEL8! I googled it myself but most of the blogs are about Centos but not RHEL8. Kindly someone please share me at earliest. Thanks in Advance!

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## [windows CPU Memory Swap-Memory utilization report in txt format](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-cpu-memory-swap-memory-utilization-report-in-txt-format/33197)

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**Author:** [@Avinash\_Jadhav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Avinash_Jadhav)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-cpu-memory-swap-memory-utilization-report-in-txt-format/33197 "2020-06-23T18:07:02Z")

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Hello Ansible Team I am trying to develped below task CPU/Memory related alerts need manual intervention to review the system health against the resources consuming the CPU/MEMORY. Every time engineer needs to login to…

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## [Ansible to connect to certain switchports on Cisco 2960](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-to-connect-to-certain-switchports-on-cisco-2960/33221)

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**Author:** [@Jason2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason2)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-to-connect-to-certain-switchports-on-cisco-2960/33221 "2020-06-23T18:04:59Z")

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I am working on a project that would require me to bump (shutdown and re-enable) switchports that are connected to an Access Point. I have created a playbook to run a command “show cdp neighbours” on the switch, and tha…

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## [Keep-alive connections for httpapi plugins](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-alive-connections-for-httpapi-plugins/33238)

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**Author:** [@Alexandru\_Obretin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexandru_Obretin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-alive-connections-for-httpapi-plugins/33238 "2020-06-23T16:52:26Z")

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Hello, I am working on a custom HTTP connection plugin and some related modules in order to access a proprietary REST API. For this purpose, I have to provide capabilities for basic create/update/delete operations on di…

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## [Keep-alive connections for httpapi plugins](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-alive-connections-for-httpapi-plugins/33237)

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**Author:** [@Alexandru\_Obretin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexandru_Obretin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-alive-connections-for-httpapi-plugins/33237 "2020-06-23T16:42:51Z")

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Hello, I am working on a custom HTTP connection plugin and some related modules in order to access a proprietary REST API. For this purpose, I have to provide capabilities for basic create/update/delete operations on di…

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## [keycloak modules support or samples](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keycloak-modules-support-or-samples/32267)

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**Author:** [@Torsten\_Reinhard1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Torsten_Reinhard1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keycloak-modules-support-or-samples/32267 "2020-06-23T15:11:31Z")

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Hi community, I started to provision a KeyCloak instance (based on the Docker image) with the available modules keycloak\_client keycloak\_group I could´nt find any thread regarding these modules - so my question is if…

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## [become\_user doesnt work and su - user in ansible shell module just hangs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-user-doesnt-work-and-su-user-in-ansible-shell-module-just-hangs/33228)

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**Author:** [@chavali\_shruti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chavali_shruti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-user-doesnt-work-and-su-user-in-ansible-shell-module-just-hangs/33228 "2020-06-23T13:00:32Z")

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Hi all, Ansible version: ansible 2.8.0 config file = /ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = \['/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’\] ansible python module location = \*/.virtu…

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## [Installing AWX using RedHat as base image](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx-using-redhat-as-base-image/33231)

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**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx-using-redhat-as-base-image/33231 "2020-06-23T12:41:04Z")

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Is it possible to install AWX using RedHat as base image to build images ? Will all centos packages be compatible with RedHat? Please help

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## [Update EC2 instances hostnames to their EC2 instance tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-ec2-instances-hostnames-to-their-ec2-instance-tags/33232)

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**Author:** [@Leo2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Leo2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-ec2-instances-hostnames-to-their-ec2-instance-tags/33232 "2020-06-22T21:43:14Z")

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Hi everyone, I have got a question about the EC2 and it related modules. I would like to update the hostnames of all of the EC2 instances created by another role within the same playbook (all EC2 instances are dynamic i…

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## [Ansible become\_user failing while logging-in as vagrant user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-become-user-failing-while-logging-in-as-vagrant-user/33222)

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**Author:** [@Mukuntha\_rajaa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mukuntha_rajaa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-become-user-failing-while-logging-in-as-vagrant-user/33222 "2020-06-22T18:46:55Z")

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Hello, Problem: Via inventory, I am logging as “vagrant” user. I am trying to switch to another-user and then create .ssh directory with owner and group as this another-user. It is failing saying permission denied. TA…

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## [\[action\_plugin\] Why does set\_fact overwrite a fact and my 1:1 copy set\_fact2 does not?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-why-does-set-fact-overwrite-a-fact-and-my-1-1-copy-set-fact2-does-not/33223)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Holl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christian_Holl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-why-does-set-fact-overwrite-a-fact-and-my-1-1-copy-set-fact2-does-not/33223 "2020-06-22T18:44:49Z")

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Hi all, I created my own action plugin, I based it of set\_fact. It works when the fact is not set already, otherwise it does not. To be sure I did not do any mistake (cause I could not find one in my code) I copied t…

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## [Zabbix module change: zabbix\_host\_info](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-module-change-zabbix-host-info/33230)

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**Author:** [@Arjan\_Goos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arjan_Goos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-module-change-zabbix-host-info/33230 "2020-06-22T15:21:50Z")

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I want to request an change for this module but I do not know how to do this. In the zabbix\_host\_facts.py when an host is searched the groups are not queried. When an extra option is added the groups will be queried 12…

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## [Scheduling a job template based on host tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/scheduling-a-job-template-based-on-host-tags/33216)

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**Author:** [@harsh\_chawda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harsh_chawda)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/scheduling-a-job-template-based-on-host-tags/33216 "2020-06-22T05:43:26Z")

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Hello Everyone, I have a job template for patching windows servers (named windowsUpdate) against a list of hosts in inventory file. I want to schedule the patching activity using AWX based on tags assigned to hosts. fo…

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## [Git clone failing only via Ansible. Working via cmdline.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-clone-failing-only-via-ansible-working-via-cmdline/33227)

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**Author:** [@Mukuntha\_rajaa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mukuntha_rajaa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-clone-failing-only-via-ansible-working-via-cmdline/33227 "2020-06-21T10:10:13Z")

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Hello, When I git clone from cmdline, I am able to clone successfully. But when I do the same thing via, Ansible, something is going wrong. git clone git@gitlab.com:xxxx/yyyy.git Cloning into 'yyyy'... remote: Enumerat…

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## [backup and restore of template  and workflow](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-and-restore-of-template-and-workflow/33210)

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**Author:** [@scsp](https://forum.ansible.com/u/scsp)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-and-restore-of-template-and-workflow/33210 "2020-06-21T06:56:25Z")

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I am ble to take backup of AWS template and restore on same server for awx cli but when i tried to other awx cli its got failed .Can please any one suggest on this

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## [Ssl\_certificate awx](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-certificate-awx/33226)

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**Author:** [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-certificate-awx/33226 "2020-06-21T05:31:30Z")

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in the documentation there is a var called ssl\_certificate It implies that you give it a full path of the pem certificate public key + private key and then it will install. There is an issue in that if you have that var…

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## [Missing Credential in Job Template API Payload AWX 7.0.0.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-credential-in-job-template-api-payload-awx-7-0-0-0/33225)

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**Author:** [@rich\_z](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rich_z)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-credential-in-job-template-api-payload-awx-7-0-0-0/33225 "2020-06-21T05:02:10Z")

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Hello, We recently migrated from AWX 1.0.8.0 to AWX 7.0.0.0. We had a job that used the Tower API endpoint to create a template and the payload example was like below with Credential as one of the keys and : AWX 1.0.8…

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## [LDAP Authentication in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-authentication-in-awx/33200)

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**Author:** [@monohara\_behera](https://forum.ansible.com/u/monohara_behera)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-authentication-in-awx/33200 "2020-06-20T07:58:27Z")

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Hi Team, Can you please suggest me the method of testing and confirming the LDAP user authentication is working or not. If I have AWX inside docker then the configuration has to be done inside docker or not. I have an…

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## [Error: Invalid Tower authentication credentials (HTTP 401).](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-invalid-tower-authentication-credentials-http-401/33219)

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**Author:** [@Bala1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bala1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-invalid-tower-authentication-credentials-http-401/33219 "2020-06-19T18:49:49Z")

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I am getting below error using tower-cli tower-cli version Tower CLI 3.3.9 API v2 Error: Invalid Tower authentication credentials (HTTP 401).

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## [Download Github file from Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/download-github-file-from-ansible/33217)

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**Author:** [@shyam.rpms](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shyam.rpms)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/download-github-file-from-ansible/33217 "2020-06-19T17:28:09Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to download a Github file without Git module to a remote machine (windows) using win\_get\_url or win\_uri module ? Thankyou, Shyam

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## [Test connectivity from AWX to devices in inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/test-connectivity-from-awx-to-devices-in-inventory/33218)

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**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/test-connectivity-from-awx-to-devices-in-inventory/33218 "2020-06-19T15:18:43Z")

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Hi All, I’m trying to figure out how to test IP connectivity between AWX and a large list of network devices. I know that SSH connectivity will be blocked so using the ping module will fail. I tried to use the command m…

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## [how to restrict scope for set\_fact variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-restrict-scope-for-set-fact-variable/33162)

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**Author:** [@Diyawary](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Diyawary)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-restrict-scope-for-set-fact-variable/33162 "2020-06-19T09:46:40Z")

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Hi All, below is my playbook mserver: \[1.1.1.1,2.2.2.2\] doamin: \[3.3.3.3,4.4.4.4\] tasks: include\_role: name: validateip when: object\_type == “ip” with\_together: “{{ mserver\_hostname }}” “{{ domain }}” under tha…

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## [Ansible connecting to Windows host using pywinrm module over HTTP](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-connecting-to-windows-host-using-pywinrm-module-over-http/33212)

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**Author:** [@sameer\_khan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sameer_khan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-connecting-to-windows-host-using-pywinrm-module-over-http/33212 "2020-06-19T06:11:46Z")

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Hello, I have an issue with connecting to windows host using Kerberos authentication mechanism with winrm over HTTP scheme, As our windows host have this set to true, Set-Item -Path WSMan:\\localhost\\Service\\AllowUnencr…

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## [PostgreSQL database querrying in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/postgresql-database-querrying-in-awx/33184)

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**Author:** [@harsh\_chawda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harsh_chawda)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/postgresql-database-querrying-in-awx/33184 "2020-06-19T06:10:30Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a requirement in which i have to access and query the PostgreSQL database in AWX for a particular result. To be specific I want to check after windows update through AWX gui , how many systems ha…

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## [New Ansible release 2.9.10](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-10/33215)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-10/33215 "2020-06-18T22:29:51Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.9.10 is now available! How do you get it?

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## [New Ansible release 2.9.10](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-10/33214)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-10/33214 "2020-06-18T22:28:57Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.9.10 is now available! How do you get it?

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## [New release: Ansible 2.10.0a1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-2-10-0a1/33213)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-2-10-0a1/33213 "2020-06-18T21:27:20Z")

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Hi all- Following on the heels of the ansible-base-2.10.0b1 release, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0a1 is now available on PyPI! Ansible 2.10.0a1 includes the ansible-base package (currently at version 2.…

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## [How to Segregate Inventory file and Group Variable to provide Ansible User name and password](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-segregate-inventory-file-and-group-variable-to-provide-ansible-user-name-and-password/33202)

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**Author:** [@ditun\_dhar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ditun_dhar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-segregate-inventory-file-and-group-variable-to-provide-ansible-user-name-and-password/33202 "2020-06-18T18:56:27Z")

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Guys, I am new in Ansible and need some help. I am in need of segregating my inventory file (which will change continuously based on another script output) with credential file. However Ansible username, password and ad…

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## [Failed to import the required Python library (Docker SDK for Python: docker (Python \>= 2.7) or docker-py (Python 2.6)) on MacBook-Pro](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-import-the-required-python-library-docker-sdk-for-python-docker-python-2-7-or-docker-py-python-2-6-on-macbook-pro/33209)

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**Author:** [@cmoullia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cmoullia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-import-the-required-python-library-docker-sdk-for-python-docker-python-2-7-or-docker-py-python-2-6-on-macbook-pro/33209 "2020-06-18T16:44:01Z")

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Hi, Who can help me to figure out what to do to avoid that the docker\_container module complains that it is not installed \` Failed to import the required Python library (Docker SDK for Python: docker (Python \>= 2.7) o…

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## [pulling infor from a config.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pulling-infor-from-a-config/33211)

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**Author:** [@Joe3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joe3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pulling-infor-from-a-config/33211 "2020-06-18T13:56:21Z")

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I am trying to figure out how to put information from a switch config using ansible so it can be manipulated and used as data in your ansible playbook. For example, all switches have a configuration section similar to th…

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