# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=192 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 193 --- ## [nested with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nested-with-items/33204)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Britton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nicholas_Britton)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nested-with-items/33204 "2020-06-18T12:40:16Z")
I have a senerio where i think a nested with\_items would work , but i am not seeing any examples where there are multiple keys. Today i have a with\_items that looks like this: \` name: Include vmware workflow for Tag … --- ## [Need help for Ansible Documentation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-for-ansible-documentation/33208)
**Author:** [@Rahul\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Kumar1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-for-ansible-documentation/33208 "2020-06-18T08:02:31Z")
Hi Ansible Gurus, I have many roles in my Ansible Project . Each role has a different set of variables . In the end , it is a huge list of documents in case we want to document. Wanted to check if Ansible provides any … --- ## [ansible-base 2.10.0b1 is available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-base-2-10-0b1-is-available/33207)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-base-2-10-0b1-is-available/33207 "2020-06-17T23:43:46Z")
Hi all- we’re happy to announce a beta release of the new ansible-base 2.10 package is now available! The ansible-base package consists of only the Ansible execution engine, related tools (e.g. ansible-galaxy, ansible-te… --- ## [print volume group with highest number](https://forum.ansible.com/t/print-volume-group-with-highest-number/33206)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/print-volume-group-with-highest-number/33206 "2020-06-17T22:25:44Z")
Something like this will sort the keys and use the last one. - debug: msg={{ansible\_lvm.vgs\[(ansible\_lvm.vgs.keys()|sorted|list)\[-1\]\]}} --- ## [AnsiballZ overhead when your hosts already have all modules and dependencies](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansiballz-overhead-when-your-hosts-already-have-all-modules-and-dependencies/33205)
**Author:** [@Artem\_Gromov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Artem_Gromov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansiballz-overhead-when-your-hosts-already-have-all-modules-and-dependencies/33205 "2020-06-17T21:13:01Z")
Hello, I am thinking about an idea to put Python and Ansible together with modules, plugins, and other dependencies into one static binary executable. Then I am going to distribute such a binary to all my hosts, includ… --- ## [trying to enable winrm over https on new VM](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-enable-winrm-over-https-on-new-vm/33199)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-enable-winrm-over-https-on-new-vm/33199 "2020-06-17T17:53:11Z")
I am clining VM with the vmware\_guest module. it works fine and join domain. but I need to enable winrm over https. is there way to do this from the runonce or predeployment tasks? I cant even copy a script over sinc… --- ## [Create a directory when symlink already exists](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-a-directory-when-symlink-already-exists/33166)
**Author:** [@Akansha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akansha)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-a-directory-when-symlink-already-exists/33166 "2020-06-17T17:30:34Z")
Hi, I am new to Ansible and I have written a task to create sub directories at a given path using item/loop. The code is working in normal conditions, but it fails if soft/symbolic link already exists for any of the ite… --- ## [ansible-test and testing locally before commit](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-and-testing-locally-before-commit/33201)
**Author:** [@Sydo\_Luciani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sydo_Luciani)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-and-testing-locally-before-commit/33201 "2020-06-17T14:57:20Z")
Getting error running ansible-test against the existing modules in either community.aws or amazon.aws: ansible-test sanity --test yamllint route53\_zone.py ERROR: Target pattern not matched: route53\_zone.py any idea wh… --- ## [Needs to Write a Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/needs-to-write-a-playbook/33179)
**Author:** [@rama543](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rama543)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/needs-to-write-a-playbook/33179 "2020-06-17T11:08:11Z")
Hi Friends, I am new to this Ansible world Needs to write a playbook for one scenario Scenario-1: I have 1000 Servers . Host-names are like Server1, Server2, Server3, Server4, Server5, …Server1000 . I have two Scrip… --- ## [win\_shell, kerberos and credential delegation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-shell-kerberos-and-credential-delegation/32922)
**Author:** [@Luca\_remix\_tj\_Lorenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luca_remix_tj_Lorenz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-shell-kerberos-and-credential-delegation/32922 "2020-06-17T10:36:51Z")
Hello, i’m hitting an issue with windows authentication and credential delegation. That’s the piece of playbook that has problem with privileges: name: define migrator command set\_fact: migratore\_command: “{{ backu… --- ## [offending line appears to be state: directory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/offending-line-appears-to-be-state-directory/33172)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/offending-line-appears-to-be-state-directory/33172 "2020-06-17T06:18:51Z")
any idea what is wrong with my playbook here? name: Retrieve info about the mount directory stat: path: “{{ mount\_dir\_path }}” register: mount\_dir\_stat\_first tags: prereqs If the mount directory doesn’t already ex… --- ## [installing ansible in isolated virtual env](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-ansible-in-isolated-virtual-env/33196)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-ansible-in-isolated-virtual-env/33196 "2020-06-17T04:55:41Z")
Is there a way to install ansible on osX in an isolated virtual environment? without having to setup a ubuntu VM? I dont want the ansible binaries or whatever software it installs on osx to interfere with my working env… --- ## [issue with nmcli module in RHEL 8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-nmcli-module-in-rhel-8/33198)
**Author:** [@rocky\_rns](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rocky_rns)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-nmcli-module-in-rhel-8/33198 "2020-06-17T01:15:28Z")
Hi Folks, I have small issue using the nmcli module. I get the below error. I think this package is missing "NetworkManager-glib" how do we resolve this issue. fatal: \[node002\]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": false,… --- ## [Inventory for playbooks with all uri calls ran local](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-for-playbooks-with-all-uri-calls-ran-local/33192)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Britton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nicholas_Britton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-for-playbooks-with-all-uri-calls-ran-local/33192 "2020-06-16T16:07:16Z")
I am trying to see how I can setup an inventory file for an application that is all managed by uri calls. I have multiple end points that will end up with some different vars by host. But I have the host as 127.0.0.1 si… --- ## [vmeware\_guest customization runonce](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmeware-guest-customization-runonce/33195)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmeware-guest-customization-runonce/33195 "2020-06-16T12:36:48Z")
how to enable winrm over https with runonce ? --- ## [print highest number of volume group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/print-highest-number-of-volume-group/33188)
**Author:** [@sharanpeetani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sharanpeetani)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/print-highest-number-of-volume-group/33188 "2020-06-16T11:17:14Z")
Hello, I Is there a way to print only volume group name on server with the highest number? for eg if the server has vg00, vg01, vg02 I want to have print only highest number vg which is vg02. I am trying to use with an… --- ## [Windows Domain/Ansible Kerberos Auth Issues Still](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-domain-ansible-kerberos-auth-issues-still/33121)
**Author:** [@Dave\_York](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_York)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-domain-ansible-kerberos-auth-issues-still/33121 "2020-06-16T10:51:35Z")
(I’ve posted a bit about this before, but I want to revisit it because its frustrating as I try to optimize my playbooks) I have a playbook where I build servers from vmware templates using vmware\_guest and I join the d… --- ## [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/33194)
**Author:** [@Avinash\_Jadhav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Avinash_Jadhav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-cpu-memory-swap-memory-utilization-report-in-txt-format/33194 "2020-06-16T10:32:14Z")
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… --- ## [JSON Inventory Host LIst isn't accepted anymore when YUM or DNF PKG Mgr is used](https://forum.ansible.com/t/json-inventory-host-list-isnt-accepted-anymore-when-yum-or-dnf-pkg-mgr-is-used/33193)
**Author:** [@M\_Manna](https://forum.ansible.com/u/M_Manna)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/json-inventory-host-list-isnt-accepted-anymore-when-yum-or-dnf-pkg-mgr-is-used/33193 "2020-06-16T08:25:40Z")
Hello, With Regards to Github Ticket - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70054 I have not reached a successful resolution. Here is the summary of the issue The inventory.py script which is supposed to output … --- ## [Create and add to a multi field array](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-and-add-to-a-multi-field-array/33186)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Britton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nicholas_Britton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-and-add-to-a-multi-field-array/33186 "2020-06-16T06:26:44Z")
I am trying to find away that i can create an array that i can reference later that would be built through a series of include\_task plays. Through the plays i will specific pieces of data that i care to keep for use late… --- ## [ipaddr cidr\_lookup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ipaddr-cidr-lookup/33191)
**Author:** [@ryanmerolle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryanmerolle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ipaddr-cidr-lookup/33191 "2020-06-16T02:05:04Z")
Anyone use this filter function? It seems like a lookup to see if an IP or subnet is a member of a larger prefix. https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/blob/master/plugins/filter/ipaddr.py#L665 I am … --- ## [Send an email on Yum update (success) or fail, etc](https://forum.ansible.com/t/send-an-email-on-yum-update-success-or-fail-etc/33190)
**Author:** [@Bill\_Biker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Biker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/send-an-email-on-yum-update-success-or-fail-etc/33190 "2020-06-16T01:45:39Z")
Hello All, Finally got my axw running reliably. Using Ubuntu 19.10. I use the yum module (ansible) with success for listing, updating, etc. I hope this question is not out-of-scope for the awx forum. I can get the st… --- ## [Packer definitions for AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packer-definitions-for-awx/33189)
**Author:** [@renato.marcandier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/renato.marcandier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packer-definitions-for-awx/33189 "2020-06-15T21:32:45Z")
Hello guys, I am looking for designing and testing a HashiCorp Packer definition that allows easy and consistent deployment of Ansible AWX to: Vagrant OpenStack AWS VMWare Do you know where I could find these definit… --- ## [Conditional with dict2item is falied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-with-dict2item-is-falied/33187)
**Author:** [@Rafael\_Tomelin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rafael_Tomelin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-with-dict2item-is-falied/33187 "2020-06-15T20:33:55Z")
Hi guys, I have a task with equal below, but when I validate it is defined it not recognized. name: include vars virtual\_machine include\_tasks: virtual\_machine.yml when: gms\_az\_vm\_action == ‘create\_virtual\_machine’ v… --- ## [ansible 2.9.4 - task with delegate\_to: \ works, subsequent tasks fail](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-9-4-task-with-delegate-to-windows-host-works-subsequent-tasks-fail/33157)
**Author:** [@vampyreapocalypse](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vampyreapocalypse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-9-4-task-with-delegate-to-windows-host-works-subsequent-tasks-fail/33157 "2020-06-15T19:29:10Z")
Hi All, hope this question makes sense. Here goes: Context: I have several automated patching playbooks that rely on stopping/starting services on windows before patching a database on Linux. We are using a python scrip… --- ## [Sending ansible output to python function](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sending-ansible-output-to-python-function/33155)
**Author:** [@Douglas\_R\_Christense](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Douglas_R_Christense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sending-ansible-output-to-python-function/33155 "2020-06-15T16:47:28Z")
Hello, I have posted the following at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62309274/how-to-have-ansible-send-output-to-a-python-function-in-a-custom-library, but I wanted to share here to get some more insight. I am a n… --- ## [Ansible is being run in a world writable directory (/vagrant), ), ignoring it as an ansible.cfg source](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-being-run-in-a-world-writable-directory-vagrant-ignoring-it-as-an-ansible-cfg-source/33185)
**Author:** [@Abhishek\_Karigar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhishek_Karigar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-being-run-in-a-world-writable-directory-vagrant-ignoring-it-as-an-ansible-cfg-source/33185 "2020-06-15T14:22:59Z")
SUMMARY trying to provision the vagrant guest using ansible\_local. with ansible provision i was able to do it successfully. ISSUE TYPE- Bug Report COMPONENT NAME##### ANSIBLE VERSION ansible 2.9.9 CONFIGURATION OS … --- ## [How to Secure Ansible playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-secure-ansible-playbook/33183)
**Author:** [@Nihanth\_Joseph](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nihanth_Joseph)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-secure-ansible-playbook/33183 "2020-06-15T14:12:51Z")
I need to encrypt my playbook, so once i deploy it to customer environment, they cannot edit or read my file. I have tired ansible-vault, but for this we need to save password in text file, so ultimately customer can de… --- ## [Abort playbook if host is not ready](https://forum.ansible.com/t/abort-playbook-if-host-is-not-ready/33041)
**Author:** [@Laci](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Laci)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/abort-playbook-if-host-is-not-ready/33041 "2020-06-15T11:16:40Z")
Is there a good way to abort the playbook if host is not ready? For example I want to run a playbook against thisserver, but thisserver is unreachable by ssh or it is reachable but there is no python install. If any of … --- ## [Conditional actions based on host type?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-actions-based-on-host-type/33181)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Farrington](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Farrington)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-actions-based-on-host-type/33181 "2020-06-15T10:47:38Z")
Hi, New to ansible and looking for advice. I have an action inside a task (I think that is correct terminology). Something like this: name: Cloudwatch deploy agent configuration for webserver template: src: templa… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=191) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=193)