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## [Can't add new postgresql\_hba records using postgresql\_hba module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-add-new-postgresql-hba-records-using-postgresql-hba-module/32966)

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**Author:** [@Ikhsan\_Faruqi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ikhsan_Faruqi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-add-new-postgresql-hba-records-using-postgresql-hba-module/32966 "2020-05-19T14:54:01Z")

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Hi, I trying to add new hba\_records using pg\_hba\_module but got this error: \` failed: \[pg-12\] (item={‘hba\_database’: ‘test-db’, ‘hba\_users’: ‘johndoe’, ‘hba\_connection\_type’: ‘host’, ‘hba\_source’: ‘0.0.0.0/0’, ‘hba\_met…

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## [Copy a folder from remote host to local using Ansible.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-a-folder-from-remote-host-to-local-using-ansible/32970)

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**Author:** [@Divya\_Punna](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Divya_Punna)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-a-folder-from-remote-host-to-local-using-ansible/32970 "2020-05-19T13:55:30Z")

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Can anyone help/suggest on how to copy a folder from remote host to local using Ansible? Appreciate any quick help on this

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## [How to provide select access to future objects](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-provide-select-access-to-future-objects/32969)

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**Author:** [@Banti\_Kr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Banti_Kr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-provide-select-access-to-future-objects/32969 "2020-05-19T11:23:59Z")

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Hi, I am using ansible to provide read/select access to user and it is working with below ansible code but the user is not able to access or run select to future objects means they can't access the tables created after …

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## [Execute a playbook till the end regardless of the amount of failed plays in it](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-a-playbook-till-the-end-regardless-of-the-amount-of-failed-plays-in-it/32968)

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**Author:** [@Plamen\_Petkov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Plamen_Petkov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-a-playbook-till-the-end-regardless-of-the-amount-of-failed-plays-in-it/32968 "2020-05-19T11:10:25Z")

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Hi, I am relatively new to the Ansible world. But I have a problem, i can’t find anywhere a solution for, for a very long time. So I have a playbook with a couple of plays in it. If any of the plays failed, a retry fil…

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## [Install pmm-client using ansible playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-pmm-client-using-ansible-playbook/32967)

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**Author:** [@kaoutar\_idbelkacem](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kaoutar_idbelkacem)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-pmm-client-using-ansible-playbook/32967 "2020-05-19T10:54:48Z")

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Hi every one in the group :slight\_smile: I m traying to deploye pmm-client on my machine using this play book hosts: all become: yes vars: pmm\_client\_install: true pmm\_client\_enabled: true pmm\_client\_server\_hos…

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## [Unable to see third-party module on devel branch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-see-third-party-module-on-devel-branch/32957)

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**Author:** [@H\_Z](https://forum.ansible.com/u/H_Z)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-see-third-party-module-on-devel-branch/32957 "2020-05-19T01:59:04Z")

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Hi guys, I’m a absolute beginner to Ansible. I was trying to read the source code of the digital ocean cloud module and hope to contribute a new module to it. However, after I forked the repo, I was not able to see any…

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## [how to install a specific KB from windows update](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-a-specific-kb-from-windows-update/32955)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-a-specific-kb-from-windows-update/32955 "2020-05-18T22:59:17Z")

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I am trying to install a specific update KB4541509 but it is not getting installed. I got the playbook running but not getting installed here is from the ansible win log 2020-05-17 10:22:51Z Creating Windows Update se…

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## [Create folder using command line](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-folder-using-command-line/32962)

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**Author:** [@dudu.c](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dudu.c)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-folder-using-command-line/32962 "2020-05-18T21:39:23Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to create folder structure on HDFS storage. I have 3 main folders and each has subfolders. Thank you. Configuration file: companies: - company\_folder\_name: /ibm department: - it …

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## [using ansible galaxy in docker](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-galaxy-in-docker/32965)

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**Author:** [@astrakid](https://forum.ansible.com/u/astrakid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-galaxy-in-docker/32965 "2020-05-18T19:46:22Z")

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hi, is there some wrapup how to use ansible galaxy within awx-docker? kind regards, andre

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## [How to pass 'hosts' value to an imported or included playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-pass-hosts-value-to-an-imported-or-included-playbook/32963)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Bi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Bi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-pass-hosts-value-to-an-imported-or-included-playbook/32963 "2020-05-18T19:38:19Z")

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I’ve playbook A to include roles to conduct an operation. Now I want to create playbook B to import/include playbook A but want to pass ‘hosts’ value to A. In other words, I want to make A to work dynamically with differ…

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## [How to pass 'hosts' value to an included/imiported playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-pass-hosts-value-to-an-included-imiported-playbook/32964)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Bi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Bi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-pass-hosts-value-to-an-included-imiported-playbook/32964 "2020-05-18T19:01:46Z")

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I’ve playbook A to include roles to conduct an operation. Now I want to create playbook B to import/include playbook A but want to pass ‘hosts’ value to A. In other words, I want to make A to work dynamically with differ…

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## [ansible date and time variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-date-and-time-variable/32961)

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**Author:** [@Om\_Prasad\_Reddy\_Sura](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Om_Prasad_Reddy_Sura)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-date-and-time-variable/32961 "2020-05-18T16:10:55Z")

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Hi Everyone, I have an ansible playbook which will be used to take AMI snapshot of EC2 instance every month in a year. Now i got a new requirement that snapshot should not be taken for every month and it should for 3 m…

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## [ansible practices](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-practices/32960)

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**Author:** [@Orkhan\_Mammadov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Orkhan_Mammadov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-practices/32960 "2020-05-18T15:23:55Z")

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Hi guys, I have started to learn Ansible with Sander’s video course, I need more tasks for practices. Can anyone provide me with the trusted source for Ansible tasks? Thanks.

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## [docker\_container env from file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-env-from-file/32888)

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**Author:** [@Emanuele](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Emanuele)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-env-from-file/32888 "2020-05-18T14:48:19Z")

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Hi, i’m trying to pass environment variables to my docker with env and populate it with a file. Like this: \` name: deploy container docker\_container: name: test image: debian env: include\_vars: file: workbench.…

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## [is there a progress bar in TASK?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-progress-bar-in-task/32953)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-progress-bar-in-task/32953 "2020-05-18T14:22:45Z")

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is there a progress bar available in TASK?

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## [Supporting fuse as a filesystem type in mount module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/supporting-fuse-as-a-filesystem-type-in-mount-module/32959)

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**Author:** [@nikobelia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nikobelia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/supporting-fuse-as-a-filesystem-type-in-mount-module/32959 "2020-05-18T13:23:50Z")

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Dear Ansible list, A project I’m working on uses the moderately widely used open source tool s3fs-fuse to mount an AWS S3 bucket as a FUSE filesystem (https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse). With s3fs-fuse, you can int…

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## [ansible tower modules - use awx cli instead of deprecated tower\_cli?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-modules-use-awx-cli-instead-of-deprecated-tower-cli/32958)

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**Author:** [@senorsmile](https://forum.ansible.com/u/senorsmile)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-modules-use-awx-cli-instead-of-deprecated-tower-cli/32958 "2020-05-18T12:26:34Z")

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As announced here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/awx-project/tower\_cli|sort:date/awx-project/ZAlhpLMBzVw/D7h8MSgbBQAJ and specified in the readme for the tower\_cli: https://github.com/ansible/tower-cli t…

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## [Remove items from a variable with reject](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-items-from-a-variable-with-reject/32956)

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**Author:** [@Kernel\_Panic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kernel_Panic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-items-from-a-variable-with-reject/32956 "2020-05-18T00:07:10Z")

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Hello I want to remove items from a variable using reject filter, I have something like this: vars: myvar: item1 item2 List is the output of a command which contains contains item1, item2 , item3, item4, item5, I w…

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## [Setting an intial cron job and leaving it alone on later plays](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-an-intial-cron-job-and-leaving-it-alone-on-later-plays/32951)

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**Author:** [@oloryn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oloryn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-an-intial-cron-job-and-leaving-it-alone-on-later-plays/32951 "2020-05-17T23:00:41Z")

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I've got a playbook for preparing new Drupal websites. It doesn't itself go through the full installation (which is interactive), but preps what is needed to complete the installation - installing drupal code, settin…

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## [is there a connection plugin to use the libvirt serial console?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-connection-plugin-to-use-the-libvirt-serial-console/32954)

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**Author:** [@IaV1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IaV1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-connection-plugin-to-use-the-libvirt-serial-console/32954 "2020-05-17T17:28:35Z")

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I’m in a weird chicken and the egg problem. I can’t/prefer not to use dhcp on my created libvirt networks for provisioning. I need to configure the dhcp VM to provide address to all the other VMs without itself having an…

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## [Ansible import excel format price list from supplier and export to remote inventory unit how to](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-import-excel-format-price-list-from-supplier-and-export-to-remote-inventory-unit-how-to/32929)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Chan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Chan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-import-excel-format-price-list-from-supplier-and-export-to-remote-inventory-unit-how-to/32929 "2020-05-17T12:29:51Z")

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Hi I am not sure if this idea even possible, I want to use Ansible to pull price list from suppliers and remotely send and (copy) into designated inventory (remote servers) these update price lists are in excel and once …

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## [How to provide select access to future objects](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-provide-select-access-to-future-objects/32950)

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**Author:** [@Banti\_Kr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Banti_Kr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-provide-select-access-to-future-objects/32950 "2020-05-16T19:23:43Z")

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Hi, I am using ansible to provide read/select access to user and it is working but the user is not able to access or run select to future objects means they can't access the tables created after user creation.How to use…

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## [There appears to be both 'k=v' shorthand syntax and YAML in this task.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/there-appears-to-be-both-k-v-shorthand-syntax-and-yaml-in-this-task/32937)

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**Author:** [@Gurudatta\_Nadig](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gurudatta_Nadig)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/there-appears-to-be-both-k-v-shorthand-syntax-and-yaml-in-this-task/32937 "2020-05-16T17:04:35Z")

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Good day all, I am new to Ansible, I am getting the following error while running a playbook any pointer ? ansible 2.8.4 There appears to be both ‘k=v’ shorthand syntax and YAML in this task. Only one syntax may be us…

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## [Task reported as "changed" even if unchanged](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-reported-as-changed-even-if-unchanged/32949)

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**Author:** [@Marc\_Haber](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marc_Haber)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-reported-as-changed-even-if-unchanged/32949 "2020-05-16T10:42:01Z")

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Hi, the following task: - name: configure systemd-timesyncd - check unit active command: argv: - "systemctl" - "is-enabled" - "systemd-timesyncd" check\_mode: no register: systemd\_time…

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## [Automate Oracle Database Shutdown and Startup with Ansible.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automate-oracle-database-shutdown-and-startup-with-ansible/32948)

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**Author:** [@Akshay\_Bora1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akshay_Bora1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automate-oracle-database-shutdown-and-startup-with-ansible/32948 "2020-05-16T09:50:45Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am writing an ansible script to automate the task of oracle database shutdown and startup. I am facing a difficulty in reading the environment variables from the XML files. Sample XML File: \[oracle@rac1…

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## [AD/LDAP cert needed for authentication](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ad-ldap-cert-needed-for-authentication/25714)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Archer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Archer)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ad-ldap-cert-needed-for-authentication/25714 "2020-05-16T09:34:50Z")

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I’m trying to use LDAP authentication to connect to AD. I want to use TLS (configure awx → subcategory: ldap → ‘ldap start tls’), but I need to add the CACert for the AD server. If AWX weren’t docker’ized, I’d add it in…

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## [Unable to run java code with classpath on a remote server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-java-code-with-classpath-on-a-remote-server/32944)

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**Author:** [@Shifa\_Shaikh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shifa_Shaikh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-java-code-with-classpath-on-a-remote-server/32944 "2020-05-16T08:33:12Z")

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In order to run java code I need to first set the classpath of dependent libraries by running a script setWLSEnv.sh as below: $ . /app/wlserv\*/server/bin/setWLSEnv.sh $ java weblogic.version The output gives me the ver…

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## [ansible connecting to remote powershell (azure) handling password prompts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-connecting-to-remote-powershell-azure-handling-password-prompts/32947)

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**Author:** [@asad\_ali](https://forum.ansible.com/u/asad_ali)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-connecting-to-remote-powershell-azure-handling-password-prompts/32947 "2020-05-15T23:57:08Z")

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Hello Community, Hope everyone is well and safe from covid-19 threats. I need suggestions if it possible to automate “remote PowerShell administration”, i want to automate the whole process of login , running few cmds …

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## [winrm http port 5985](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-http-port-5985/32943)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-http-port-5985/32943 "2020-05-15T21:48:21Z")

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can winrm communicate via http 5985? my group\[\_vars file ansible\_user: ‘administrator’ ansible\_password: ‘xxxxxx’ ansible\_port: 5985 ansible\_connection: ‘winrm’ ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation: ‘ignore’ ansib…

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## [kerberos](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos/32945)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos/32945 "2020-05-15T21:46:55Z")

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trying to get kerberos to work . I got all the libraries and krb5.conf file setup. I got a ticket from klist but when i do win\_ping I get errors ansible windows -i hosts -m win\_ping 10.50.1.231 | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “c…

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