# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=217 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 218 --- ## [Study on annotation of design and implementation choices, and of technical debt](https://forum.ansible.com/t/study-on-annotation-of-design-and-implementation-choices-and-of-technical-debt/32475)
**Author:** [@Gianmarco\_Fucci](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gianmarco_Fucci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/study-on-annotation-of-design-and-implementation-choices-and-of-technical-debt/32475 "2020-03-16T09:35:32Z")
Dear all, As software engineering research teams at the University of Sannio (Italy) and Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) we are interested in investigating the protocol used by developers while they… --- ## [Security compliance tool for AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/security-compliance-tool-for-awx/32474)
**Author:** [@Amit\_Bhatia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amit_Bhatia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/security-compliance-tool-for-awx/32474 "2020-03-16T09:12:36Z")
Hi Team, Is there any security compliance tool used for AWX ? Also is there any security aspects covered in AWX ? Regards, Amit Bhatia --- ## [unable to create directory using ansible file module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-directory-using-ansible-file-module/32473)
**Author:** [@Shifa\_Shaikh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shifa_Shaikh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-directory-using-ansible-file-module/32473 "2020-03-16T08:44:57Z")
Here is my variable file: cat vars.yml \` --- ## [how to run one role out of a playbook host by host in serial one instead of linear or free](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-one-role-out-of-a-playbook-host-by-host-in-serial-one-instead-of-linear-or-free/32460)
**Author:** [@Jelle\_de\_Jong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jelle_de_Jong)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-one-role-out-of-a-playbook-host-by-host-in-serial-one-instead-of-linear-or-free/32460 "2020-03-16T08:44:00Z")
Hello everybody, I got a role with a few tasks that do some calculations and writes down the results on a server, the next inventory\_host will use the caclulations to make a new one, now if these tasks are run by multip… --- ## [How to enable firewall for awx running in kubernetes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-enable-firewall-for-awx-running-in-kubernetes/32472)
**Author:** [@Selvam\_Elangovan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Selvam_Elangovan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-enable-firewall-for-awx-running-in-kubernetes/32472 "2020-03-16T08:36:09Z")
We have awx running in Kubernetes cluster with 10 worker nodes. We are able to apply playbooks to all the servers except servers behind firewall. How to allow ssh from pods to servers behind firewall. Kindly advice. --- ## [New to Ansible - Facing issue with ping to target host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-facing-issue-with-ping-to-target-host/32469)
**Author:** [@P\_r1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P_r1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-facing-issue-with-ping-to-target-host/32469 "2020-03-16T02:53:06Z")
Ansible Control Machine (ip = 1.1.1.1): NAME=“Ubuntu” VERSION=“18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver)” Target Node (ip = 2.2.2.2): NAME=“Amazon Linux” VERSION=“2” I am able to ssh from Ansible Control Machine to Target node i… --- ## [Variable loading infrastructure problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-loading-infrastructure-problems/32468)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Jacobfeuerbor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dennis_Jacobfeuerbor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-loading-infrastructure-problems/32468 "2020-03-15T22:24:06Z")
Hi, I seem to have stumbled upon an issue with the variable loading infrastructure in the context of vars plugins. What I tried to accomplish is to merge variables not globally based on "hash\_behaviour=merge" but by ex… --- ## [RE: Re: \[ansible-project\] Very Very New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32467)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32467 "2020-03-15T15:40:51Z")
Thank you --- ## [RE: Re: \[ansible-project\] Very Very New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32463)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32463 "2020-03-15T14:20:18Z")
They are both Ubuntu Server 18.04.4 I bet python isn’t installed, Dang it, Thanks for pointing it out. --- ## [RE: Re: \[ansible-project\] Very Very New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32466)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32466 "2020-03-15T09:47:20Z")
Got ya, will try that now --- ## [RE: Re: \[ansible-project\] Very Very New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32465)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32465 "2020-03-15T09:44:44Z")
“module\_stdout”: “/bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/python: not found\\r\\n”, I see what you mean good lord how stupid of me ……………… --- ## [RE: Re: \[ansible-project\] Very Very New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32464)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/re-re-ansible-project-very-very-new-to-ansible/32464 "2020-03-15T09:43:27Z")
I am pretty sure it isn’t I apologize guys, I am not much for programming stuff but I will pay more attention. Thanks, --- ## [Very Very New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/very-very-new-to-ansible/32462)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/very-very-new-to-ansible/32462 "2020-03-15T09:40:59Z")
Hello Everyone I built my control machine on a VM w/Ubuntu Server 18.04.4 and ansible 2.5.1. Mind you I am just learning so the version shouldn’t matter that much. I built my first and second target machines and I am te… --- ## [How mount the volume without changing the mount options](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-mount-the-volume-without-changing-the-mount-options/32458)
**Author:** [@Suresh\_Karpurapu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Suresh_Karpurapu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-mount-the-volume-without-changing-the-mount-options/32458 "2020-03-14T15:52:20Z")
we have the multiple nfs volumes which have different mount options. Hence, I don’t want to change the mount options when we are doing the nfs volume migration. Can you please suggest if there any option to ignore to cha… --- ## [Warning while running an ansible ping against the windows hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-while-running-an-ansible-ping-against-the-windows-hosts/32459)
**Author:** [@Raj5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-while-running-an-ansible-ping-against-the-windows-hosts/32459 "2020-03-13T21:43:37Z")
Hello, I received an error earlier that my Ansible master unable to connect to windows hosts by throwing below error. \` msg": “winrm or requests is not installed: cannot import name UnrewindableBodyError” \` by runni… --- ## [ansible windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows/32456)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Meyer1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Meyer1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows/32456 "2020-03-13T21:21:12Z")
Getting the following error when trying to install the ansible windows collection. I am running Ansible 2.9.6 from pip3 on CentOS 8. $ ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows Process install dependency map ER… --- ## [Ansible password\_hash issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-password-hash-issue/32428)
**Author:** [@Bala\_Mutyam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bala_Mutyam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-password-hash-issue/32428 "2020-03-13T15:40:06Z")
Hi Everyone, I’m trying to create a task for below command but it’s not working, can you help me how to make it work please? Command: update users set crypted\_password = '$2a$12$uCkkXmhW5ThVK8mpBvnXOOJRLd64LJeHTeCkSuB… --- ## [playbooks exceutions with msg": "Failed to download metadata for repo 'extras'",](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-exceutions-with-msg-failed-to-download-metadata-for-repo-extras/32453)
**Author:** [@Dieye\_Pape\_Doudou](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dieye_Pape_Doudou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-exceutions-with-msg-failed-to-download-metadata-for-repo-extras/32453 "2020-03-13T15:35:48Z")
I run playbooks on my local server, but on AWX I can’t I need help please --- ## [help about win\_find](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-about-win-find/32455)
**Author:** [@Lorry\_Leveque](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lorry_Leveque)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-about-win-find/32455 "2020-03-13T15:14:30Z")
i’m trying to find one file into a folder with recursive option but it returns to result . when i put the exact path of the file , it sucess can someone help me :slight\_smile: thanks below my success code name: “se… --- ## [rescue block does not print message despite being invoked](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rescue-block-does-not-print-message-despite-being-invoked/32451)
**Author:** [@Shifa\_Shaikh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shifa_Shaikh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rescue-block-does-not-print-message-despite-being-invoked/32451 "2020-03-13T08:05:07Z")
Hi, I have a playbook with a task that greps for a string in a file. If the string is found the block should fail which is the case. However, in the fail module it fails to print the message. Here is my playbook: Here… --- ## [ansible with\_sequence result message hide](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-sequence-result-message-hide/32452)
**Author:** [@SeungJoon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SeungJoon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-sequence-result-message-hide/32452 "2020-03-13T04:12:33Z")
I want to hide the result message of with\_sequence --- ## [Logging to readable format](https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-to-readable-format/32449)
**Author:** [@RayO1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RayO1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/logging-to-readable-format/32449 "2020-03-12T21:20:20Z")
Hi. I have a very basic cisco IOS playbook i’m working on and when I log the output to a file I cannot read the format. I read a few threads that mention enabling a callback option in the ansible.cfg but that does not se… --- ## [AWX offline installation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-offline-installation/32419)
**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-offline-installation/32419 "2020-03-12T21:10:22Z")
Hi Team, Is it possible to install AWX without internet? Thanks --- ## [Hide use of jump host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-use-of-jump-host/32432)
**Author:** [@jpmens1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-use-of-jump-host/32432 "2020-03-12T20:17:33Z")
Is there a preferred/documented/correct way of hiding the fact that an SSH jump host is being used? I’d like to avoid having to use, say, a group variable ansible\_ssh\_common\_args, and the only other method which has work… --- ## [Announcing AWX 9.3.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-awx-9-3-0/32450)
**Author:** [@rpetrell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rpetrell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-awx-9-3-0/32450 "2020-03-12T17:42:43Z")
Hey everyone, We’re excited to announce a new version of AWX, 9.3.0. Here are some of the notable changes from the official changelog (https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CHANGELOG.md): Added the ability to spe… --- ## [gcp\_compute\_\* modules: trying to link using selfLink](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gcp-compute-modules-trying-to-link-using-selflink/31891)
**Author:** [@Lujaina\_Abu\_Erban](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lujaina_Abu_Erban)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gcp-compute-modules-trying-to-link-using-selflink/31891 "2020-03-12T15:30:27Z")
I am new to using Ansible and the gcp\_\* modules. This is in relation to making use of Google Cloud Platform and Ansible. Let us say that I have two projects: HOST\_PROJECT and SERVICE\_PROJECT. They are both part of the … --- ## [no hosts matched](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443)
**Author:** [@sandy.hung](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sandy.hung)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-hosts-matched/32443 "2020-03-12T12:01:29Z")
Dear all: I have been normal before but this error message appeared in a few week can you help me. thanks. sandy@test-VirtualBox:~$ sudo ansible-playbook nfsclient.yml -i myinventory \[WARNING\]: Unable to parse /home… --- ## [Is changing the default setting of TRANSFORM\_INVALID\_GROUP\_CHARS a good idea?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-changing-the-default-setting-of-transform-invalid-group-chars-a-good-idea/30943)
**Author:** [@Jorg\_Kastning](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jorg_Kastning)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-changing-the-default-setting-of-transform-invalid-group-chars-a-good-idea/30943 "2020-03-12T11:49:27Z")
Hello everybody, After updating to ansible 2.8.2 I faced the following deprecation warning when running a playbook: \[DEPRECATION WARNING\]: The TRANSFORM\_INVALID\_GROUP\_CHARS settings is set to allow bad characters in … --- ## [Inventory gathering including docker version](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-gathering-including-docker-version/32439)
**Author:** [@Kuber\_User](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kuber_User)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-gathering-including-docker-version/32439 "2020-03-12T09:11:36Z")
HI, I am doing a similar script to gather inventory of remote systems. I have the input list in my inventory file as the list of remote IPs. I need to extract the fields like CPU, RAM, Kernel version, and the docker v… --- ## [Unable to specify GKE cluster version using ansible gcp\_container\_cluster module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-specify-gke-cluster-version-using-ansible-gcp-container-cluster-module/32446)
**Author:** [@Rahul\_Monde](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Monde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-specify-gke-cluster-version-using-ansible-gcp-container-cluster-module/32446 "2020-03-12T05:18:02Z")
Background: We have ansible tower where all the playbooks resides. End user makes call to such playbook to create required resource. Problem statement: I am using gcp\_container\_cluster module to launch GKE cluster. Apar… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=216) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=218)