# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=221 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 222 --- ## [AWX Install on Minishift fails creating the ansible-tower-management container](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-on-minishift-fails-creating-the-ansible-tower-management-container/31630)
**Author:** [@Cesar\_Sanchez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cesar_Sanchez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-on-minishift-fails-creating-the-ansible-tower-management-container/31630 "2020-02-29T15:05:17Z")
Hi Guys, I’m back to AWX after an absence of 1 year and I want to install it using openshift. I tried the minishift approach which works great, but I’m having an issue when the installer creates the ansible-tower-manag… --- ## ["ONE" inventory question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/one-inventory-question/32335)
**Author:** [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/one-inventory-question/32335 "2020-02-29T13:44:04Z")
Hello, We have ansible code that are in version control repository. This makes how to maintaining “ONE” inventory file difficult. If we need to create multiple repositories, for different purpose of Ansible playbook run… --- ## [I want to add reporting capabilities for tasks completed. but I don't know how to develop.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-want-to-add-reporting-capabilities-for-tasks-completed-but-i-dont-know-how-to-develop/32353)
**Author:** [@YiCheng\_Song](https://forum.ansible.com/u/YiCheng_Song)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-want-to-add-reporting-capabilities-for-tasks-completed-but-i-dont-know-how-to-develop/32353 "2020-02-29T11:23:27Z")
I have already installed AWX. but where do I have to start from? from open source code or only using GUI? I am a developer but not experienced such field. I am looking forward to your reply. --- ## [No warning or notification displayed while changing the admin user privilege from admin to normal.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-warning-or-notification-displayed-while-changing-the-admin-user-privilege-from-admin-to-normal/32349)
**Author:** [@Soniya\_panwar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Soniya_panwar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-warning-or-notification-displayed-while-changing-the-admin-user-privilege-from-admin-to-normal/32349 "2020-02-29T11:20:03Z")
Hello, While changing the admin user privileges from “Administrator” to any other type we didn’t get any warning or notification. Also, while investigating the bug I found that the default admin user can be deleted and… --- ## [SSL Certificate or Passwordless WinRM setup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-certificate-or-passwordless-winrm-setup/32354)
**Author:** [@FloodBarboy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/FloodBarboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-certificate-or-passwordless-winrm-setup/32354 "2020-02-29T10:19:00Z")
Hello, I have been racking my brain for the last few days trying to setup SSL Certificate based or Passwordless WinRM setup in Ansible. I have a mixed environment of domain and non domain WIndows servers that I would li… --- ## [variable undefined?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-undefined/32357)
**Author:** [@Dave\_York](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_York)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-undefined/32357 "2020-02-29T09:28:10Z")
I’m confused why I’m getting a ‘variable undefined’ error with this playbook, anyone have any idea? hosts: localhost connection: local gather\_facts: yes tasks: name: Generate a temporary random password for templa… --- ## [Ansible parallel execution over winrm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-parallel-execution-over-winrm/32352)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Garner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Garner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-parallel-execution-over-winrm/32352 "2020-02-29T00:17:57Z")
I notice there is a config option to enable ansible to run in parallel (host\_key\_checking = False) however, this strikes me as an ssh option. I’m running playbooks over winrm and would like to know if there is a similar … --- ## [How to run ansible 2.10 in a tox venv?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-ansible-2-10-in-a-tox-venv/32348)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Megginson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Megginson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-ansible-2-10-in-a-tox-venv/32348 "2020-02-28T23:45:11Z")
https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/master/README.rst#pre-release-versions-of-ansible-base I think this should work? "Checkout and run the source https://github.com/ansible-collection-migration/ansible… --- ## [Is there Module to output the playbook in specific directory for windows and linux hosts ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-module-to-output-the-playbook-in-specific-directory-for-windows-and-linux-hosts/32355)
**Author:** [@Work\_Email](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Work_Email)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-module-to-output-the-playbook-in-specific-directory-for-windows-and-linux-hosts/32355 "2020-02-28T18:01:21Z")
hello, Is there a Module to output the playbook in a specific directory for windows and Linux hosts? say - I want to output the result of the playbook in /etc/ansible/win-logs for windows and /etc/ansible/Linux-logs th… --- ## [ERROR! the field 'hosts' is required but was not set](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-field-hosts-is-required-but-was-not-set/32311)
**Author:** [@Daley\_Okuwa1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daley_Okuwa1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-field-hosts-is-required-but-was-not-set/32311 "2020-02-28T13:01:42Z")
I have written a simple script to patch my red hat server and it is comming out with this error message when i run : ansible-playbook linuxpatch.yml ERROR! the field ‘hosts’ is required but was not set in /etc/ansible/… --- ## [Variable leaking between hosts when concurrency \> 1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-leaking-between-hosts-when-concurrency-1/32350)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Spencer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ben_Spencer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-leaking-between-hosts-when-concurrency-1/32350 "2020-02-28T12:41:57Z")
This is probably going to be long as I haven’t figured out a way to explain and show the issue in a summarized fashion. From the testing I’ve performed so far, it looks like there may be an issue/limit with nesting inclu… --- ## [Network credential - How is the Provider dict injection done?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-credential-how-is-the-provider-dict-injection-done/32351)
**Author:** [@Don\_Patzone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Don_Patzone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-credential-how-is-the-provider-dict-injection-done/32351 "2020-02-28T12:39:52Z")
Hi all, I am currently building job templates for network automation. The module I am using is the aireos\_command module. This module requires the use of a provider dict since it does not support network\_cli via Ansibl… --- ## [Documenting variable suboption types in a module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documenting-variable-suboption-types-in-a-module/32346)
**Author:** [@John\_Nelson1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Nelson1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documenting-variable-suboption-types-in-a-module/32346 "2020-02-27T23:37:08Z")
While working on a PR for the win\_dns\_record module, I ran into a documentation issue that I thought best to ask about, in case anyone can offer any suggestions or otherwise correct my thinking. As background, I’m trying… --- ## [API Authorization questions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-authorization-questions/32347)
**Author:** [@Sami\_M\_Barek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sami_M_Barek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-authorization-questions/32347 "2020-02-27T21:59:42Z")
Hi, I’m struggling to understand how the authorization works in the API from the documentation. It seems I have a couple of different options where as I feel like I have tried them all (client\_id and client\_secret have… --- ## [Links on stale documentation pages](https://forum.ansible.com/t/links-on-stale-documentation-pages/32345)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/links-on-stale-documentation-pages/32345 "2020-02-27T18:10:49Z")
Hi Often the googles cause me to land on outdated documentation pages, for instance: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/playbooks\_loops.html That displays a nice banner to indicate it's stale, but the href at the … --- ## [adding escape characters in replace module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-escape-characters-in-replace-module/32344)
**Author:** [@Anil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-escape-characters-in-replace-module/32344 "2020-02-27T15:52:42Z")
Hi All, I have file below, would like to comment out the line with hmac-sha1 and uncomment like with #Commened for LINUXMSB 2013’ $ cat sshd\_config MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac… --- ## [Passwprd never expierd](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passwprd-never-expierd/32339)
**Author:** [@Rishiv\_Chauhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rishiv_Chauhan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passwprd-never-expierd/32339 "2020-02-27T11:34:02Z")
Please help, I wanted to create a yml script for the password never expire for a particuler user. lets say, need a yml script that run through ansible server and set the password never expire for a particular user. --- ## [Running perl script on remote host as applcation user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-perl-script-on-remote-host-as-applcation-user/32341)
**Author:** [@DiViNe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DiViNe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-perl-script-on-remote-host-as-applcation-user/32341 "2020-02-27T09:44:49Z")
Thank you guys @Kai Stian Olstad \> It’s probably because your script /sgi/atx/src/atxBoxHWM.pl need some \> environment variables set. Yes, I guess you’re right on this one. But I thought using “shell:” within the ans… --- ## [set object property using set\_fact](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-object-property-using-set-fact/32340)
**Author:** [@Shyam\_Sunder1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shyam_Sunder1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-object-property-using-set-fact/32340 "2020-02-27T09:00:25Z")
Hi, I am new to Ansible an trying to achieve this below. Is this possible to set a dictionary property using key in Ansible. vars: mydict: keyA: path: ‘path of device A’ error\_files: \[\] keyB: path: ‘path of device B’ e… --- ## [using hosts mentioned in inventory files in my tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-hosts-mentioned-in-inventory-files-in-my-tasks/32332)
**Author:** [@Vishal\_Bobade](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vishal_Bobade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-hosts-mentioned-in-inventory-files-in-my-tasks/32332 "2020-02-27T07:21:49Z")
Hello , I have a inventory file with some 5-6 hosts and I want use them in some of my tasks/main.yml file. Could some one please suggest how can I do that . Lets say below is my inventory file \[gameday\] grafana.domai… --- ## [license issues for ansible contribution.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/license-issues-for-ansible-contribution/32338)
**Author:** [@Nalin\_Garg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nalin_Garg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/license-issues-for-ansible-contribution/32338 "2020-02-26T23:57:42Z")
I have a PR towards upstream ansible that is failing because of lib/ansible/modules/web\_infrastructure/jenkins\_node.py:0:0: missing-gplv3-license: GPLv3 license header not found in the first 20 lines of the module I hav… --- ## [Running perl script on remote host as applcation user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-perl-script-on-remote-host-as-applcation-user/32337)
**Author:** [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-perl-script-on-remote-host-as-applcation-user/32337 "2020-02-26T21:28:32Z")
It's probably because your script /sgi/atx/src/atxBoxHWM.pl need some environment variables set. When you login and manually execute the command you are using a interactive shell, when Ansible(or you) execute the comm… --- ## [How to associate hosts to group with the new 'awx' Command Line Interface](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-associate-hosts-to-group-with-the-new-awx-command-line-interface/32325)
**Author:** [@Big\_Daddy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Big_Daddy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-associate-hosts-to-group-with-the-new-awx-command-line-interface/32325 "2020-02-26T20:33:12Z")
‘tower-cli’ is the legacy command line tool for Ansible Tower. ‘tower-cli host’ can associate/disassociate a group to/from a host https://tower-cli.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api\_ref/resources/host.html But now tower-cl… --- ## [How to build Ansible inventory file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-build-ansible-inventory-file/32227)
**Author:** [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-build-ansible-inventory-file/32227 "2020-02-26T20:18:28Z")
Hello, I need to build Ansible inventory files, but somehow got stuck. Typically for a service, there is development, staging and production. Initially, I thought I can create 3 inventory files with those names. Later I… --- ## [Netscaler Ansible question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/netscaler-ansible-question/32336)
**Author:** [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/netscaler-ansible-question/32336 "2020-02-26T20:11:18Z")
Hello, In my Netscaler Ansible module, I encountered a problem with netscaler\_lb\_vserver. I’m trying to use a list of servicebindings to create a single lb vserver with two services, but instead it only creates “test2-s… --- ## [Win\_ping Module | failed to run exec\_wrapper | URGENT](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-ping-module-failed-to-run-exec-wrapper-urgent/32313)
**Author:** [@Piyush\_Bansal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Piyush_Bansal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-ping-module-failed-to-run-exec-wrapper-urgent/32313 "2020-02-26T19:32:51Z")
Hello, I am running win\_ping for windows 2008R2 64bit server from ansible 2.8.2 & python version = 2.7.5. Below are connection parameters: winrm ssl 5986 ignore certificates Admin user Credentials are working fine… --- ## [Running perl script on remote host as applcation user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-perl-script-on-remote-host-as-applcation-user/32334)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-perl-script-on-remote-host-as-applcation-user/32334 "2020-02-26T14:57:26Z")
Could you please state clearly: - Which command did you run, and what actual output did you get from that (copied as plain text - not as images, attachments, or screenshots). - What the relevant tasks/playbooks/code/… --- ## [How can i pass hosts information dynamically from UI and invoke an ansible playbook .](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-pass-hosts-information-dynamically-from-ui-and-invoke-an-ansible-playbook/32333)
**Author:** [@anilkumar\_panditi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anilkumar_panditi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-pass-hosts-information-dynamically-from-ui-and-invoke-an-ansible-playbook/32333 "2020-02-26T14:54:49Z")
Hi, I am trying to pass hosts information dynamically from UI and invoke an ansible playbook which will configure the things on the dynamically passed hosts from UI. Could you please help. --- ## [How can I pass predefined variable to playbook's “- hosts: ”POD\_'+VARIABLE+'\_master\_sn“”](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-pass-predefined-variable-to-playbooks-hosts-pod-variable-master-sn/32331)
**Author:** [@Anton\_Tsurkanu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anton_Tsurkanu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-pass-predefined-variable-to-playbooks-hosts-pod-variable-master-sn/32331 "2020-02-26T09:33:53Z")
I need to read VARIABLE from some pre-defined file, not from the console. I have a file named “all” under group\_vars with predefined variable, the value of which can be changed, let say, from “C” to "D’ depends on what … --- ## [set\_fact undefined variable issue when concat string to itself.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-undefined-variable-issue-when-concat-string-to-itself/32327)
**Author:** [@Shifa\_Shaikh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shifa_Shaikh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-undefined-variable-issue-when-concat-string-to-itself/32327 "2020-02-26T09:21:29Z")
I need to set\_fact variable and contact to itself a list of items as below: \` set\_fact: excludefolders: “{{ excludefolders + ’ -o -name ’ + item | default(‘’) }}” with\_items: “{{ lookup(‘vars’, ‘MY\_’ + Layer).split(… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=220) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=222)