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## [Calling the same role from multiple playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-the-same-role-from-multiple-playbooks/31892)

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**Author:** [@audiolomb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/audiolomb)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-the-same-role-from-multiple-playbooks/31892 "2020-01-07T18:23:43Z")

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Hello All. I am trying to solve the following issue. I have a SSSD role which configures my target machine via a .j2 template which contains a bunch of stuff, including the ldap\_access\_filter parameter. I also hav…

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## [Running shell script using Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-shell-script-using-ansible/31918)

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**Author:** [@Amit\_Kulkarni](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amit_Kulkarni)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-shell-script-using-ansible/31918 "2020-01-07T17:25:29Z")

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Hello All, I need to execute shell script using ansible but need to pass arguments to this script without using -e arguments. Is there anyway if we can read the file kept inside the package and read those variables in …

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## [Ansible and specific switch info.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-specific-switch-info/31922)

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**Author:** [@chr00ted](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chr00ted)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-specific-switch-info/31922 "2020-01-07T15:59:03Z")

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I have the ip’s of all of my switches along with logon info. I’d like to somehow have ansible generate a list of all managed switches containing hostname, model number, and serial number. Is that possible?

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## [RFC: Starting an unofficial "ansible-build" project](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-starting-an-unofficial-ansible-build-project/31924)

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**Author:** [@Stephen\_George](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_George)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-starting-an-unofficial-ansible-build-project/31924 "2020-01-07T15:41:37Z")

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I recently had to solve a problem of deploying ansible-playbook as an executable on developer Vagrant stacks, without installing or relying on an existing Python interpreter. I utilized PyInstaller in order to package a…

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## [git module question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-question/31897)

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**Author:** [@Mauricio\_Tavares](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauricio_Tavares)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-question/31897 "2020-01-07T15:31:59Z")

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What is the equivalent of \[1\] git submodule update --init using the git \[2\] module? Would "update: yes" (the default) as in - git: repo: 'https://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git’ dest: /srv/checkout …

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## [Getting Terminated Message if playbook is executed in Docker](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-terminated-message-if-playbook-is-executed-in-docker/31921)

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**Author:** [@Abhishek\_Inani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhishek_Inani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-terminated-message-if-playbook-is-executed-in-docker/31921 "2020-01-07T08:15:47Z")

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Hi, I am running a playbook with few tasks in Docker After some tasks the playbook is stopped with message as \[Terminated\] While in VMs or bare metal it’s works properly Any idea ? Thanks Abhishek Inani

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## [Ansible error when running for multiple hosts in inventory file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-error-when-running-for-multiple-hosts-in-inventory-file/31908)

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**Author:** [@Yehuda\_Pinhas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yehuda_Pinhas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-error-when-running-for-multiple-hosts-in-inventory-file/31908 "2020-01-07T07:55:30Z")

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Hi guys! Inventory POC\_ENV.yml file: all: children: POC\_ENV: hosts: TEST-NXOS2 TEST-NXOS3 vars: ansible\_ssh\_private\_key\_file: /home/ansible/.ssh/id\_rsa ansible\_ssh\_common\_args: -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o Us…

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## [ansible collections](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collections/31917)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Meyer1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Meyer1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collections/31917 "2020-01-07T07:50:28Z")

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Do I need to treat collections like ansible modules or plugins? Is there somewhere in the ansible.cfg I need to tell ansible where to look?

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## [Are isolated-nodes a tower feature or is this also available in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-isolated-nodes-a-tower-feature-or-is-this-also-available-in-awx/31912)

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**Author:** [@Stefan\_Coussens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stefan_Coussens)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-isolated-nodes-a-tower-feature-or-is-this-also-available-in-awx/31912 "2020-01-07T07:41:33Z")

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https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-tower-feature-spotlight-instance-groups-and-isolated-nodes I’m following this guide to test out isolated nodes (Example use case: multiple VPCs) (bastion host is named deploy) \` \[t…

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## [AWX front end](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-front-end/30742)

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**Author:** [@ahmed\_kim](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ahmed_kim)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-front-end/30742 "2020-01-07T06:40:41Z")

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Hello , i’m working on a porject using AWX and i would like to acess the source code of the page so i can add few buttons , im still new in this domain so any help would be very much apreciated :slight\_smile:

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## [How to handle windows update errors](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-windows-update-errors/30621)

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**Author:** [@Angel\_Rengifo\_Cancin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Angel_Rengifo_Cancin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-windows-update-errors/30621 "2020-01-06T21:34:25Z")

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Hello guys: I’m trying to patch my Windows servers by using an until loop, so Ansible can keep patching and rebooting while needed. This is my code: name: Apply patches win\_updates: category\_names: SecurityUpdates C…

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## [git module vs command module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-vs-command-module/31899)

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**Author:** [@Mauricio\_Tavares](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauricio_Tavares)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-vs-command-module/31899 "2020-01-06T20:24:10Z")

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So I am using the git module to get two packages I am building locally. First one, a library, I download and then run the make module and built it (without installing. I will include the library as is). That works fin…

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## [Random Unreachable Errors](https://forum.ansible.com/t/random-unreachable-errors/31915)

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**Author:** [@DC1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DC1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/random-unreachable-errors/31915 "2020-01-06T18:25:42Z")

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Hello, We are experiencing unreachable errors during test restores. This issue randomly occurs and we can not recreate it when we want to. One day it will work with no issues and then a couple of days later it will erro…

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## [custom inventory script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-inventory-script/31914)

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**Author:** [@Nathanael\_Blanchet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nathanael_Blanchet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-inventory-script/31914 "2020-01-06T17:49:29Z")

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Hi, I successfull run a custom inventory script, but I notice that down hosts are not default disabled in the hosts tab of AWX. While the dynamic inventory generated with the embedded RHV connector disables all down vm…

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## [The TRANSFORM\_INVALID\_GROUP\_CHARS settings Warning after upgrade to 2.8.x](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-transform-invalid-group-chars-settings-warning-after-upgrade-to-2-8-x/31910)

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**Author:** [@Arbab\_Nazar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arbab_Nazar1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-transform-invalid-group-chars-settings-warning-after-upgrade-to-2-8-x/31910 "2020-01-06T15:29:40Z")

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I am using ec2 dynamic inventory to get the ip address of my ec2 instance, it was working fine until 2.7.x but once I have updated to 2.8.x, start getting this Warning: \[DEPRECATION WARNING\]: The TRANSFORM\_INVALID\_GROUP…

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## [ansible +docker](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docker/31476)

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**Author:** [@Sunitha\_Iyer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sunitha_Iyer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docker/31476 "2020-01-06T14:54:39Z")

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I am trying to run a play book from host(ansible VM) to pull an image from docker host, I tried pip install docker still it not working, can you please help. failed to import the required python library (docker sdk for …

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## [podman\_image AWS ECR](https://forum.ansible.com/t/podman-image-aws-ecr/31909)

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**Author:** [@Sudheer\_S1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sudheer_S1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/podman-image-aws-ecr/31909 "2020-01-06T14:03:07Z")

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Hello, I see the documentation for podman\_image: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/podman\_image\_module.html I do not understand how to pull an image from a private AWS ECR repository. Can someone explain…

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## [Dynamically reusable ansible roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamically-reusable-ansible-roles/31907)

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**Author:** [@Irfan\_Pasha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Irfan_Pasha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamically-reusable-ansible-roles/31907 "2020-01-06T12:38:30Z")

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Hi, I was looking at ways to re-use the ansible roles that are already defined in github by someone else. I see the options are running the local command and execute ansible-galaxy with requirements.yml and recently I h…

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## [API Call output via Ansible URI Module Not Getting the Complete Output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-call-output-via-ansible-uri-module-not-getting-the-complete-output/31904)

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**Author:** [@Pradeep\_Antil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pradeep_Antil)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-call-output-via-ansible-uri-module-not-getting-the-complete-output/31904 "2020-01-06T11:24:23Z")

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Hi Team, I have a small playbook which connects to InfoBlox Server and collects useful data via API and then save API commands out to variable and later redirecting variable output to a log file. Issue is that Variable…

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## [Ansible fetch only fetch specific file from directory not entire directory contents](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fetch-only-fetch-specific-file-from-directory-not-entire-directory-contents/31903)

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**Author:** [@Vivek\_Kothawale](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vivek_Kothawale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fetch-only-fetch-specific-file-from-directory-not-entire-directory-contents/31903 "2020-01-06T10:20:31Z")

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Hi Team While working with ansible fetch feature which is one of the best feature I found in ansible, I found that ansible fetch will only pull in the single file form remote machine it can not fetch (pull) entire direc…

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## [Install Microsoft SQL standard using ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-microsoft-sql-standard-using-ansible/31905)

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**Author:** [@Soma\_Ahilan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Soma_Ahilan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-microsoft-sql-standard-using-ansible/31905 "2020-01-06T08:54:13Z")

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Hi Team, I need help with sorting out why my ansible script is not throwing any errors when executed but on the windows server it has failed to completed the installation of the application. The error log with install s…

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## [Marking particular hosts when using linode dynamic inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/marking-particular-hosts-when-using-linode-dynamic-inventory/31902)

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**Author:** [@oloryn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oloryn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/marking-particular-hosts-when-using-linode-dynamic-inventory/31902 "2020-01-06T00:26:02Z")

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I'm just figuring out using Ansible. One of the things I'm trying to figure out is marking particular hosts using the linode dynamic inventory. E.g. I monitor my hosts using Nagios, so most hosts should have the Nag…

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## [HTTP error 401 via URI module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/http-error-401-via-uri-module/31900)

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**Author:** [@Vijay\_Ravindran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vijay_Ravindran)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/http-error-401-via-uri-module/31900 "2020-01-05T21:21:05Z")

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Hello Team I do get http error 401 continously during POST operation of modifying the mgmt ip of unity storage array using URI module’s playbook. Any one can help to share some inputs. Thanks! Vj

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## [Dell EMC Unity/Unisphere with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dell-emc-unity-unisphere-with-ansible/31332)

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**Author:** [@Tanisha\_Mishra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tanisha_Mishra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dell-emc-unity-unisphere-with-ansible/31332 "2020-01-04T08:43:10Z")

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Using the python module https://github.com/jialehuo/ansible-dellemc-unity/blob/master/library/dellemc\_unity.py , below have designed the playbook but am facing Request body errors. PLAYBOOK:

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## [Keeping steps depending on each other while compiling](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keeping-steps-depending-on-each-other-while-compiling/31896)

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**Author:** [@Mauricio\_Tavares](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauricio_Tavares)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keeping-steps-depending-on-each-other-while-compiling/31896 "2020-01-03T21:35:31Z")

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Easy question of the day: so I have a package I want to build from source. To do so I need to run config feeding some custom parameters, which makes me think I cannot then use the make \[1\] module. So I thought on usin…

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## [AWX inventory from PuppetDB](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-inventory-from-puppetdb/31898)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Anderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ryan_Anderson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-inventory-from-puppetdb/31898 "2020-01-03T20:43:11Z")

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Posting this in case it is useful to anyone else. I use puppet + PuppetDB as well as ansible, love them both. PuppetDB is my most authoritative source of truth for \*nix and Windows systems. Just started using AWX and wan…

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## [Error message as  "msg": "Status code was 401 and not \[202\]: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized",](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-message-as-msg-status-code-was-401-and-not-202-http-error-401-unauthorized/31895)

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**Author:** [@Vijay\_Ravindran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vijay_Ravindran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-message-as-msg-status-code-was-401-and-not-202-http-error-401-unauthorized/31895 "2020-01-03T14:52:44Z")

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Hello Team The below error msg keep on coming “msg”: “Status code was 401 and not \[202\]: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized”, as i use URI for enabling a POST operation via REST API Really seeking your help please. Thanks

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## [Unable to run playbook on multiple hosts due to \[Errno -3\] Temporary failure in name resolution"}](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-playbook-on-multiple-hosts-due-to-errno-3-temporary-failure-in-name-resolution/31894)

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**Author:** [@Richard2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-playbook-on-multiple-hosts-due-to-errno-3-temporary-failure-in-name-resolution/31894 "2020-01-03T10:23:02Z")

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I need help to run my playbook on multiple hosts I’m only able to run on a single host using IP address PLAY \[Pre and Post Cisco show Command\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Serial in playbook - missing variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/serial-in-playbook-missing-variable/31893)

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**Author:** [@Dawid\_D](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dawid_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/serial-in-playbook-missing-variable/31893 "2020-01-03T08:29:43Z")

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Hello Community, I have a question related with my ansible playbook. Let me describe an issue: I use hostvars in template like: {% for host in groups\[‘elasticsearch’\] %} {{ hostvars\[host\].ansible\_default\_ipv4.addres…

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## [new tool: Visansible - Visualization of Ansibel-Facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-tool-visansible-visualization-of-ansibel-facts/31832)

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**Author:** [@Oliver\_Dippel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oliver_Dippel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-tool-visansible-visualization-of-ansibel-facts/31832 "2020-01-02T19:18:07Z")

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Hi, hope you like it and it is useful: https://github.com/multigcs/visansible

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