# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=241 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 242 --- ## [How to bypass a Linux server FID](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-bypass-a-linux-server-fid/31771)
**Author:** [@Deepanjan\_Acharya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepanjan_Acharya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-bypass-a-linux-server-fid/31771 "2019-12-05T16:46:51Z")
I am stuck here in a case , i have couple of clustered App servers running Weblogic on top of them.Servers are Linux RHEL 7 and needs us to run “be fid” to access application locations i,e a functional id. I am not able… --- ## [How can I call list as a conditional for ansible\_hostname](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-call-list-as-a-conditional-for-ansible-hostname/31591)
**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-call-list-as-a-conditional-for-ansible-hostname/31591 "2019-12-05T16:17:53Z")
Hi team, I am calling a list that contains multiple strings, How to put condition in when statement to match list of strings that matches ansible\_hostname below playbook does not work. please help ansible\_net\_hostname… --- ## [Azure inventory import](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-inventory-import/31773)
**Author:** [@Darrin\_Miskiewicz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darrin_Miskiewicz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-inventory-import/31773 "2019-12-05T15:42:28Z")
Hello, Currently I am utilizing alias\_pattern: "{{ config.name | lower }}" in my extra vars for my VMware inventories. I’d like to do the same with my Azure inventory but can’t seem to find any documentation on it. … --- ## [Comprised environment variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/comprised-environment-variables/31770)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Chenier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin_Chenier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/comprised-environment-variables/31770 "2019-12-05T14:42:59Z")
Hi, Is there a way to lock the environment variables like tower\_inventory\_name so they cannot be modified by a prompt on extra variables? Because currently I just put tower\_inventory\_name: “potato” in the prompt and it… --- ## [How much time do you invest in tagging?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-invest-in-tagging/31769)
**Author:** [@Adam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-much-time-do-you-invest-in-tagging/31769 "2019-12-05T14:15:52Z")
I’m curious how much time people invest in using tags on individual tasks. Do you use them to narrow your execution of a playbook down to very specific tasks? I use them extensively for role execution, but I’ve found it’… --- ## [Ansible Tower installation problem - package not found](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-installation-problem-package-not-found/31768)
**Author:** [@Davide\_Scrimieri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Davide_Scrimieri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-installation-problem-package-not-found/31768 "2019-12-05T10:12:01Z")
Hello, I am writing as I have found no other solution online. I am trying to install a tower-setup-bundle (version 3.5.1) as the installation process must happen offline. However whenever I reach the task Install the … --- ## [LDAP mappings and Role/Permissions assigment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-mappings-and-role-permissions-assigment/31761)
**Author:** [@Nik\_Tetteh-Lartey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nik_Tetteh-Lartey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-mappings-and-role-permissions-assigment/31761 "2019-12-05T10:09:49Z")
Hi Team, I have been looking at the LDAP to awx mapping in the ldap settings part of AWX 9.x. I can see how to get crude admin/auditor rights assigned to teams/Orgs and users, for example. But I’m lost to know if it i… --- ## [Task Output import to SQL](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-output-import-to-sql/31763)
**Author:** [@Ansible\_USer2019](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ansible_USer2019)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-output-import-to-sql/31763 "2019-12-05T09:06:43Z")
Hi Group, i want to run several jobs. How can the JSON result stored in a database or something like that to check what happened? I am not using tower or awx. So do i need to pipe the output into a text file and run a… --- ## [New Ansible release 2.9.2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-2/31766)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-2/31766 "2019-12-04T23:49:52Z")
Hi all- we’re happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.9.2 is now available! How do you get it? --- ## [parsing RAW output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-raw-output/31764)
**Author:** [@Ansible\_USer2019](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ansible_USer2019)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parsing-raw-output/31764 "2019-12-04T22:05:17Z")
Hi, how would it be possible to parse the RAW output and save it into variables? Currently i only can get one result string as output. So plan is: -\>parse that string into different variables instead of one and outpu… --- ## [Ansible Tower and Akamai API](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-and-akamai-api/31759)
**Author:** [@Garry\_Taylor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Garry_Taylor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-and-akamai-api/31759 "2019-12-04T15:42:22Z")
Hello, We have been using Ansible Tower to purge website objects in Akamai cache (Akamai is a CDN) for several years, using an Akamai API Akamai no longer provide the API version 2, and have forced customers to use a n… --- ## [Register runs on skipped task](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-runs-on-skipped-task/31760)
**Author:** [@Balazs\_Varga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balazs_Varga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-runs-on-skipped-task/31760 "2019-12-04T15:36:55Z")
Hello Team, Is there any chance to disable the register command when the task was skipped? Thanks Balazs --- ## [winrm delegate\_to on AWX gives 401](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-delegate-to-on-awx-gives-401/31735)
**Author:** [@Robin\_Roevens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robin_Roevens)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-delegate-to-on-awx-gives-401/31735 "2019-12-04T14:13:10Z")
Hi all I try to delegate a few tasks to another server during my playbook run which is executed on a Windows server, and the delegated tasks are also executed on (another) windows server. In AWX I have set up machine c… --- ## [Please publish and share on all your groups this to raise some fund for my kid.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/please-publish-and-share-on-all-your-groups-this-to-raise-some-fund-for-my-kid/31757)
**Author:** [@Anandan\_R](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anandan_R)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/please-publish-and-share-on-all-your-groups-this-to-raise-some-fund-for-my-kid/31757 "2019-12-04T10:13:10Z")
Please donate some thing for my boy’s treatment on the following link: https://milaap.org/stories/help-pramod-anandan-1 Use the following link to share with your contacts to raise funds. https://milaap.org/fundraisers… --- ## [I need help fixing "\[Errno -3\] Temporary failure in name resolution"}](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-need-help-fixing-errno-3-temporary-failure-in-name-resolution/31756)
**Author:** [@Richard2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-need-help-fixing-errno-3-temporary-failure-in-name-resolution/31756 "2019-12-04T04:42:59Z")
ansible@denchpw26:~$ ansible-playbook -i ICSR, -u ansible -k -e ansible\_network\_os=ios test\_playbook.yml SSH password: PLAY \[Pre and Post Cisco show Command\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [fatal: \[xhddcslab02\]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": false, "module\_stderr": "", "module\_stdout": "\\r\\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fatal-xhddcslab02-failed-changed-false-module-stderr-module-stdout-r-n-msg-module-failure-nsee-stdout-stderr-for-the-exact-error-rc-1/31718)
**Author:** [@VADREVU\_RAMADEVI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/VADREVU_RAMADEVI)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fatal-xhddcslab02-failed-changed-false-module-stderr-module-stdout-r-n-msg-module-failure-nsee-stdout-stderr-for-the-exact-error-rc-1/31718 "2019-12-04T02:02:50Z")
While running a shell script which internallly calls python script,giving the module isssue. Python version which installed on the host is Python 2.7.5 can someone help me ho eto get out of this module error --- ## [import\_playbook for a different host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-playbook-for-a-different-host/31730)
**Author:** [@Michael3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-playbook-for-a-different-host/31730 "2019-12-04T01:27:16Z")
Let’s say i have host groups defined in my inventory file as follows: \[group1\] serverA \[group2\] serverB and i have a playbook called existing.yml that has hosts variable defined for host in group1: --- ## [Transible - convert your current cloud state to Ansible playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/transible-convert-your-current-cloud-state-to-ansible-playbooks/31755)
**Author:** [@sshnaidm](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sshnaidm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/transible-convert-your-current-cloud-state-to-ansible-playbooks/31755 "2019-12-02T22:38:09Z")
Hi, all I’d like to present you a new tool I wrote recently, although it’s under heavy development, but it can be already used and can be helpful in some of your DevOps/CloudOps tasks. I’d appreciate any feedback on it. … --- ## [Namespace request for tarantool](https://forum.ansible.com/t/namespace-request-for-tarantool/31753)
**Author:** [@user31](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user31)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/namespace-request-for-tarantool/31753 "2019-12-02T11:35:19Z")
hi, we created this namespace request 7 days ago: https://github.com/ansible/galaxy/issues/2121 but there has been no reply since then we counted very much on the 1-2 day sla on your website feeling very awkward for… --- ## [Install packages from a file where list all of packages that need to install to remote server.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-packages-from-a-file-where-list-all-of-packages-that-need-to-install-to-remote-server/31746)
**Author:** [@Toan\_Huynh\_Van](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Toan_Huynh_Van)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-packages-from-a-file-where-list-all-of-packages-that-need-to-install-to-remote-server/31746 "2019-12-02T10:03:19Z")
Hi all, I would like to install many packages from a file where I collected all of the packages and put them into this file (like a manifest file). But unfortunately, I’m stuck at a shell command “apt-get dselect-upgrad… --- ## [Ansible win\_shell hangs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-win-shell-hangs/31732)
**Author:** [@Bairava\_Surya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bairava_Surya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-win-shell-hangs/31732 "2019-12-02T03:20:56Z")
hi all, when am trying to execute below ansible command or .bat file it juts hangs at below line can anyone help me on this . play 1: name: check rdp on windows win\_shell: ‘mstsc /v:’ args: executable: cmd regist… --- ## [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41263 still issue on version 2.9.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/https-github-com-ansible-ansible-issues-41263-still-issue-on-version-2-9-1/31744)
**Author:** [@claudio\_p](https://forum.ansible.com/u/claudio_p)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/https-github-com-ansible-ansible-issues-41263-still-issue-on-version-2-9-1/31744 "2019-12-01T23:09:53Z")
Running simple shell commands now produces CHANGED instead of SUCCESS. ansible --version ansible 2.9.1 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = \['/home/myuser/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/u… --- ## [win\_timezone change does not survive reboot](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-timezone-change-does-not-survive-reboot/31741)
**Author:** [@dmartin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dmartin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-timezone-change-does-not-survive-reboot/31741 "2019-12-01T20:50:21Z")
My timezone was Pacific Standard Time. I used the win\_timezone module to set it to UTC. I appeared to work. The TZ was UTC. After reboot, the TZ was Pacific Standard Time again. Is this expected? Is there a way to make … --- ## [How Can I Manage/Monitor The SLES12 Firewall With Ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-manage-monitor-the-sles12-firewall-with-ansible/31750)
**Author:** [@Jon\_Adcock](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jon_Adcock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-manage-monitor-the-sles12-firewall-with-ansible/31750 "2019-11-29T19:12:18Z")
We use Ansible to manage/monitor the firewall (iptables & firewalld) on numerous Linux OSes. But I am having trouble setting that up for the firewall on our 10 SLES12 servers (SuSEfirewall2). Can anyone provide some guid… --- ## [overriding built-in inventory collection scripts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/overriding-built-in-inventory-collection-scripts/31751)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Jorgensen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Jorgensen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/overriding-built-in-inventory-collection-scripts/31751 "2019-11-29T18:14:16Z")
Hello, I would like to use some of my own routines to override the built-in inventory collection scripts. For example, the default gather facts for raspberry pi shows debian for OS, and I’d like it to use /proc/device-t… --- ## [awx container can't reach host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-container-cant-reach-host/31749)
**Author:** [@harshal2006](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harshal2006)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-container-cant-reach-host/31749 "2019-11-29T09:47:08Z")
Hi, We are running awx 4.0.0 on linux rhel 7.7. awx containers can’t ping or reach to host on which containers are running. Host machine is a VM. Has anyone encountered this issue? Thanks --- ## [The error was: 'inventory\_dir' is undefined](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-error-was-inventory-dir-is-undefined/31748)
**Author:** [@zhengqisong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/zhengqisong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-error-was-inventory-dir-is-undefined/31748 "2019-11-29T09:14:36Z")
ansible version: 2.7.4systemos : centos7 playbook: name: local init hosts: localhost tasks: name: test debug: msg=“{{ host\_yum\_repos\_file\_path }}” inventory file: \[master\] 192.168.0.1 \[all:vars\] host\_yum\_rep… --- ## [External, anonymous job status/dashboard](https://forum.ansible.com/t/external-anonymous-job-status-dashboard/31747)
**Author:** [@Akram\_El\_Nouby](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akram_El_Nouby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/external-anonymous-job-status-dashboard/31747 "2019-11-29T08:33:18Z")
Hi @all, I am trying to find a way to monitor the awx job runs on an external monitoring web page. What I would like to have is a summary of the latest successful/failed job runs, without having to log in to awx every t… --- ## [AWX -](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx/31745)
**Author:** [@David\_Maple](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Maple)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx/31745 "2019-11-28T14:02:34Z")
You have not defined the variable “host” or set a default value. You could add the host variable to the extra variables field of the template, but in AWX, you usually want the hosts to come from the inventory and limit. … --- ## [AWX - Hosts has an invalid value or undefined](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-hosts-has-an-invalid-value-or-undefined/31743)
**Author:** [@Mithun\_Lal1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mithun_Lal1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-hosts-has-an-invalid-value-or-undefined/31743 "2019-11-28T13:43:01Z")
Hi Team, Could any of you please assist in this scenario? AWX Version: 9.0.1 Error:ERROR! The field ‘hosts’ has an invalid value, which includes an undefined variable. The error was: ‘host’ is undefined Code: [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=240) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=242)