# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=253 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 254 --- ## [Vmware Dynamic Inventory Plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-dynamic-inventory-plugin/31417)
**Author:** [@Scott\_MacDonald](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Scott_MacDonald)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-dynamic-inventory-plugin/31417 "2019-10-03T19:49:02Z")
Anybody know if the vmware inventory plugin has any knobs or buttons (i.e. filtering) to increase the performance of inventory lookup? Nothing listed in the docs https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/scenario\_guides/v… --- ## [b64decode returning wrong results in slurp](https://forum.ansible.com/t/b64decode-returning-wrong-results-in-slurp/31405)
**Author:** [@Karim\_Torkmen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karim_Torkmen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/b64decode-returning-wrong-results-in-slurp/31405 "2019-10-03T17:33:41Z")
Hi, I am using the slurp module to retrieve and decode a binary file. However, I am getting wrong output with binary starting with 1F EF BD instead of what I have in a decoded file with other tools: 1F 8B 08 name: Re… --- ## [Access group\_vars from custom module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-group-vars-from-custom-module/31413)
**Author:** [@Alexandru\_Obretin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexandru_Obretin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-group-vars-from-custom-module/31413 "2019-10-03T16:02:24Z")
Hello, I am developing some custom Ansible modules used for configuring network TAPs and they basically rely on a HTTP connection. Therefore, I have designed a httapi plugin module and I want to get the group\_vars infor… --- ## [Firewalld settings dont persist when service restarted.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/firewalld-settings-dont-persist-when-service-restarted/31415)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hill](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_Hill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/firewalld-settings-dont-persist-when-service-restarted/31415 "2019-10-03T15:00:36Z")
I have the following code, which works fine with ansible. However i’ve noticed when i restart my firewall service, my settings appear to not persist. Any idea why? Ansible 2.7 Before service restart (with ansible config… --- ## [Access group\_vars from custom network module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-group-vars-from-custom-network-module/31414)
**Author:** [@Alexandru\_Obretin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexandru_Obretin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-group-vars-from-custom-network-module/31414 "2019-10-03T12:55:28Z")
Hello, I am developing some custom Ansible modules used for configuring network TAPs and they basically rely on a HTTP connection. Therefore, I have designed a httapi plugin module and I want to get the group\_vars infor… --- ## [Zabbix\_maintenance module not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-maintenance-module-not-working/31411)
**Author:** [@Miroslav\_Windhouwer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Miroslav_Windhouwer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-maintenance-module-not-working/31411 "2019-10-03T12:40:31Z")
Hey! I have been trying to use Ansible with the zabbix\_maintenance module but I keep getting an Error. I already used ‘pip install zabbix-api’ Successfully installed zabbix-api-0.5.4. There is only 1 python and pip ver… --- ## [When condition not working in a list](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-condition-not-working-in-a-list/31410)
**Author:** [@Rakesh\_Parida](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rakesh_Parida)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-condition-not-working-in-a-list/31410 "2019-10-03T07:44:58Z")
Hi, I have yaml file as below. I parse the component and version and put the parsed value to a file by creating a list deliveries: releases: latest: tmoAa: file\_name: CXP\_902\_7801\_28.1.0\_20191001-024646.tar md5: f0… --- ## [Ansible error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-error/31409)
**Author:** [@Jhonathan\_Willian\_Pi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jhonathan_Willian_Pi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-error/31409 "2019-10-03T05:57:26Z")
PLAY \[Deploy Signashop\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK \[Gathering Facts\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: \[10.0.1.142\] TASK \[deploy : Iniciando Deploy 'produc… --- ## [Help with psrp in ansible 2.7](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-psrp-in-ansible-2-7/28561)
**Author:** [@Gil\_Shinar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gil_Shinar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-psrp-in-ansible-2-7/28561 "2019-10-01T22:06:40Z")
I have installed ansible 2.7 rc1 because I need a way to install stuff on a windows machine via Linux server as a tunnel. After reading and trial and error, I have realized that it cannot be done using WinRM but only us… --- ## [AWX Ldap direct attribute access](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-ldap-direct-attribute-access/31403)
**Author:** [@dpowell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dpowell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-ldap-direct-attribute-access/31403 "2019-10-01T20:07:37Z")
When I run a ldapsearch for a given user I see their company and department however the only attributes I’m able to see and reference for a user in AWX are below. \` { “first\_name”: “givenName”, “last\_name”: “sn”, “e… --- ## [Module filesystem broken on RHEL8?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-filesystem-broken-on-rhel8/31402)
**Author:** [@William\_Muriithi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/William_Muriithi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-filesystem-broken-on-rhel8/31402 "2019-10-01T17:44:03Z")
Hello, I have tried to run this task on RHEL 8 system and it doesn’t go well. The same task runs fine on RHEL 7. It does looks like this is a bug to me, anyone made a similar observation or can replicate it with ease? … --- ## [Problem with a sh installation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-a-sh-installation/31382)
**Author:** [@Javier\_Esparza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Javier_Esparza)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-a-sh-installation/31382 "2019-10-01T17:35:49Z")
Hello, first i want to say that my english is not good, but i wll to try, i’m new in Ansible too, Y have create my first playbok with instalation of very programas that i need but… here comes the questions. I want to in… --- ## [Launching applications remotely with GUI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/launching-applications-remotely-with-gui/31366)
**Author:** [@Harini\_K](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Harini_K)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/launching-applications-remotely-with-gui/31366 "2019-10-01T12:18:58Z")
Reference to old post with the same problem : https://grokbase.com/p/gg/ansible-project/16442gt7pz/launching-applications-remotely-with-gui I tried with the below options of launching application in GUI mode both throu… --- ## [Become plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-plugin/31399)
**Author:** [@Torrpenn356](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Torrpenn356)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-plugin/31399 "2019-10-01T09:52:45Z")
Hello, I hope, I am posting my question on the right group, if not, please tell me I need to use a dedicated become method and want to know, if it is possible, or, if only the “official” ones are authorized. If it is … --- ## [AIX O/S version detection problems in Ansible 2.8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aix-o-s-version-detection-problems-in-ansible-2-8/31392)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Delin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Delin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aix-o-s-version-detection-problems-in-ansible-2-8/31392 "2019-10-01T07:17:20Z")
Hi, Noticed that a few of our playbooks failed to run on AIX after trying to move from 2.7.10 to 2.8.4 I´ve tracked it down to handling of the ansible\_distribution\_major\_version fact. We include variables in the playb… --- ## [Announcing the AWX CLI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-the-awx-cli/31267)
**Author:** [@rpetrell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rpetrell)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-the-awx-cli/31267 "2019-10-01T00:40:22Z")
Hey everyone, As part of our recent AWX 7.0.0 release, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve released a new official AWX command line interface. We recently started an initiative to come up with an official community-su… --- ## [Issues with ansible file system mount.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-ansible-file-system-mount/31398)
**Author:** [@Karthick\_Thanigaiman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karthick_Thanigaiman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-ansible-file-system-mount/31398 "2019-09-30T23:55:39Z")
Hi, We are having an issue with one of our components where in the file system says not available even though the device is available (via Ansible). The instance is spinned up and via ansible we set the facts like s… --- ## [Tie a token to a template(Ansible)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tie-a-token-to-a-template-ansible/31397)
**Author:** [@innatenew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/innatenew)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tie-a-token-to-a-template-ansible/31397 "2019-09-30T20:42:49Z")
Hello, I have a requirement to call an ANSIBLE Job template endpoint from external application, but would like to restrict the the access of the token to a specific Job template only. My ID has access to many templates… --- ## [Using Ansible from host through bastion to private IP](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-from-host-through-bastion-to-private-ip/31396)
**Author:** [@Josh\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-from-host-through-bastion-to-private-ip/31396 "2019-09-30T19:56:31Z")
Hello everyone! I have been an ansible and AWX user for years and love it!! I have a new project underway. I am running ansible from my mac. I need to connect to a private IP that is in a restricted VPC. I have a basti… --- ## [Administrator password parsing error while using run as](https://forum.ansible.com/t/administrator-password-parsing-error-while-using-run-as/31393)
**Author:** [@Manish\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Manish_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/administrator-password-parsing-error-while-using-run-as/31393 "2019-09-30T17:36:53Z")
Hi All, I am getting error while using below playbook . Any idea how it can be achieved . --- ## [VMWare Convert Guest into Template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-convert-guest-into-template/31394)
**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Rogers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeremy_Rogers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-convert-guest-into-template/31394 "2019-09-30T17:04:52Z")
I know there is a module to deploy a guest from a template, but I’m wanting to go the other direction. Take a guest and convert it into a template. I’m not seeing anything that jumps out at me in the module list. Has any… --- ## [How to deploy apps through ansible using Hostname instead of IP if the System is in DHCP](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-deploy-apps-through-ansible-using-hostname-instead-of-ip-if-the-system-is-in-dhcp/31343)
**Author:** [@Rajendra\_Acharya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rajendra_Acharya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-deploy-apps-through-ansible-using-hostname-instead-of-ip-if-the-system-is-in-dhcp/31343 "2019-09-30T13:26:11Z")
Hi, How can I deploy or install apps through Ansible using the hostname instead of IP, if my host system is in DHCP. --- ## [Problems with junos\_command rpcs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-junos-command-rpcs/31395)
**Author:** [@treyd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/treyd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-junos-command-rpcs/31395 "2019-09-30T13:20:13Z")
Hello, I am having some trouble using the junos\_command with the rpcs option. I am trying to get the configuration from my router in xml format while using the ‘display inheritance’ option (to resolve groups and interfa… --- ## [F5 BIG-IP automation use-case in Public Clouds](https://forum.ansible.com/t/f5-big-ip-automation-use-case-in-public-clouds/25300)
**Author:** [@Payal\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Payal_Singh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/f5-big-ip-automation-use-case-in-public-clouds/25300 "2019-09-30T09:08:22Z")
Hello Ansible Users, I am part of the F5 BIG-IP team working to understand BIG-IP automation requirements using Ansible in Public Clouds (Amazon/Azure/GCP etc). If you are using Ansible for automation BIG-IP in these en… --- ## [how to export dynamic inventory list to some readable format ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-export-dynamic-inventory-list-to-some-readable-format/31391)
**Author:** [@Ajay\_Chitnis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ajay_Chitnis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-export-dynamic-inventory-list-to-some-readable-format/31391 "2019-09-30T08:49:52Z")
I am able to get dynamic inventory in GCP , can i know is there any method to filter ( as hostname and IP only ) and export to some txt format ? thanx Ajax --- ## [ERROR! the role 'dev-sec.ssh-hardening' was not found](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-role-dev-sec-ssh-hardening-was-not-found/31389)
**Author:** [@Z\_M1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z_M1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-the-role-dev-sec-ssh-hardening-was-not-found/31389 "2019-09-30T08:23:36Z")
Hi all, I’m new to AWX, but not new to Ansible. When running a job in AWX it can’t seem to find my roles, even though they exist in /var/lib/awx/projects/\_8\_\_ansible\_internal\_playbooks/roles It keeps trying to look in … --- ## [SAXParseException - AWS module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/saxparseexception-aws-module/31390)
**Author:** [@Bairava\_Surya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bairava_Surya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/saxparseexception-aws-module/31390 "2019-09-30T04:13:43Z")
hi team, please check the detailed issue mentioned in below github url can anyone help me to resolve it as we are facing in our production systems. ansible community github URL: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issue… --- ## [How to edit after a specific line in a text file after searching](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-edit-after-a-specific-line-in-a-text-file-after-searching/31388)
**Author:** [@Derek\_Chan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Derek_Chan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-edit-after-a-specific-line-in-a-text-file-after-searching/31388 "2019-09-30T02:37:04Z")
Hi everyone, I am currently trying to automate the hardening of machines with the use of the audit.pol file from the group policy software. I have managed to automate the parsing of the file into a text file with the hel… --- ## [Ansible Cache Plugin - How do I validate what is actually in memory cache](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cache-plugin-how-do-i-validate-what-is-actually-in-memory-cache/31387)
**Author:** [@Edward\_Perry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edward_Perry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cache-plugin-how-do-i-validate-what-is-actually-in-memory-cache/31387 "2019-09-29T18:55:01Z")
So I have been writing an Elasticsearch Cache Plugin https://github.com/eperry/ansible-plugin-cache-elasticsearch So it is saving very well, and I can validate what I read/write to a file, elasticsearch. But how do I kn… --- ## [Directory structure / git / roles / inventory and general questions...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/directory-structure-git-roles-inventory-and-general-questions/28277)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Drew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lee_Drew)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/directory-structure-git-roles-inventory-and-general-questions/28277 "2019-09-29T15:32:14Z")
I’m aware of the recommended directory structure published on the Ansible website. My questions however are: Do you have a git repo containing ALL of your playbooks? E.G all server related plays? Another repo for all n… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=252) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=254)