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## [unable to Delete post in GitHub ansible community](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-delete-post-in-github-ansible-community/31383)

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**Author:** [@Bairava\_Surya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bairava_Surya)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-delete-post-in-github-ansible-community/31383 "2019-09-29T07:59:08Z")

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hi team, Due to personal reason i need to delete the post on github ansible community as per below URL please tell me process to delete it soon as am unable to perform any operation on post . url: https://github.com/an…

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## [how to pass a parameter file in cloud module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-pass-a-parameter-file-in-cloud-module/31386)

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**Author:** [@ramesh\_babu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ramesh_babu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-pass-a-parameter-file-in-cloud-module/31386 "2019-09-29T05:43:48Z")

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hello team, how to pass a pass a parameter file in my ansible cloudformation module .

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## [Ansible module debug](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-debug/31385)

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**Author:** [@user115](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user115)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-debug/31385 "2019-09-29T04:40:20Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to debug Ansible modules. I usually do this, for example. (args.json is parameters file) \` python ./ansible/lib/ansible/modules/source\_control/subversion.py ./args.json \` I tried to debug for “yum” …

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## [Directory structure / git / roles / inventory and general questions...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/directory-structure-git-roles-inventory-and-general-questions/31384)

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**Author:** [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/directory-structure-git-roles-inventory-and-general-questions/31384 "2019-09-29T00:38:38Z")

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Wouldn’t the actual task logic be pushed into an ansible module/library. The actual play in the role is so declarative… That’s how I handle a lot of my custom modules for my windows nodes. For any custom activity I writ…

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## [Slack notifications with web-hook behind proxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/slack-notifications-with-web-hook-behind-proxy/31374)

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**Author:** [@Mukul\_Malhotra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mukul_Malhotra)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/slack-notifications-with-web-hook-behind-proxy/31374 "2019-09-28T08:13:13Z")

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Hi, I am trying to setup slack with through ansible but I am getting below error as, Playbook: - name: Send notification message via Slack slack: token: "MYToken/../../ Format" msg: '{{ inventory\_hostname }}…

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## [Can inventory plugin "constructed" create a groups based on ansible\_facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-inventory-plugin-constructed-create-a-groups-based-on-ansible-facts/31047)

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**Author:** [@user89](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user89)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-inventory-plugin-constructed-create-a-groups-based-on-ansible-facts/31047 "2019-09-28T04:50:04Z")

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Hello community! A have plenty of EC2 servers in AWS and want to categorize them based on gathered from ansible\_facts (by module setup), for example have group “CentOS” where ansible\_facts\[‘distribution’\] == ‘CentOS’ an…

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## [Ansible core modules for AWX are moving to a collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-modules-for-awx-are-moving-to-a-collection/31381)

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**Author:** [@AlanCoding](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AlanCoding)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-modules-for-awx-are-moving-to-a-collection/31381 "2019-09-27T20:55:02Z")

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To all interested AWX users, As some of you may know, there are a set of modules inside of Ansible core for controlling Ansible Tower or AWX. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list\_of\_web\_infrastructure\_m…

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## [POST Deletion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/post-deletion/31380)

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**Author:** [@Bairava\_Surya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bairava_Surya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/post-deletion/31380 "2019-09-27T18:05:18Z")

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hi all, i have posted a issue long back in ansible github issues now i want to delete the post due to some important personal reasons can you please tell us proper way to do this as the post is in locked state now am un…

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## [Python module github3 is not working with ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-github3-is-not-working-with-ansible/31379)

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**Author:** [@Rodrigo\_Rapozo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rodrigo_Rapozo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-github3-is-not-working-with-ansible/31379 "2019-09-27T16:08:12Z")

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Hello I’m trying to use the ansible module github\_release that use the python module github3.py. The machine that I need run the playbook don’t have permission to access the internet so I downloaded (pip download github…

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## [Ansible with Azure VM](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-azure-vm/31378)

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**Author:** [@Ishu\_Lovely](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ishu_Lovely)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-azure-vm/31378 "2019-09-27T15:45:52Z")

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Hi folks, Can anybody help me if we can use ansible to get status of azure vm and backup of vm and email if backup failure happens? Regards Avinash

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## [Solve the problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solve-the-problem/31377)

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**Author:** [@ronny\_saavedra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ronny_saavedra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solve-the-problem/31377 "2019-09-27T15:38:35Z")

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Good morning someone who can help me solve this problem. My files are grouped this way: I run my playbook this way: ansible-playbook -e @variables.yml ansible\_newtemplate.yml Then I run the json manually , packer b…

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## [AWX and ansible galaxy dep](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-and-ansible-galaxy-dep/31376)

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**Author:** [@Adrien\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adrien_V)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-and-ansible-galaxy-dep/31376 "2019-09-27T14:38:05Z")

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Hello all, I just discovered awx what a real happiness. I am trying to put together each of my already created playbooks I have a problem with one of my playbooks, the one that uses \` roles: { role: ansistrano.dep…

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## [Failed to install ansible tower on CentOS 7](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-tower-on-centos-7/31375)

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**Author:** [@Rahul2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-tower-on-centos-7/31375 "2019-09-27T14:20:38Z")

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Reposting in AWX project. I’m new to Ansible. I am failed to install ansible tower due to awx-manage migrate. Can some one review and help me? ansible 2.8.4 python 2.7.5 TASK \[awx\_install : Wait for supervisor to st…

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## [Ansible variables for multiple inventories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-variables-for-multiple-inventories/31373)

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**Author:** [@J\_F](https://forum.ansible.com/u/J_F)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-variables-for-multiple-inventories/31373 "2019-09-27T11:03:15Z")

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Hello. I have following host file: \` \[main:children\] group\_1 group\_2 \[group\_1:vars\] testvar=‘testval1’ \[group\_2:vars\] testvar=‘testval2’ \` Running playbook below I am getting value ‘testval1’ group\_2 Could, …

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## [Failed to install ansible tower on CentOS 7](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-tower-on-centos-7/31370)

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**Author:** [@Rahul2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-install-ansible-tower-on-centos-7/31370 "2019-09-27T07:28:17Z")

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I’m new to Ansible. I am failed to install ansible tower due to awx-manage migrate. Can some one review and help me? ansible 2.8.4 python 2.7.5 ansible tower - 3.4.2.-1 ( i tired 3.4 version also, got same issue on t…

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## [Connection via Citrix](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connection-via-citrix/31348)

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**Author:** [@Srinivas\_Naram](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Srinivas_Naram)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connection-via-citrix/31348 "2019-09-27T05:08:07Z")

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Hello Gurus, Few devices in my customer environment can be connected via Citrix. How to connect to devices which are accessible only via Citrix using Ansible ? Thanks

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## [PowerShell foreach loop in AWX?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-foreach-loop-in-awx/31372)

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**Author:** [@Deven\_Suji](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deven_Suji)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-foreach-loop-in-awx/31372 "2019-09-27T04:56:48Z")

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I’ve recently deployed a POC automation platform involving ServiceNow and AWX. I have a use case to automate access to windows servers. The ServiceNow form will be supplying me 10 windows server names at a time. I did …

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## [PowerShell foreach loop in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-foreach-loop-in-awx/31371)

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**Author:** [@Deven\_Suji](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deven_Suji)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-foreach-loop-in-awx/31371 "2019-09-27T04:42:57Z")

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I’ve recently deployed a POC automation platform involving ServiceNow and AWX. I have a use case to automate access to windows servers. The ServiceNow form will be supplying me 10 windows server names at a time. I did …

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## [Hello guys, I'm unable to pass a dynamic inventory script to read a yml file from repo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hello-guys-im-unable-to-pass-a-dynamic-inventory-script-to-read-a-yml-file-from-repo/31369)

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**Author:** [@Bariou\_Alarou](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bariou_Alarou)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hello-guys-im-unable-to-pass-a-dynamic-inventory-script-to-read-a-yml-file-from-repo/31369 "2019-09-26T20:28:05Z")

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I’m able to get the list of my hosts from the yml file when running this command $ /opt/ansible/static/inventory/inventory.py https://github.com/adeyeri88/test.git staging.yml { “\_meta”: { “hostvars”: {} }, “db”: { …

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## [Any ansible module to JBOSS Explode ear file in the target server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-ansible-module-to-jboss-explode-ear-file-in-the-target-server/31367)

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**Author:** [@Mona\_Gopal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mona_Gopal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-ansible-module-to-jboss-explode-ear-file-in-the-target-server/31367 "2019-09-26T13:24:37Z")

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Hi, I have a ear file in my local. And this needs to be exploded on the target machine. Apart from the unarchive module. Is there any JBOSS explode option in Ansible? Thanks in advance, Mona

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## [SLES 15 SP1 SAet to Permissive Mode](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sles-15-sp1-saet-to-permissive-mode/31340)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Mills](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Keith_Mills)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sles-15-sp1-saet-to-permissive-mode/31340 "2019-09-26T12:35:19Z")

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Happy Monday All, I’m working on a task to set SELinux to permissive mode for RHEL/Debian and to set Apparmor to permissive mode for SLES15/12/11. I have my code in place for SELinux but I don’t know what to do for SLES…

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## [os\_server\_volume module - Can not find server to attach volume to](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-volume-module-can-not-find-server-to-attach-volume-to/31365)

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**Author:** [@Maiken\_Pedersen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Maiken_Pedersen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-volume-module-can-not-find-server-to-attach-volume-to/31365 "2019-09-26T09:19:25Z")

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Hi, I am facing a puzzling error. I have earlier used os\_volume and os\_server\_volume modules to create and attach openstack volumes to openstack instances. I have successfully created the volume with the os\_volume mod…

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## [Undefined variable error when passing to include\_task file in loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/undefined-variable-error-when-passing-to-include-task-file-in-loop/31364)

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**Author:** [@Easy\_King](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Easy_King)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/undefined-variable-error-when-passing-to-include-task-file-in-loop/31364 "2019-09-26T07:48:36Z")

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I am dealing with nested loops inorder to build dynamic host using add\_host. Outer Loop: with\_items: “{{ command\_result.stdout\_lines }}” // gets me the list of users Inner Loop: with\_items: “{{ dest\_ip.split(‘,’) }}” …

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## [Ansible apt module question (Repository issues)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-apt-module-question-repository-issues/31351)

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**Author:** [@Tobias\_Klenota](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tobias_Klenota)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-apt-module-question-repository-issues/31351 "2019-09-26T06:36:55Z")

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Hi, i,m getting the “public key is not avaiable” error while using the apt module.(installing zabbix agent) I know i could just add the key, but my question is: Why does this error occure while im using ansible and it…

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## [Ansible's plans regarding Python 2 EOL](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibles-plans-regarding-python-2-eol/31361)

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**Author:** [@afeller](https://forum.ansible.com/u/afeller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansibles-plans-regarding-python-2-eol/31361 "2019-09-25T17:04:04Z")

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We’ve all seen the warnings about Python 2 support ceasing on January 1st, 2020 from various projects including pip for months now. I hoped Ansible blog would have officially and proactively addressed the topic as this m…

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## [Assign and print variable inside a with\_items loop based on condition.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/assign-and-print-variable-inside-a-with-items-loop-based-on-condition/31359)

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**Author:** [@Easy\_King](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Easy_King)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/assign-and-print-variable-inside-a-with-items-loop-based-on-condition/31359 "2019-09-25T17:00:20Z")

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\- debug: msg: "User was {{ item.split('\\t')\[3\] }}" with\_items: "{{ command\_result.stdout\_lines }}" The above give me the below output: “msg”: “User was FrontEnd” “msg”: “User was BackEnd” I now wish to set USER v…

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## [Access inventory file content during connection plugin run](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-inventory-file-content-during-connection-plugin-run/31363)

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**Author:** [@Alexandru\_Obretin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexandru_Obretin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-inventory-file-content-during-connection-plugin-run/31363 "2019-09-25T15:47:19Z")

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Hi, I have developed a httpapi connection plugin for Ansible and whenever I execute a playbook (ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i hosts) I run inside an extra ansible-inventory --list command to read the vars associated …

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## [Loading variables with data from REST](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loading-variables-with-data-from-rest/31354)

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**Author:** [@Paul](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loading-variables-with-data-from-rest/31354 "2019-09-25T15:22:26Z")

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I’d like to leverage systems with an API to provide variables to playbooks running on the controller. Something similar to a dynamic inventory script loading from an external system. For example with a curl command and…

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## [Ansible Fails to Restart Jetty on a remote host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-restart-jetty-on-a-remote-host/31362)

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**Author:** [@Madushan\_Chathuranga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Madushan_Chathuranga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-to-restart-jetty-on-a-remote-host/31362 "2019-09-25T14:29:57Z")

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Hi All, I’m trying to restart jetty using an ansible script bellow is a snippet from my script \`

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## [Primary DNS suffix](https://forum.ansible.com/t/primary-dns-suffix/31360)

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**Author:** [@Barun\_kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Barun_kumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/primary-dns-suffix/31360 "2019-09-25T08:23:16Z")

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Hi Team, I am looking to change primary DNS suffix in windows using ansible module. Please let me know how I can change it. (attachments)

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