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## [Ansible Ovir Problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ovir-problem/30586)

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**Author:** [@Jibsan\_Joel\_Rosa\_Toi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jibsan_Joel_Rosa_Toi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ovir-problem/30586 "2019-06-18T16:11:39Z")

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Hi every one I have a problem. I’m trying to use Ansible to create Ovirt VMs, but the problem is that The role let me make the Auth, but at the time to create de VM gives me an error: An exception occurred during task e…

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## [Execute module only, if package is installed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-module-only-if-package-is-installed/30594)

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**Author:** [@Denny\_Fuchs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denny_Fuchs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-module-only-if-package-is-installed/30594 "2019-06-18T14:30:11Z")

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hi, I’m pretty new to Ansible (2.8 on Debian Stretch) and we have very simple playbook for upgrading packages, including run rkhunter / puppet / reboot etc. My problem is, that I do not have puppet an all nodes installe…

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## [Cisco ACI l3out module help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-aci-l3out-module-help/30593)

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**Author:** [@sandev\_singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sandev_singh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-aci-l3out-module-help/30593 "2019-06-18T13:40:43Z")

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Hi folks, we are trying to use Ansible to automate/script many of the common ACI tasks. One use case is creating a L3out. There is an ansible module called “aci\_l3out” which helps create the l3out config, BUT it does not…

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## [Ansible tower integration with insight](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-integration-with-insight/30590)

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**Author:** [@Vino\_Thiyagu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vino_Thiyagu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-integration-with-insight/30590 "2019-06-18T09:25:57Z")

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Hello Folks, Do anyone integrated ansible tower with redhat insight recently, I have an issue after scanned the host which is already registered in insight. tower is not synced with insight. tower version - 3.4.3 insi…

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## [usage of carriage return](https://forum.ansible.com/t/usage-of-carriage-return/30588)

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**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/usage-of-carriage-return/30588 "2019-06-18T06:54:12Z")

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Hi Team Can someone explain in detail what “\\r” exactly does in below play? ios\_command: commands: command: ‘copy tftp://{{ tftp\_server\_ip }}/{{ new\_system\_image }} bootflash:’ prompt: ‘Destina…

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## [yum install through proxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-install-through-proxy/30587)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Bidwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Bidwell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-install-through-proxy/30587 "2019-06-18T05:10:13Z")

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Hi all, Is there any way to install an rpm through the yum module and direct that install through a proxy? Thanks! Chris

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## [Shell/Command module troubleshooting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shell-command-module-troubleshooting/26383)

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**Author:** [@Jon\_Langemak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jon_Langemak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shell-command-module-troubleshooting/26383 "2019-06-18T04:21:09Z")

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I suspect this is a common problem - but despite my efforts to troubleshoot and debug this on my own I havent had much luck. I have a shell script that I create through Ansible’s template module which I then wish to run…

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## [Ansible usage of puppet "facter" not working in some hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-usage-of-puppet-facter-not-working-in-some-hosts/30580)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Spear](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Spear)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-usage-of-puppet-facter-not-working-in-some-hosts/30580 "2019-06-17T23:30:13Z")

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Hi all, I have an environment setup where we have puppet applying configuration management, and ansible is used to make approved one-off changes. As part of a playbook, we pull the facter\_installed\_rpms fact into a var…

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## [Need to find out System hardware details for windows machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-find-out-system-hardware-details-for-windows-machine/30576)

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**Author:** [@nandha\_kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nandha_kumar1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-find-out-system-hardware-details-for-windows-machine/30576 "2019-06-17T18:39:32Z")

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Hi Team, Can anyone please tell me,how to find out the system hardware details like CPU,Memory and all for windows machine via ansible Thanks, Nandhakumar

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## [VMware Inventory - hostname contains VM name + UUID](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-inventory-hostname-contains-vm-name-uuid/30565)

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**Author:** [@Sam2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-inventory-hostname-contains-vm-name-uuid/30565 "2019-06-17T14:59:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using AWX vCenter plugin to get list of hosts in vCenter, and I am facing two issues: 1- it takes like 7 hours to complete the Sync 2- The hostname is: VM NAME + UUID and it is not flying for me beca…

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## [\[WARNING\]: flush\_handlers task does not support when conditional](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-flush-handlers-task-does-not-support-when-conditional/30547)

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**Author:** [@Arbab\_Nazar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arbab_Nazar1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-flush-handlers-task-does-not-support-when-conditional/30547 "2019-06-17T14:16:26Z")

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I have really simple role, in which I have these tasks: \`

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## [changed\_when in a loop gets lost](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changed-when-in-a-loop-gets-lost/30574)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_Matz1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Matz1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changed-when-in-a-loop-gets-lost/30574 "2019-06-17T14:12:49Z")

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Anyone know why the changed\_when is not reflected in the output initially? Only in the summary? Here’s the code: name: disk space check debug: msg: “{{ item.mount }} failed check for {{ item.block\_available \* 4/1024…

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## [ansible winrm : the specified credentials were rejected by the server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-winrm-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/23726)

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**Author:** [@Hamdi\_Ben\_Zekri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hamdi_Ben_Zekri)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-winrm-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/23726 "2019-06-17T14:02:59Z")

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Hi, I’m using ansible on centos 7 guest on virtualBox using a bridged network with a windows host they can both ping each other. (windows address: 192.168.1.2, centos7 address: 192.168.1.3) I’m using a basic winrm con…

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## [Win\_copy with become and SMB2 -\> Limit transfer speed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-copy-with-become-and-smb2-limit-transfer-speed/30582)

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**Author:** [@ground7612](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ground7612)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-copy-with-become-and-smb2-limit-transfer-speed/30582 "2019-06-17T12:59:01Z")

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Hey All Quick question with regards to using win\_copy with become and SMB2 protocol (Windows File Server to Windows Targets). QoS is implemented, but not in the whole environment. There is no option currently to limit…

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## [Error when i use shell: ./mon\_script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-when-i-use-shell-mon-script/30562)

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**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-when-i-use-shell-mon-script/30562 "2019-06-17T11:40:28Z")

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Hi, I have one script deployment.sh, when i play this next task, i have one message error : name: “Execut script deployment.sh” shell: ./deployment.sh delegate\_to: localhost The next is message error : failed: \[my…

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## [High CPU when running playbook to disable virtual servers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-when-running-playbook-to-disable-virtual-servers/30577)

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**Author:** [@Sharon\_Day](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sharon_Day)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-when-running-playbook-to-disable-virtual-servers/30577 "2019-06-17T03:43:39Z")

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I recently run an Ansible playbook to disable several virtual servers on the LTM F5. I noticed that when I was running the playbook CPU on the F5 was up to about 97% while the playbook was running and it made the GUI int…

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## [The Ansible module documentation is now available as a RESTful API!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-ansible-module-documentation-is-now-available-as-a-restful-api/30581)

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**Author:** [@Anthony\_Rowlands](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anthony_Rowlands)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-ansible-module-documentation-is-now-available-as-a-restful-api/30581 "2019-06-16T20:06:35Z")

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We needed the complete Ansible module documentation in JSON format, so we wrote some code to parse all of the documentation fields from the Python modules, and served it up as a public API. This data completely free and…

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## [umount: /tmp: target is busy - payload files?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/umount-tmp-target-is-busy-payload-files/30569)

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**Author:** [@Georg\_Grossmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Georg_Grossmann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/umount-tmp-target-is-busy-payload-files/30569 "2019-06-16T17:56:43Z")

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Hi! I am using a playbook \`from github created by Reiner Nippes to setup a nextcloud server. I changed quite some things to be able to run it on OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Before running the playbook, /etc/fstab looks like t…

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## [troubleshooting ansible win problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshooting-ansible-win-problem/30546)

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**Author:** [@william.dossett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/william.dossett)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshooting-ansible-win-problem/30546 "2019-06-15T19:13:45Z")

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Hi, (sorry, this turned out rather long) I had windows updates running using an ansible playbook. I was using domain account, become, runas etc all working pretty well for the last 9 months… Then I upgraded ansible r…

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## [How to Backup/Restore AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-backup-restore-awx/30572)

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**Author:** [@P.Cookson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P.Cookson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-backup-restore-awx/30572 "2019-06-14T13:04:46Z")

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Hi I’ve installed AWX 4.0.0 using the instructions available here: https://github.com/MrMEEE/awx-build/blob/master/installguide.md This uses virtualenv rather than docker. I don’t seem able to identify some clear ins…

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## [how to exclude directories when I use ansible fetch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570)

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**Author:** [@fmontaldo3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fmontaldo3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570 "2019-06-14T13:03:21Z")

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HI folks: I need to extract two files for a windows servers. I made the following playbook:

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## [How to stop|start|restart AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-stop-start-restart-awx/30571)

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**Author:** [@P.Cookson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P.Cookson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-stop-start-restart-awx/30571 "2019-06-14T13:02:25Z")

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Hi I’ve installed AWX 4.0.0 using the instructions available here: https://github.com/MrMEEE/awx-build/blob/master/installguide.md This uses virtualenv rather than docker. I understand that I could restart related se…

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## [Variable registration is getting skipped in zypper module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-registration-is-getting-skipped-in-zypper-module/30567)

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**Author:** [@Bobby\_Hood](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bobby_Hood)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-registration-is-getting-skipped-in-zypper-module/30567 "2019-06-13T23:31:58Z")

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I’m using the zypper and apt modules to update remote hosts. I don’t know if I’m missing something or it’s a bug, but registering a variable in the zypper module is getting skipped. It works fine in the apt module. na…

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## [CSV file formatting using ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/csv-file-formatting-using-ansible/30563)

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**Author:** [@Kethan\_R](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kethan_R)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/csv-file-formatting-using-ansible/30563 "2019-06-13T19:58:41Z")

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Recently i wrote a playbook to pull the data from Loadbalancer server. Output is saving in 1st row of each column. output has : data separated with spaces, Tabs and : I want to apply delimit option only on tabs spaces…

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## [Containerized Ansible SSH-ing to Windows DockerHost](https://forum.ansible.com/t/containerized-ansible-ssh-ing-to-windows-dockerhost/30551)

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**Author:** [@Taylor\_Jackwood](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Taylor_Jackwood)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/containerized-ansible-ssh-ing-to-windows-dockerhost/30551 "2019-06-13T19:26:32Z")

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Afternoon! I am attempting to set up an Ansible Docker container for managing both other containers running in Docker, as well as my host machine (Running Windows 10). Using Ansible 2.8, I’m attempting to get the SSH c…

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## [AWX VMware Inventory Problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30568)

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**Author:** [@Sam2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30568 "2019-06-13T17:51:00Z")

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thanks Scott, Yes I can do that, but I thought it will be much easier for me if I can modify the existing plugin (or the script behind), so the output will be VM name without the UUID. I was hoping many people faced the…

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## [WINDOWS MODULE TO DOWNLOAD PATCHES](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-module-to-download-patches/30559)

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**Author:** [@The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/The_Vandyy_Vines)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-module-to-download-patches/30559 "2019-06-13T17:26:50Z")

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Hello All , I really need help to know that is there any module in ansible to download only the windows patches from WSUS server ? thanks

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## [AWX VMware Inventory Problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30566)

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**Author:** [@Sam2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30566 "2019-06-13T15:55:10Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using AWX vCenter plugin to get list of hosts in vCenter, and I am facing two issues: 1- it takes like 7 hours to complete the Sync 2- The hostname is: VM NAME + UUID and it is not flying for me beca…

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## [include\_vars: Option for preserving existing variables from being overwritten](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-option-for-preserving-existing-variables-from-being-overwritten/27261)

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**Author:** [@patrick.fink](https://forum.ansible.com/u/patrick.fink)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-option-for-preserving-existing-variables-from-being-overwritten/27261 "2019-06-13T15:22:47Z")

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Hi all, in our project we are delivering a set of playbooks and roles to our customer on a regular basis. Our goal here is that the customer should not change our playbooks and roles and that he is able to configure & o…

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## [vars precedence](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-precedence/27823)

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**Author:** [@dead\_gardens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dead_gardens)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-precedence/27823 "2019-06-13T15:08:22Z")

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Hello there! I’m having issues with vars precedence, hope you can help me here. I’m currently using geerlingguy.ansible-role-postgresql as a dependency of my own postgresql role. Is define as a dependency in meta and I…

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