# Archives **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=321 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 322 --- ## [Does Ansible support actions for NETCONF devices?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-actions-for-netconf-devices/29356)
**Author:** [@steveb2488](https://forum.ansible.com/u/steveb2488)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-actions-for-netconf-devices/29356 "2019-01-10T22:22:25Z")
Hi Ansible supports netconf-rpc module allowing RPC operations to NETCONF devices Does Ansible also support actions to NETCONF devices? From RFC 7950: The difference between an action and an rpc is that an action is … --- ## [Looking for presentations on Ansible Overview and Administrative Tasks (\>100 slides). At least PPT format of the Getting Started Video on ansible.com.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-presentations-on-ansible-overview-and-administrative-tasks-100-slides-at-least-ppt-format-of-the-getting-started-video-on-ansible-com/29419)
**Author:** [@Upen\_R](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Upen_R)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-presentations-on-ansible-overview-and-administrative-tasks-100-slides-at-least-ppt-format-of-the-getting-started-video-on-ansible-com/29419 "2019-01-10T19:45:19Z")
Where are the Powerpoint and official image (logo etc) resources to download from ansible.com? Thanks --- ## [service\_facts gathering the wrong status](https://forum.ansible.com/t/service-facts-gathering-the-wrong-status/29418)
**Author:** [@Francis\_Santos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francis_Santos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/service-facts-gathering-the-wrong-status/29418 "2019-01-10T19:07:18Z")
Hi everyone, I have a problem where a task has a condition to run only when the service is “running”. However when I gather the facts, it gathers the wrong status. How do I fix it? I already restart the service but it… --- ## [Running Ansible on a whitelisted system](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansible-on-a-whitelisted-system/29414)
**Author:** [@Sandra\_Carney](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sandra_Carney)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansible-on-a-whitelisted-system/29414 "2019-01-10T18:31:39Z")
All, We are using whitelisting software from McAfee. It is called Solidifier. When enabled, it prevents execution of non-solidified executables. In practical terms, that means that when Ansible creates a temporary pytho… --- ## ['name:' and debug is not printed in ansible-playbook stdout when running role with 'include\_role:'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/name-and-debug-is-not-printed-in-ansible-playbook-stdout-when-running-role-with-include-role/29305)
**Author:** [@andrew.lemin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/andrew.lemin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/name-and-debug-is-not-printed-in-ansible-playbook-stdout-when-running-role-with-include-role/29305 "2019-01-10T14:09:23Z")
Hi, I have created a reusable Ansible Role that is being used like a function() to manage ACLs on Cisco IOS, in such a way that the ACL rules are individually removed and added using sequence numbers (ordering matches t… --- ## [Convert ps elapsed time format for long running processes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/convert-ps-elapsed-time-format-for-long-running-processes/29402)
**Author:** [@Saravanan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saravanan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/convert-ps-elapsed-time-format-for-long-running-processes/29402 "2019-01-10T12:47:09Z")
I'm trying to capture the ps elapsed time format for long running Siteminder process from remote server using Ansible playbook. The output of elapsed time is in the format of \[\[dd-\]hh:\]mm:ss. Need help to convert this ti… --- ## [Need Cloudera Prerequuistes Ansible Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-cloudera-prerequuistes-ansible-playbook/29411)
**Author:** [@ashok\_kumar\_penumudi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ashok_kumar_penumudi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-cloudera-prerequuistes-ansible-playbook/29411 "2019-01-10T07:47:00Z")
Hi, Can anyone please share Ansible Playbooks to install Prerequisites and cloudera Installation. Its Urgent, Thanks InAdvance --- ## [Need Ansible Playbook to install Cloudera Prerequistes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-ansible-playbook-to-install-cloudera-prerequistes/29412)
**Author:** [@ashok\_kumar\_penumudi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ashok_kumar_penumudi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-ansible-playbook-to-install-cloudera-prerequistes/29412 "2019-01-10T07:14:00Z")
Hi, Can anyone please share Ansible Playbooks to install Prerequisites and cloudera Installation. Its Urgent, Thanks InAdvance --- ## [win\_domain\_user and tree traversing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-domain-user-and-tree-traversing/29408)
**Author:** [@John\_Harmon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Harmon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-domain-user-and-tree-traversing/29408 "2019-01-09T23:08:21Z")
I have two AD trees. One is a flat, test system–no frills. Users reside in the default windows container (CN=Users under the DC). The other is our production system, which has users all over the place. I am able to query… --- ## [How to randomize hosts but not repeat the ones that already were selected](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-randomize-hosts-but-not-repeat-the-ones-that-already-were-selected/29403)
**Author:** [@Francis\_Santos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francis_Santos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-randomize-hosts-but-not-repeat-the-ones-that-already-were-selected/29403 "2019-01-09T21:27:39Z")
Hi all, With this script I can randomize any host: --- ## [Isolated nodes workaroud using jump hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/isolated-nodes-workaroud-using-jump-hosts/29391)
**Author:** [@Juan\_A\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juan_A_S)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/isolated-nodes-workaroud-using-jump-hosts/29391 "2019-01-09T20:59:28Z")
Hi all As an alternative to the isolated nodes feature, not available yet, I am trying to implement this with jump hosts, reading this https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/administration/tipsandtricks.html… --- ## [\[file-permissions\] Getting permission denied with become: yes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-permissions-getting-permission-denied-with-become-yes/29410)
**Author:** [@Ajay\_Tripathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ajay_Tripathi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-permissions-getting-permission-denied-with-become-yes/29410 "2019-01-09T18:57:12Z")
Hi, I am getting \[Errno 13\] Permission denied with become: yes and a user that can access the desired file with sudo. The file access permission is 0600 (root:root) and connection: local is set. Example: Consider mac… --- ## [Are groups in host\_vars the same groups as those in inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-groups-in-host-vars-the-same-groups-as-those-in-inventory/29409)
**Author:** [@cyril.stoll1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cyril.stoll1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-groups-in-host-vars-the-same-groups-as-those-in-inventory/29409 "2019-01-09T17:54:58Z")
Hi there The short version: Are the group-names defined in the inventory file the same group-names as in a file below the host\_vars folder or can I define separate groups that have nothing to do with each other? This i… --- ## ['ERROR!' Telnet 'is not a valid attribute to play](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-telnet-is-not-a-valid-attribute-to-play/29394)
**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Nunes\_Pereir](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eduardo_Nunes_Pereir)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-telnet-is-not-a-valid-attribute-to-play/29394 "2019-01-09T14:48:39Z")
Hello Everyone, I use ansible 2.7, I’m trying to use the ‘telnet’ module to connect to Cisco devices with IOS but it has the following error: ‘\*\*ERROR!’ Telnet 'is not a valid attribute to play "\*\*any ideas? --- ## [Normal User can not create Inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/normal-user-can-not-create-inventory/29405)
**Author:** [@shashank\_mishra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shashank_mishra)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/normal-user-can-not-create-inventory/29405 "2019-01-09T13:58:52Z")
Hi, I have allowed my team to use already defined templates in AWX. All the members are logging as LDAP users and upon logging, they get assigned to a specific team. Now, these users can see the Templates, projects, i… --- ## [How to filter string in Ansible using jinja2?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-filter-string-in-ansible-using-jinja2/29339)
**Author:** [@Saravanan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saravanan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-filter-string-in-ansible-using-jinja2/29339 "2019-01-09T12:33:26Z")
Hi Ansible experts, \` { “outcome” =\> “success”, “result” =\> “running” } { “outcome” =\> “success”, “result” =\> 2160063879L } \` Please help to filter the string running and the numeric value 2160063879 from the … --- ## [is it possible to pass tags to tower-cli ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-pass-tags-to-tower-cli/29401)
**Author:** [@shyam.awk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shyam.awk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-pass-tags-to-tower-cli/29401 "2019-01-09T03:09:30Z")
Hi, I’m triggering the Ansible tower job template using tower-cli. Is it possible to use the tags in tower-cli while triggering the template ? like the following. #tower-cli job launch --job-template 123 --tags test1,… --- ## [Best practice to manage artifacts in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practice-to-manage-artifacts-in-ansible/29346)
**Author:** [@Sagar\_Parbhane](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sagar_Parbhane)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practice-to-manage-artifacts-in-ansible/29346 "2019-01-08T23:11:17Z")
Hi All, What is the best practice to manage artifacts like Jars files etc in Ansible and if I want only client approve softwares which are are kept on some location to be installed on my node systems then what is the be… --- ## [Id from multiple machines?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/id-from-multiple-machines/29399)
**Author:** [@eric.dunn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/eric.dunn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/id-from-multiple-machines/29399 "2019-01-08T21:43:40Z")
Hi. I’m attempting to retrieve a specific id from multiple machines with the uri module. The below ansible tasks can achieve the operation on one machine. What is the best way to retrieve the ID from several machines? … --- ## [How to get Ansible Tower to write to a backup folder](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-ansible-tower-to-write-to-a-backup-folder/29400)
**Author:** [@Roger\_Perkin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Roger_Perkin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-ansible-tower-to-write-to-a-backup-folder/29400 "2019-01-08T21:37:12Z")
I have a very simple playbook that is backing up Cisco routers --- ## [Looping through a dictionary](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looping-through-a-dictionary/29392)
**Author:** [@Spiro\_Mitsialis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spiro_Mitsialis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looping-through-a-dictionary/29392 "2019-01-08T21:30:29Z")
Hi, I have a dictionary and I need to set through it to extract data but cannot figure out how to do it. Dictionary looks like: \` \` “int\_output”: { \` \` “interfaces”: \[ { “ipaddress”: “unassigned”, “method”: “N… --- ## [Multipath: what is the meaning of the information contained variable "facter\_multipath\_status" ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multipath-what-is-the-meaning-of-the-information-contained-variable-facter-multipath-status/29396)
**Author:** [@Will\_O](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Will_O)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multipath-what-is-the-meaning-of-the-information-contained-variable-facter-multipath-status/29396 "2019-01-08T20:47:42Z")
When I run “ansible all -m setup”, one of the facts gathered is “facter\_multipath\_status”: “good”. I need to know what is being checked here. Is it just showing the status of multipathd Does it indicate that all p… --- ## [Multipath: what is the meaning of the information contained variable "facter\_multipath\_status" ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multipath-what-is-the-meaning-of-the-information-contained-variable-facter-multipath-status/29397)
**Author:** [@Will\_O](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Will_O)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multipath-what-is-the-meaning-of-the-information-contained-variable-facter-multipath-status/29397 "2019-01-08T20:35:22Z")
When I run “ansible all -m setup”, one of the facts gathered is “facter\_multipath\_status”: “good”. I need to know what is being checked here. Is it just showing the status of multipathd Does it indicate that all p… --- ## [RFC: New Keepass inventory plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-new-keepass-inventory-plugin/29398)
**Author:** [@TJ1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TJ1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-new-keepass-inventory-plugin/29398 "2019-01-08T20:20:19Z")
Hi all, I had a need that could have been solved (for example) if I could use something like a Keepass (kdbx) file as an ansible inventory. I looked around and found some inventory scripts, but they didn't cover edge ca… --- ## [While executing Cloudera prerequistes playbook received below errors please help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/while-executing-cloudera-prerequistes-playbook-received-below-errors-please-help/29389)
**Author:** [@ashok\_kumar\_penumudi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ashok_kumar_penumudi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/while-executing-cloudera-prerequistes-playbook-received-below-errors-please-help/29389 "2019-01-08T16:55:37Z")
sudo ansible-playbook -vvv cloudera-prerequisites.yml ansible-playbook 2.7.5 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = \[u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modu… --- ## [Filtering variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/filtering-variables/29393)
**Author:** [@John\_Harmon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Harmon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/filtering-variables/29393 "2019-01-08T16:32:40Z")
I am using getent to search for user details; however, I only wish for information regarding 3 users. I can’t seem to find a way to get a filter to work. \` debug: var: getent\_passwd.(‘user1’|‘user2’|‘user3’) \` I am… --- ## [Template format error: YAML not well-formed.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-format-error-yaml-not-well-formed/29384)
**Author:** [@Kishore\_Ponniah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kishore_Ponniah)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-format-error-yaml-not-well-formed/29384 "2019-01-08T13:04:11Z")
Hi all, My cloudformation template has exceeded the template body limit more than 51200 bytes and I am trying to upload to s3 and deploy using cross account. I used template\_url parameter in the playbook but giving an e… --- ## [Ansible automation help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-automation-help/29390)
**Author:** [@Shan\_Shrivastav](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shan_Shrivastav)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-automation-help/29390 "2019-01-08T11:25:15Z")
Hi, We are working on cloudera installation using templates. Templates are in JSON format, below is the sample: --- ## [audit asnisble-playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/audit-asnisble-playbook/29388)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_lusenti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sebastian_lusenti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/audit-asnisble-playbook/29388 "2019-01-08T09:32:25Z")
hi, I’m having a security issue problem with Ansible. for policies, I have to know who did what. So, if I want to launch some playbooks and somehow cause trouble in the servers, I must bring back the information who di… --- ## [Inventory conversion from static to ec2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-conversion-from-static-to-ec2/29382)
**Author:** [@Karthick\_Thanigaiman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karthick_Thanigaiman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-conversion-from-static-to-ec2/29382 "2019-01-08T05:08:01Z")
Hi, We currently have our inventory as like below in the on-prem and we would like to convert this to an understandable format for Ec2 instances in the AWS cloud infrastructure. the inventory is being referred using : … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=320) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/31.md?page=322)