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**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38748 "2024-04-16T14:48:15Z")
ansible-core v2.16.6 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.16.6-py3-none-any.whl - 2251766 … --- ## [New Release: ansible-core v2.16.6](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38747)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38747 "2024-04-16T12:01:21Z")
ansible-core v2.16.6 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.16.6-py3-none-any.whl - 2251766 … --- ## [New Release: ansible-core v2.16.6](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38746)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38746 "2024-04-16T11:31:11Z")
ansible-core v2.16.6 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.16.6-py3-none-any.whl - 2251766 … --- ## [New Release: ansible-core v2.16.6](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38745)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-6/38745 "2024-04-16T11:01:16Z")
ansible-core v2.16.6 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.16.6-py3-none-any.whl - 2251766 … --- ## [Ansible plugin by Pycharm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-plugin-by-pycharm/38744)
**Author:** [@Azadeh\_Amirhosseini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Azadeh_Amirhosseini)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-plugin-by-pycharm/38744 "2024-04-16T09:35:21Z")
Hi All, which ansible pluging do you suggest to be installed in Pycharm? I want to use Pycharm as IDE for developing my playbooks? Is there any facility that you can write your playbook and test it in the same environm… --- ## [Failed to load inventory plugin, skipping google.cloud.gcp\_compute ansible pluggin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743)
**Author:** [@edulargo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edulargo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-load-inventory-plugin-skipping-google-cloud-gcp-compute-ansible-pluggin/38743 "2024-04-11T13:44:23Z")
Hi guys! When i execute a pipeline on my jenkins to run an ansible-playbook command and an inventory yml file with this ansible plugin google.cloud.gcp\_compute i recived this error: \[WARNING\]: Failed to load inventory … --- ## [Check\_mode is not working for vmware\_rest api module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/check-mode-is-not-working-for-vmware-rest-api-module/38064)
**Author:** [@Deepak\_B\_K](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepak_B_K)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/check-mode-is-not-working-for-vmware-rest-api-module/38064 "2024-04-11T06:27:08Z")
We are testing ansible vmware module were we wanted to test in dry run mode the playbooks which has vmware rest modules used and we see the --check or check\_mode = yes is not working its deletes the vm where its except t… --- ## [Get\_url](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url/38742)
**Author:** [@Prady\_A](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Prady_A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url/38742 "2024-04-10T10:12:54Z")
Hi experts I ve been trying get\_url in Aix server but no luck yet… In Linux the below ansible code is working get\_url: dest: /tmp url: https:// username: \<\> password: \<\> But in AIX machine it is giving below erro… --- ## [Release announcement: Ansible community package 10.0.0a1 (Pre-Release)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-10-0-0a1-pre-release/38741)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-10-0-0a1-pre-release/38741 "2024-04-09T15:30:55Z")
Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 10.0.0a1 package pre-release! Ansible 10.0.0a1 depends on ansible-core 2.17.0b1 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast n… --- ## [New Prerelease: ansible-core v2.17.0b1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-prerelease-ansible-core-v2-17-0b1/38740)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-prerelease-ansible-core-v2-17-0b1/38740 "2024-04-08T18:01:18Z")
ansible-core v2.17.0b1 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.17.0b1-py3-none-any.whl - 2191… --- ## [error configuring grub-pc](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-configuring-grub-pc/38606)
**Author:** [@Kathy\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kathy_L)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-configuring-grub-pc/38606 "2024-04-08T11:01:24Z")
I have an ansible playbook running against a Debian 10 VM. At the top of my playbook I have this environment variable: environment: DEBIAN-FRONTEND: noninteractive When I try to install any package, or update all pack… --- ## [cisco.ios.ios\_acls remarks not getting included between aces](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-ios-ios-acls-remarks-not-getting-included-between-aces/38739)
**Author:** [@L\_Jankok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/L_Jankok)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-ios-ios-acls-remarks-not-getting-included-between-aces/38739 "2024-04-06T15:46:30Z")
When using the cisco.ios.ios\_acls module I get the remarks at the end of the standard access-list instead of between the ACL entries. When I render the following: acls: afi: ipv4 acls: name: ACL-EXAMPLE acl\_type:… --- ## [retries/loop for a bunch of tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retries-loop-for-a-bunch-of-tasks/38738)
**Author:** [@Azadeh\_Amirhosseini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Azadeh_Amirhosseini)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retries-loop-for-a-bunch-of-tasks/38738 "2024-04-03T13:20:42Z")
Hi All, how can I implement ‘retries:’ for a bunch of tasks. Unfortunately it does not work with ‘block:’ and i get the error: ‘ERROR! ‘until’ is not a valid attribute for a block’. Any idea or trick to get the result i… --- ## [Allow and skip empty loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/allow-and-skip-empty-loop/38737)
**Author:** [@adriansev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/adriansev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/allow-and-skip-empty-loop/38737 "2024-04-03T12:08:04Z")
Hi! I would like to have an task that would delete groups ONLY if the variable have a content … so i have an delete\_users\_groups.yml: --- ## [ipaddr always compresses IPv6 addresses](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ipaddr-always-compresses-ipv6-addresses/38736)
**Author:** [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ipaddr-always-compresses-ipv6-addresses/38736 "2024-04-02T20:19:07Z")
Hii, I noticed that the ipaddr filter seems to compress IPv6 addresses. For example I feed a list to ipaddr that contains (among other things) uncompressed IPv6 addresses: --- ## [different log\_path per ansible-playbook run?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/different-log-path-per-ansible-playbook-run/38735)
**Author:** [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/different-log-path-per-ansible-playbook-run/38735 "2024-04-02T19:39:24Z")
Hii I am currently logging output of playbook runs by setting in ansbile.cfg: log\_path = ansible.log What would be the simplest way to have one file per playbook run? I tried to use jinja in ansible.cfg but that didn… --- ## [Execute SQL in Oracle with tables that contain the "$" character in the name](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-sql-in-oracle-with-tables-that-contain-the-character-in-the-name/38734)
**Author:** [@Luiz\_Gustavo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luiz_Gustavo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-sql-in-oracle-with-tables-that-contain-the-character-in-the-name/38734 "2024-04-01T10:53:12Z")
Hello experts, I’m testing a playbook and I intend to make a SQL query on an Oracle database. If the query contains the character “$” or is protected “$”, I need them to be treated as protected “$”. I’m using the rege… --- ## [Release announcement: Ansible community package 9.4.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-4-0/38733)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-4-0/38733 "2024-03-27T16:59:05Z")
Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 9.4.0 package! Ansible 9.4.0 depends on ansible-core 2.16.5 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules, pl… --- ## ["Dirty" find printout question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dirty-find-printout-question/38732)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Wanderley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alex_Wanderley)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dirty-find-printout-question/38732 "2024-03-27T15:37:49Z")
Hello, We have a simple/working playbook that looks for log files based on the server’s name and prints the file(s) it could find: vars: log\_files: “/path/to/directory” tasks: name: Collect log files ansible.buil… --- ## [New Release: ansible-core v2.16.5](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-5/38731)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-5/38731 "2024-03-25T17:32:43Z")
ansible-core v2.16.5 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.16.5-py3-none-any.whl - 2251186 … --- ## [New Release: ansible-core v2.15.10](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-15-10/38730)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-15-10/38730 "2024-03-25T17:31:41Z")
ansible-core v2.15.10 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.15.10-py3-none-any.whl - 225039… --- ## [New Release: ansible-core v2.14.15](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-14-15/38729)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-14-15/38729 "2024-03-25T17:01:52Z")
ansible-core v2.14.15 View this release on: GitHub PyPI Changelog See the full changelog for the changes included in this release. Release Artifacts- Built Distribution: ansible\_core-2.14.15-py3-none-any.whl - 221872… --- ## [Remove a dict in a nested dict](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-a-dict-in-a-nested-dict/38728)
**Author:** [@Baptiste\_Doublet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Baptiste_Doublet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-a-dict-in-a-nested-dict/38728 "2024-03-25T16:40:00Z")
Hi, I block on manipuling data with ansible / jinja2 / python filter. I have this yaml structure which is an ansible inventory in yaml all: children: admin\_administration: hosts: admin\_administration1: server\_ip: 127.… --- ## [hostvars vs lookup(vars)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostvars-vs-lookup-vars/38723)
**Author:** [@rjwagner.dba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rjwagner.dba)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostvars-vs-lookup-vars/38723 "2024-03-25T16:07:49Z")
This question is targeted at Matt Martz and Brian Coca (but anyone should feel free to jump in). I recently asked a question about how to access a variable in a task. Matt, you recommended hostvars\[inventory\_hostname\]\[it… --- ## [what is the default for DEFAULT\_GATHER\_TIMEOUT?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-default-for-default-gather-timeout/38727)
**Author:** [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-default-for-default-gather-timeout/38727 "2024-03-25T15:51:59Z")
Hii While upgrading ansible we run into a deprecation warning: \[DEPRECATION WARNING\]: DEFAULT\_GATHER\_TIMEOUT option, the module\_defaults keyword is a more generic version and can apply to all calls to the M(ansible.b… --- ## [running handlers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-handlers/38726)
**Author:** [@mdidomenico](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mdidomenico)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-handlers/38726 "2024-03-23T20:50:54Z")
i’m trying to copy a bunch of ssl ca certs into a directory. this works file with the copy module and if it sees a new one it runs a handler to rehash all the certs in the directory to create \*.0 symlinks to each of the … --- ## [referring file from different repo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/referring-file-from-different-repo/38725)
**Author:** [@thirumalairaja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thirumalairaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/referring-file-from-different-repo/38725 "2024-03-23T18:17:46Z")
Hello guys, below is my playbook, actually i have csv file called subnetsheet in my git repo where i have kept my playbook, in my first task i am reading my yaml file and then based on the value “location\_network” i am … --- ## [Getting past "non-zero return code"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-past-non-zero-return-code/38724)
**Author:** [@dyioulos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dyioulos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-past-non-zero-return-code/38724 "2024-03-21T18:52:06Z")
Good day. I want tp parse root’s history to return the last occurrence of yum update that includes the string “disablerepo”. I would have thought that this would work: --- ## [interpolation of loop variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interpolation-of-loop-variables/38715)
**Author:** [@rjwagner.dba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rjwagner.dba)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interpolation-of-loop-variables/38715 "2024-03-19T11:05:23Z")
Hi all - I recently upgraded to Ansible core 2.15, and started hitting “Conditional is marked as unsafe, and cannot be evaluated.” As discussed at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/porting\_guides/porting\_guide\_9.ht… --- ## [New Prerelease: ansible-core v2.16.5rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-prerelease-ansible-core-v2-16-5rc1/38721)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-prerelease-ansible-core-v2-16-5rc1/38721 "2024-03-18T19:04:19Z")
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