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## [Plugin development and distribution](https://forum.ansible.com/t/plugin-development-and-distribution/24610)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_Lomski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexander_Lomski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/plugin-development-and-distribution/24610 "2017-05-31T14:33:33Z")

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I’ve got a question that I cannot find the answer to anywhere. I want to develop an Ansible lookup plugin and deploy it to PyPI, so the users would be able to install it with ‘pip install’. But how will Ansible detect t…

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## [Implicit use of inventory script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/implicit-use-of-inventory-script/24580)

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**Author:** [@olivier2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/olivier2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/implicit-use-of-inventory-script/24580 "2017-05-31T14:11:29Z")

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Hi, I have been experiencing a rather peculiar issue when using an in-house dynamic inventory (output here: https://gist.github.com/oboukili/4bfc95d97fc340e770321201f70dce4c ) in conjunction with static group\_vars files…

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## [Need someone help for this issue .\\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 is not recognized](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-someone-help-for-this-issue-configureremotingforansible-ps1-is-not-recognized/24609)

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**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-someone-help-for-this-issue-configureremotingforansible-ps1-is-not-recognized/24609 "2017-05-31T10:59:00Z")

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Here’s a way you can download it straight from ansible project. On your windows machine, logged in as Adminstrator, start powershell and then run the following command wget https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel…

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## [ERROR: Invalid ini entry: 1 - need more than 1 value to unpack](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-invalid-ini-entry-1-need-more-than-1-value-to-unpack/24607)

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**Author:** [@Juraj\_Papic1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juraj_Papic1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-invalid-ini-entry-1-need-more-than-1-value-to-unpack/24607 "2017-05-31T09:33:26Z")

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Hi all, I have the error in , the command I’m running is " all - inventory -m command - “”" This is the version

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## [Relation between RHEL 7.4 and Ansible ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/relation-between-rhel-7-4-and-ansible/24562)

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**Author:** [@Jean-Yves\_LENHOF](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jean-Yves_LENHOF)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/relation-between-rhel-7-4-and-ansible/24562 "2017-05-31T08:03:03Z")

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Hi, I read a topic about Ansible in the following announcement : https://www.redhat.com/en/about/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-74-beta-now-available But I can’t find a reference about it in the release notes… What it…

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## [Question on Win\_Module for modifying Security Policy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-on-win-module-for-modifying-security-policy/24606)

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**Author:** [@David\_Rose](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Rose)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-on-win-module-for-modifying-security-policy/24606 "2017-05-31T04:32:19Z")

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Hello all! My co-workers harden and configure base images for Windows 2008r2 using an importable .INF file. It has entries such as: \[System Access\] MinimumPasswordAge = 2 MaximumPasswordAge = 30 MinimumPasswordLengt…

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## [Altering dependency role order](https://forum.ansible.com/t/altering-dependency-role-order/24582)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Oakes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ryan_Oakes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/altering-dependency-role-order/24582 "2017-05-31T02:57:13Z")

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I currently have a role(role\_one) that, as specified in its meta/main.yml, list another role dependency (role\_two). dependencies: src: git+https://wwwin-github.com/role\_two.git version: master I would like this depe…

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## [trying to pass variable to hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-pass-variable-to-hosts/24413)

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**Author:** [@madhan0618](https://forum.ansible.com/u/madhan0618)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-pass-variable-to-hosts/24413 "2017-05-31T01:12:46Z")

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I am trying to pass a variables to the hosts in a play name: include vars hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: include\_vars: dir: ‘../group\_vars’ depth: 1 name: debug hosts: localhost connection: loc…

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## [forcing specific handlers to run](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forcing-specific-handlers-to-run/24603)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Weber1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jacob_Weber1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forcing-specific-handlers-to-run/24603 "2017-05-30T21:27:27Z")

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One of the most frequent problems I have with Ansible is that I run a playbook, it fails halfway through, and as a result a bunch of handlers don’t run. If I start the playbook again, the tasks that should have triggered…

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## [Analysing large XML objects](https://forum.ansible.com/t/analysing-large-xml-objects/24593)

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**Author:** [@Pshem\_Kowalczyk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pshem_Kowalczyk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/analysing-large-xml-objects/24593 "2017-05-30T20:39:14Z")

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Hi, I have to analyse relatively large XML objects (Juniper configs). I’d like to check for presence of certain trees, values and attributes. I could write a lookup plugin but that feels like a relatively complicated wa…

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## [Ansible host inventory issues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-inventory-issues/24600)

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**Author:** [@xiao\_yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/xiao_yu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-inventory-issues/24600 "2017-05-30T16:15:26Z")

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Hi, I have this issues when I type this command in terminal; ansible -m ping all 192.168.1.2 | UNREACHABLE! =\> { "changed": false, "msg": "ssl: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.1.2', port=5986): Max retries…

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## [error message](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-message/24571)

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**Author:** [@Daley\_Okuwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daley_Okuwa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-message/24571 "2017-05-30T10:43:14Z")

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hello when i try to run this command ansible all -i hosts -s --sudo -m ping I get this error message 192.168.85.129 | UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “Failed to connect to the host via ssh: Permission den…

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## [Creating Guest machine using template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598)

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**Author:** [@shiva\_jawanjal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shiva_jawanjal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598 "2017-05-30T10:27:58Z")

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I have a VMWare ESXi server with 1 TB datastore. I have added a .ova file for creating VM using templates & wanted to automate the same. My task is as follows:

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## [Cannot have second nic null value.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-have-second-nic-null-value/24597)

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**Author:** [@Norman\_Lamponi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Norman_Lamponi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-have-second-nic-null-value/24597 "2017-05-30T09:33:21Z")

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Hello guys, i have this issue on my playbook using 2 nics, When i give correct value at all 2 nics variable all vorks fine, if i need to deploy vm with only one nic, job fail with following error: fatal: \[localhost\]: FA…

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## [Problem in exuting ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 in windows 7](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-in-exuting-configureremotingforansible-ps1-in-windows-7/16995)

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**Author:** [@youmarva](https://forum.ansible.com/u/youmarva)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-in-exuting-configureremotingforansible-ps1-in-windows-7/16995 "2017-05-30T09:28:15Z")

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I want to exécute in a windows 7 machine to allow connexion with Ansible. In some Machines I have this error when executing ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 (as admin) : PS C:\\Users\\adminsifast\\Documents\\Ansible\> .\\Conf…

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## [New Tower install job fails - on a job ID that is not present](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-tower-install-job-fails-on-a-job-id-that-is-not-present/24595)

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**Author:** [@James\_Reece](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Reece)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-tower-install-job-fails-on-a-job-id-that-is-not-present/24595 "2017-05-30T06:42:46Z")

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We have just installed Tower for the first time and are trying to get up and running with the simplest of projects and playbooks. We are new to Tower, not new to Ansible. Under ‘Projects’ I can start an SCM Update of t…

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## [roles and tasks reusability](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-tasks-reusability/24552)

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**Author:** [@lemaillet.efflam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lemaillet.efflam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-tasks-reusability/24552 "2017-05-30T05:37:55Z")

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Hello everyone, I did not found a elegant way of sharing tasks list between roles. I explain my problem : 1 I have a first role in which i include tasks (IE create\_user.yml) so i put the file in my\_firt\_role/tasks/cre…

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## [file mode](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-mode/24531)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Pollinger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Pollinger)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-mode/24531 "2017-05-30T05:33:16Z")

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Hi folks. Perhaps i´m wrong, but if i set a file mode with: file: path: /usr/lib/rssh/rssh\_chroot\_helper mode: 4755 I would expect something like: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 30728 Nov 8 2014 rssh\_chroot\_helper But i …

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## [escaping text for inclusion in an xml template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/escaping-text-for-inclusion-in-an-xml-template/22972)

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**Author:** [@sebastien.barthelemy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sebastien.barthelemy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/escaping-text-for-inclusion-in-an-xml-template/22972 "2017-05-29T15:47:38Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to use ansible to set up a small team buildfarm with jenkins. This is my first use of ansible. I’m successfully using ansible 2.2’s jenkins\_job module as in: tasks: jenkins\_job: name: feeds conf…

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## [interface ip in OS\_router](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interface-ip-in-os-router/24591)

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**Author:** [@Bhujay\_Bhatta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bhujay_Bhatta)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interface-ip-in-os-router/24591 "2017-05-29T13:17:58Z")

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I want to connect two subnet using a router . Default gateway for these subnets are already used to connect to external router hence i have entered additional routes in the subnet with next hop ip . I want to use these n…

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## [Tool made on Salt, would it be possible to propose an Ansible version](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tool-made-on-salt-would-it-be-possible-to-propose-an-ansible-version/24590)

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**Author:** [@oxedions](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oxedions)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tool-made-on-salt-would-it-be-possible-to-propose-an-ansible-version/24590 "2017-05-29T13:15:45Z")

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Hello Ansible guys, I made a tool base on Salt Stack, another tool like Ansible. This is called Banquise: https://github.com/oxedions/banquise/tree/alpha3/ It is not ready yet, and documentation here is not the lates…

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## [Ansible 2.1.0 - How to avoid dashes error with rendering templates (like my.cnf)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-0-how-to-avoid-dashes-error-with-rendering-templates-like-my-cnf/22362)

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**Author:** [@Cepxio](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cepxio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-0-how-to-avoid-dashes-error-with-rendering-templates-like-my-cnf/22362 "2017-05-29T12:05:22Z")

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Hi all! I am new in Ansible and this Group, so thanks in advance for the patience and help. I’m writing a Playbook Roles for install and setup MySQL RDBMS on Linux (CentOS), and I get an error with the template module …

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## [Staggering unarchive module requests](https://forum.ansible.com/t/staggering-unarchive-module-requests/24589)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_Knights](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Knights)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/staggering-unarchive-module-requests/24589 "2017-05-29T10:33:25Z")

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I have a task that uses the unarchive module to download a source package from a site on the internet. However, I’m getting an HTTP 429 “Too many requests” message when this task runs, as the parallel calls from multiple…

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## [use vars from include\_role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-vars-from-include-role/24578)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Stroder](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Stroder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-vars-from-include-role/24578 "2017-05-29T08:43:25Z")

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HI! I want to use the following task (with ansible ansible-2.3.1.0-0.2.rc2): - name: "Install web2ldap on {{ openldap\_role }}" include\_role: name: web2ldap private: False vars: web\_server: "apache2…

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## [Beginner, want to work on issue #25100](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beginner-want-to-work-on-issue-25100/24588)

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**Author:** [@JS\_Rolon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JS_Rolon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beginner-want-to-work-on-issue-25100/24588 "2017-05-28T19:46:48Z")

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Hi, I’m a recent graduate in Computer Engineering and I’d like to start helping on Ansible development. I’m new to open source in general. I saw issue 25100 on Github’s issue tracker and I believe I could take a stab at…

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## [How to edit a variable in a later variable file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-edit-a-variable-in-a-later-variable-file/24544)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Lininger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Lininger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-edit-a-variable-in-a-later-variable-file/24544 "2017-05-28T17:29:48Z")

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I would like to be able to edit a variable (per host) that was originally defined in a default file. The larger situation is this. We have a large number of servers with a defined set of local accounts. The list of acco…

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## [Error doing ansible ping on VM](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-doing-ansible-ping-on-vm/24587)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_Nian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Nian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-doing-ansible-ping-on-vm/24587 "2017-05-28T15:33:57Z")

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I am running CentOS on my bare-metal installation of esxi 6.5 host . While I am able to do ansible ping to my esxi 6.5 host from my Master Node that’s running Ubuntu, I am unable to do ansible ping my CentOS using ‘ansib…

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## [tagging in vmware modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-in-vmware-modules/24583)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Foreman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robert_Foreman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-in-vmware-modules/24583 "2017-05-26T18:32:11Z")

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I’ve been looking into ways to support tagging in vmware from Ansible. It appears that pyVmomi is never going to be able to support this functionality directly https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/307. This functiona…

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## [unable to sudo su to another user and execute commands](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-sudo-su-to-another-user-and-execute-commands/24529)

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**Author:** [@vish\_man](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vish_man)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-sudo-su-to-another-user-and-execute-commands/24529 "2017-05-26T18:11:11Z")

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Hi, Thanks in advance for helping me. my ladap user on production server is “viman” my sudo su user on production server is “cassdb” I am trying to execute commands as cassdb user like id, ps -ef|grep …, but it give…

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## [Unreachable, msg: Authentication failure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable-msg-authentication-failure/24534)

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**Author:** [@Luvpreet\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luvpreet_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unreachable-msg-authentication-failure/24534 "2017-05-26T18:05:01Z")

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This is my first time, and I am facing this issue. I have used ansible\_ssh\_pass, and ansible\_ssh\_user also. But this message is coming, luvpreet@DHARI-Inspiron-3542:/etc/ansible$ sudo ansible -m ping all vogo-alpha.c…

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