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## [Wanting to get a logrotate module into ansible core](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wanting-to-get-a-logrotate-module-into-ansible-core/24138)

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**Author:** [@Giles\_Westwood](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Giles_Westwood)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wanting-to-get-a-logrotate-module-into-ansible-core/24138 "2017-04-05T15:38:59Z")

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Hi Ansible devs, I’m wanting to get this module into ansible core. Which area should I add it into in lib/ansible/modules? https://github.com/gilesw/ansible-logrotate

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## [2.3 Vagrant](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2-3-vagrant/24147)

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**Author:** [@William\_McKenzie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/William_McKenzie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2-3-vagrant/24147 "2017-04-05T12:31:57Z")

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I know 2.3 is not quite released yet. Does anyone know if the pre-release is available with tower as a Vagrant box? Or when will the Vagrant box be updated to use 2.3?

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## [Kerberos in Ansible Tower, pulling my hair out.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-in-ansible-tower-pulling-my-hair-out/24121)

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**Author:** [@William\_McKenzie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/William_McKenzie)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-in-ansible-tower-pulling-my-hair-out/24121 "2017-04-05T12:30:16Z")

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Here’s my setup: Ansible Tower 3.1.1, Basic License, using the vagrant box, with some post provisioning steps to setup krb5 and join the box to my domain. Kerberos configuration is good. I can kinit, klist, etc. etc. f…

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## [Issue understanding variables and with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-understanding-variables-and-with-items/24143)

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**Author:** [@gforster](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gforster)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-understanding-variables-and-with-items/24143 "2017-04-05T10:38:29Z")

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I think my issue is that I’m trying to get with\_items to do too much. But when I use user.uniq instead of with\_items, I’m getting a similar error. I’m really not understanding what approach to take. Thanks, Here is the …

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## [Creating a user and setting password only when getent returns a null value from passwd database.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-user-and-setting-password-only-when-getent-returns-a-null-value-from-passwd-database/24144)

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**Author:** [@michael.lovely25](https://forum.ansible.com/u/michael.lovely25)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-user-and-setting-password-only-when-getent-returns-a-null-value-from-passwd-database/24144 "2017-04-05T10:05:35Z")

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i am trying to get this to work, but its skipping over user creation in this current form when getent returns a null answer

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## [Ask for a new password for every host using --ask-pass](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ask-for-a-new-password-for-every-host-using-ask-pass/23876)

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**Author:** [@Dennis\_Klein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dennis_Klein)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ask-for-a-new-password-for-every-host-using-ask-pass/23876 "2017-04-05T07:27:35Z")

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Hello, i need to add my ssh key first to be able to connect using it. I made a simple playbook for it: hosts: all tasks: name: add admin ssh keys authorized\_key: user=root key={{ ssh\_key\[item\] }} state=present wit…

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## [ERROR! 'ec2\_ami' is not a valid attribute for a Play](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-ec2-ami-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play/24142)

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**Author:** [@Sivabalan\_Nagarajan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sivabalan_Nagarajan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-ec2-ami-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play/24142 "2017-04-04T18:52:04Z")

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This is my playbook and while running I’m getting the error which is in subject line. Can someone know what could be the issue?

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## [HELP please - default 'yes' to all prompt in ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-please-default-yes-to-all-prompt-in-ansible/24140)

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**Author:** [@NouraD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NouraD)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-please-default-yes-to-all-prompt-in-ansible/24140 "2017-04-04T17:56:51Z")

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currently ansible allows only one ‘yes’ to be pushed to any question generated by config script. I cannot run multiple ‘yes’ for the prompts generated . it get stuck after first ‘yes’ this is my task :

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## [Ansible doesnt allows multiple promots at the same time "y\\ny\\n"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-doesnt-allows-multiple-promots-at-the-same-time-y-ny-n/24133)

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**Author:** [@NouraD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NouraD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-doesnt-allows-multiple-promots-at-the-same-time-y-ny-n/24133 "2017-04-04T13:36:18Z")

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Hi , ansible 2.1.4.0 I am trying to use ansible module to execute a sciprt \< custom work flow\> . I have notices that ansible allows me to enter only one prompt ‘y’ from the question generated out of the custom script. …

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## [How does ansible can Guarantee that Server we automated using Ansible is running with valid configuration even after week ??](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-does-ansible-can-guarantee-that-server-we-automated-using-ansible-is-running-with-valid-configuration-even-after-week/24101)

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**Author:** [@sgampawa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sgampawa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-does-ansible-can-guarantee-that-server-we-automated-using-ansible-is-running-with-valid-configuration-even-after-week/24101 "2017-04-04T10:02:29Z")

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Hi Everyone, Now am getting more familiar to Ansible ,Since I am automating my servers using Ansible playbook quit easily.But to be in some more precise manner after adding configuration to remote machine How we can ens…

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## [Most of the windows modules dont work as expected?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/most-of-the-windows-modules-dont-work-as-expected/24135)

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**Author:** [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/most-of-the-windows-modules-dont-work-as-expected/24135 "2017-04-04T09:57:21Z")

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hello, i am using 2.3rc1 and i could see that most of the windows modules has some issues, particularly with IIS

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## [Is this possible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-this-possible/24088)

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**Author:** [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-this-possible/24088 "2017-04-04T09:53:48Z")

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i want to create some reg entries and i want to pull data and value for it from an url…where i can edit those whenever required and when there is a change there , ansible should pick it and enter that in registry…is it p…

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## [Ansible v2.4.0 - Handlers from included roles fail](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-v2-4-0-handlers-from-included-roles-fail/24129)

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**Author:** [@sylvain.gable](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sylvain.gable)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-v2-4-0-handlers-from-included-roles-fail/24129 "2017-04-04T09:34:02Z")

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Hello, I’ve been playing with ansible for a couple of days and ran into some trouble with Ansible v2.4.0 (the “git” version). Following the best practices of the documentation, I use roles and my project has basically …

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## [Problem creating a bridge with the nmcli module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-creating-a-bridge-with-the-nmcli-module/21996)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-creating-a-bridge-with-the-nmcli-module/21996 "2017-04-04T07:01:41Z")

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Hi, Using Ansible 2.1.0.0 I'm trying to create a bridge br0 on a CentOS 7 host to replace its standard eth0 interface (dhcp). The nmcli examples don't cover a bridge so I tried to follow the logic for bonds. The snippet…

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## [URI module has not implemented auth yet? Not yet finished?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-has-not-implemented-auth-yet-not-yet-finished/24134)

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**Author:** [@Joaquin\_Menchaca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joaquin_Menchaca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-has-not-implemented-auth-yet-not-yet-finished/24134 "2017-04-04T03:18:02Z")

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Hello. I cannot get uri module to do authentication management with user: and password: key:value pairs. It seems the underlying command does not have the auth info, so it cannot deal with the 401, so the higher level …

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## [Can't get authentication to work with uri module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-authentication-to-work-with-uri-module/18120)

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**Author:** [@Brenda\_Bell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brenda_Bell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-authentication-to-work-with-uri-module/18120 "2017-04-04T01:51:19Z")

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I can ssh to the server and curl successfully with authentication: \` $ curl --user user:password http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters { “href” : “http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters”, “items” : } \` But when I…

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## [Ansible gave Python\_nodeclient module required error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-gave-python-nodeclient-module-required-error/24100)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-gave-python-nodeclient-module-required-error/24100 "2017-04-03T20:16:55Z")

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Can you show the actual output? That error does not seem to be produced by the Ansible codebase.

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## [using either command or validate on visudo with no stdout is always a fatal result.....](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-either-command-or-validate-on-visudo-with-no-stdout-is-always-a-fatal-result/24131)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_McDonough](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_McDonough)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-either-command-or-validate-on-visudo-with-no-stdout-is-always-a-fatal-result/24131 "2017-04-03T20:06:42Z")

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I’m trying to use either lineinfile or blockinfile to make a change to a sudoers.ansible file then copy this back over the sudoers once its validated as correctly formatted. I can see that the changes go ahead and I can …

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## [Hide file contents when using the copy module.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-file-contents-when-using-the-copy-module/24124)

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**Author:** [@Julius\_Sediolano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julius_Sediolano)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hide-file-contents-when-using-the-copy-module/24124 "2017-04-03T17:51:29Z")

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Hi All, As the subject line says, is there a way to hide/disable the diff on the copy module so it doesn’t expose the contents? \[vagrant@localhost test\]$ ansible-playbook -D file\_copy\_test.yml \[WARNING\]: Host file not…

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## [getting error when trying to use asa\_command playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-use-asa-command-playbook/24118)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Meyer1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Meyer1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-use-asa-command-playbook/24118 "2017-04-03T17:43:16Z")

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When I run my playbook i’m getting the following: ansible-playbook asa-config1-test.yml ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. The error appears to have been in ‘/home/andrew.meyer/playbooks/asa-config1-test.yml’: li…

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## [Ansible 2.2.3 RC1 is available for testing!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-3-rc1-is-available-for-testing/24130)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-3-rc1-is-available-for-testing/24130 "2017-04-03T17:28:16Z")

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We are happy to announce the availability of Ansible 2.2.3 RC1! This RC addresses a couple of bugs (at least one of which was introduced in 2.2.2): Fix ‘ungrouped’ issue with some inventory formats (#23018) Split on n…

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## [How to force EBS volume to detached from EC2? ec2\_vol is not working.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-force-ebs-volume-to-detached-from-ec2-ec2-vol-is-not-working/24128)

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**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Parmar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bhavin_Parmar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-force-ebs-volume-to-detached-from-ec2-ec2-vol-is-not-working/24128 "2017-04-03T15:20:40Z")

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I am trying to detach EBS volume: — # Ansible role to detach EBS Volume - name: Detach AWS EBS Volume ec2\_vol: aws\_access\_key: ‘{{ AwsAccesskey }}’ aws\_secret\_key: ‘{{ AwsSecretkey }}’ region: ‘{{ region }}’ id: ‘…

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## [Ansible Omit filter behavior issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-omit-filter-behavior-issue/24127)

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**Author:** [@Anderson\_Goulart](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anderson_Goulart)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-omit-filter-behavior-issue/24127 "2017-04-03T14:58:30Z")

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Hi, I am trying to build a role which will help us to create new security groups on AWS based on a dictionary. But I have an issue with one to enable the rules parsing caused by a conflict between 2 args that are mutual…

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## [Deploying BigBlueButton using Ansible Server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-bigbluebutton-using-ansible-server/24111)

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**Author:** [@nexio.global](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nexio.global)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-bigbluebutton-using-ansible-server/24111 "2017-04-03T14:05:52Z")

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Hello, I am trying to deploying BigBlueButton using Ansible Server. I made a YML script for that but I stuck in a problem, when the module of installing BigBlueButton ha been started it stuck. It didn’t show any error on…

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## [Yum Module - EL6 Systems Permission denied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-el6-systems-permission-denied/24125)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Urbach](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin_Urbach)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-el6-systems-permission-denied/24125 "2017-04-03T14:03:54Z")

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HI all! I try to install some packages via the Ansible yum Module on CentOS 6 (python --version Python 2.6.6) systems but I getting the following error: I’ve started the Module-Script with root - permission /dev/shm/…

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## [Importing a spreadsheet into Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-a-spreadsheet-into-ansible/24093)

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**Author:** [@darren.smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/darren.smith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-a-spreadsheet-into-ansible/24093 "2017-04-03T14:01:06Z")

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Hi, I am very new to Ansible and rightly or wrongly I am trying to apply my old scripting knowledge to the product which may or may not be the right thing to do! So I was hoping people could steer me in the right directi…

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## [How to get list of attached EBS(s) to EC2? While EC2 was created long back?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-list-of-attached-ebs-s-to-ec2-while-ec2-was-created-long-back/24126)

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**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Parmar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bhavin_Parmar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-list-of-attached-ebs-s-to-ec2-while-ec2-was-created-long-back/24126 "2017-04-03T13:44:52Z")

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Hi All, I have to set delete\_on\_termination (i.e. true or false) for every EBS devices attached to the EC2, while the user will only provide instance ID? How to do this? User will just pass instance ID of earlier creat…

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## [anybody managing ldap users with ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anybody-managing-ldap-users-with-ansible/24122)

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**Author:** [@Spike1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spike1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anybody-managing-ldap-users-with-ansible/24122 "2017-04-02T17:45:06Z")

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Hi, I saw that in 2.3 ldap\_attr and ldap\_entry have been added. Is anybody using these to manage users in ldap? Do these module work and are they stable enough? right now we use a bunch of scripts to create users and th…

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## [how to insert Ansible inventory out put (i.e kernel info) into   database ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-insert-ansible-inventory-out-put-i-e-kernel-info-into-database/24090)

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**Author:** [@F11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/F11)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-insert-ansible-inventory-out-put-i-e-kernel-info-into-database/24090 "2017-04-02T04:34:19Z")

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Hi All, I am very new to Ansible, currently i am trying to evaluate ansible. i know by using ansible inventory command i can get all information about a system, like ( kernel,Os,network,memory) but i wanted to insert …

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## [Ansible 2.3.0 RC3 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/24117)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/24117 "2017-03-31T19:35:40Z")

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We are happy to announce the availability of Ansible 2.3.0 RC3! This RC continues to address a few small bugs we wanted to fix before the final release: Fixed a bug in dealing with leading garbage text when looking fo…

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