# Ansible Developer

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## [Maximum stdout\_lines in ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/maximum-stdout-lines-in-ansible/35401)

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**Author:** [@Nimish\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nimish_L)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/maximum-stdout-lines-in-ansible/35401 "2021-07-06T07:26:14Z")

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Hi, Is there any size limit for the stdout\_lines in Ansible?https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/common\_return\_values.html#id15

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## [How to define hosts when you integrate Ansible into external system](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-define-hosts-when-you-integrate-ansible-into-external-system/35453)

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**Author:** [@Sander\_Descamps](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sander_Descamps)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-define-hosts-when-you-integrate-ansible-into-external-system/35453 "2021-07-02T15:57:06Z")

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Hi, I need to integrate Ansible into our automation platform. I’m planning to create an Flask service that uses ansible-runner to run the playbooks. I’m wondering how I should implement the variable set of hosts where m…

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## [Does the find module stores the files by sorting based on modification time?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-the-find-module-stores-the-files-by-sorting-based-on-modification-time/35440)

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**Author:** [@Arun\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arun_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-the-find-module-stores-the-files-by-sorting-based-on-modification-time/35440 "2021-06-30T12:50:25Z")

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Does the find module stores the files by sorting based on modification time?

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## [python api return code. when task fails](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-api-return-code-when-task-fails/35402)

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**Author:** [@Mario\_Garcia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mario_Garcia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-api-return-code-when-task-fails/35402 "2021-06-24T14:10:53Z")

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I am running the python api to develop an inhouse script but the script returns always 0 even if a task failed. how can we capture the task exit code.? the python script always returns 0 even per instance there is a cop…

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## [Handling REST API output with json\_query](https://forum.ansible.com/t/handling-rest-api-output-with-json-query/35393)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Cifelli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Cifelli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/handling-rest-api-output-with-json-query/35393 "2021-06-23T18:16:06Z")

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Seeking assistance with properly parsing returned json data, storing desired string as variable, to then append it in another play that updates a resource. Essentially I am interacting with Cisco ISE APIs to manage/updat…

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## [Help in installing application on windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-in-installing-application-on-windows/35358)

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**Author:** [@Yerigeri1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yerigeri1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-in-installing-application-on-windows/35358 "2021-06-16T16:53:39Z")

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Hi I need to install an application to many windows machines. The issue is it gets installed but not as expected. After analyzing, we figured our that if we need to automate the process we will have to do it using VNC. …

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## [New release candidates: ansible-core 2.11.2rc1, ansible-base 2.10.11rc1, ansible 2.9.23rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-core-2-11-2rc1-ansible-base-2-10-11rc1-ansible-2-9-23rc1/35352)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-core-2-11-2rc1-ansible-base-2-10-11rc1-ansible-2-9-23rc1/35352 "2021-06-15T15:34:23Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce the release candidates of: - ansible-core 2.11.2rc1 - ansible-base 2.10.11rc1 - ansible 2.9.23rc1 These releases fix a templating security issue, CVE-2021-3583, in addition to several …

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## [data modeling - group\_vars and inventory with deeply nested subdirectories - example included](https://forum.ansible.com/t/data-modeling-group-vars-and-inventory-with-deeply-nested-subdirectories-example-included/35316)

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**Author:** [@Joey\_Freeland](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joey_Freeland)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/data-modeling-group-vars-and-inventory-with-deeply-nested-subdirectories-example-included/35316 "2021-06-14T18:11:03Z")

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I’m very new to using ansible; please forgive my ignorance. I need to manage groups of machines that all look identical in their “group.” For various reasons I cannot just use an instance template in my cloud providers …

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## [How to document support for check mode for a module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-document-support-for-check-mode-for-a-module/35317)

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**Author:** [@Andreas\_Maier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Maier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-document-support-for-check-mode-for-a-module/35317 "2021-06-10T07:11:21Z")

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Hi, I am an author of Ansible modules (e.g. https://github.com/zhmcclient/zhmc-ansible-modules) and would like to document whether a module supports check mode. In modules written in Python, the module declares that at…

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## [help with yaml file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-yaml-file/35304)

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**Author:** [@Vinod\_P](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vinod_P)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-yaml-file/35304 "2021-06-09T23:45:24Z")

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Hello All, Need some help with yaml file I am trying to run find command to fetch old IP address from multiple files in /etc directory and replace them with new IP address as follows sudo find /etc -type f -exec sed -…

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## [Fixing architecture-specific gaps in ansible core facts?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-architecture-specific-gaps-in-ansible-core-facts/35284)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_Small](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Small)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-architecture-specific-gaps-in-ansible-core-facts/35284 "2021-06-07T18:56:24Z")

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I’ve previously used Ansible to manage x86 server hardware, so I’m used to having access to hardware make/model etc. info via Ansible facts. I’m currently managing a fleet of hardware which includes several different mo…

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## [Install Ansible Tower](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-ansible-tower/35298)

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**Author:** [@swamy\_karampuri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/swamy_karampuri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-ansible-tower/35298 "2021-06-07T16:14:37Z")

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Hi Team, How to install ansible tower on AIX nodes?2.Can we install ansible tower without subscription? 3.Is there any RPM package to install ansible tower for ansible 2.9. Pls share any related documents. Thanks, …

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## [EXPECT module - navigation menus](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-navigation-menus/35274)

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**Author:** [@Wilber\_H](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wilber_H)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-module-navigation-menus/35274 "2021-06-02T21:11:40Z")

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Hi, Anyone has a sample project or guidance on using the EXPECT ansible module when dealing with a CLI navigation menu that uses arrow keys (up / down / left / right)? Regards, Wilber

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## ["yes" as string (not boolean)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yes-as-string-not-boolean/35242)

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**Author:** [@Wilber\_H](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wilber_H)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yes-as-string-not-boolean/35242 "2021-06-01T01:40:43Z")

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Hi, Ansible keeps casting my “yes” string variable into a boolean. How do I prevent it from doing that? Regards, Wilber H

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## [want to contribute for my educational assignment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-contribute-for-my-educational-assignment/35251)

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**Author:** [@Atiq\_Zaman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Atiq_Zaman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-contribute-for-my-educational-assignment/35251 "2021-05-29T08:36:41Z")

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Hi everyone, I am a student and I want to contribute to Ansible, there is a assignment for contribution to any open source project and i have pic the Ansible. I have gone through the documentation, how to fork, clone an…

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## [URI module cannot use body and src together](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-cannot-use-body-and-src-together/35195)

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**Author:** [@Wilber\_H](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wilber_H)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-cannot-use-body-and-src-together/35195 "2021-05-20T03:20:36Z")

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Hi, URI module cannot use body and src together. Binary file and body parameter cannot be posted. I’ve tried to make this work but can’t find any Ansible documentation stating how to do this using the URI module. I’m …

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## [New release candidates: ansible-core 2.11.1rc1, ansible-base 2.10.10rc1, ansible 2.9.22rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-core-2-11-1rc1-ansible-base-2-10-10rc1-ansible-2-9-22rc1/35183)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-core-2-11-1rc1-ansible-base-2-10-10rc1-ansible-2-9-22rc1/35183 "2021-05-18T00:44:38Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce the following release candidates: - ansible-core 2.11.1rc1 - ansible-base 2.10.10rc1 - ansible 2.9.22rc1 Release candidates are published one week prior to general availability release…

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## [Tags are confusing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tags-are-confusing/35177)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Faine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Faine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tags-are-confusing/35177 "2021-05-17T14:14:13Z")

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My goal is to use a single tag to run specific roles independently but have dependent roles run as well with only the single tag. My roles are in a playbook: playbook.yml roles: role: roleA tags: roleA ← for lack of…

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## [Jinja interpreted values in Play.get\_vars() or Task.get\_vars()](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jinja-interpreted-values-in-play-get-vars-or-task-get-vars/35148)

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**Author:** [@Didier\_BOURRIAUD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Didier_BOURRIAUD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jinja-interpreted-values-in-play-get-vars-or-task-get-vars/35148 "2021-05-11T10:37:25Z")

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Hi, I want to fill a custom dashboard with specifics events raise in a playbook, not all tasks that can be confuse output for functionnal users. To do that, I first developped a role, and include it everytime I want to…

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## [With fileglob throwing error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-fileglob-throwing-error/35142)

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**Author:** [@Lavanya\_Koneru](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lavanya_Koneru)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-fileglob-throwing-error/35142 "2021-05-10T23:16:16Z")

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I am trying to copy files from ansible to remote host with pattern matching Giving wildcard pattern is not working for copy copy: src: “{{ item }}” dest: /ReleaseMigration mode: 0600 with\_fileglob: “/dql\_infashar…

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## [Can Ansible automate ssh configuration on network devices??](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ansible-automate-ssh-configuration-on-network-devices/34600)

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**Author:** [@Mian.M\_Talha\_Iqbal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mian.M_Talha_Iqbal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ansible-automate-ssh-configuration-on-network-devices/34600 "2021-05-10T19:50:58Z")

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I’ve been working with ansible for a little while now and it’s really awesome. We can manage a large number of networking devices with a single machine. But for that we need to establish a manual connection with the de…

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## [Ansible Wordpress Error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wordpress-error/35139)

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**Author:** [@Sameera\_Wijerathna](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sameera_Wijerathna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-wordpress-error/35139 "2021-05-10T06:34:31Z")

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I want to setup WordPress\[enter image description here\]\[1\] using Ansible environment. When i run following YAML files, it gives following error Connection refused Error establishing a database connection wordpressweb.…

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## [Error executing ansible playbook to remote server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-executing-ansible-playbook-to-remote-server/33985)

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**Author:** [@Oscar\_Rojas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oscar_Rojas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-executing-ansible-playbook-to-remote-server/33985 "2021-05-05T18:11:01Z")

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I am trying to run an ansible playbook to a remote server. The container is installed but after a moment I get this message. fatal: \[onlyoffice\]: UNREACHABLE! =\> { “changed”: false, “msg”: “Failed to create temporary …

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## [New release candidates: ansible 2.9.21rc1, ansible-base 2.10.9rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-2-9-21rc1-ansible-base-2-10-9rc1/35071)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-2-9-21rc1-ansible-base-2-10-9rc1/35071 "2021-04-27T19:04:48Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the release candidates of ansible-base 2.10.9rc1 and ansible 2.9.21rc1 are now available! We thank you in advance for testing these release candidates and reporting any bugs you ha…

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## [Ansible playbook to remove a rpm package](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-to-remove-a-rpm-package/35043)

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**Author:** [@Swordfish\_Binary](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Swordfish_Binary)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-to-remove-a-rpm-package/35043 "2021-04-23T18:34:35Z")

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I am trying to remove a rpm package using ansible playbook. I tried to do as shown below but its not working. Any idea how this rpm package can be removed. Note: This rpm package is not present in yum --- - hosts: all …

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## [Extract unique dictionary item from json](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extract-unique-dictionary-item-from-json/35017)

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**Author:** [@janaki\_raman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/janaki_raman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extract-unique-dictionary-item-from-json/35017 "2021-04-20T12:11:35Z")

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Hi All, I am trying create logical volume group and need to get the vg name and device list from the json variable.. i am not sure what is the logic i need to use to get the desired result.. Below is the current output…

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## [Ansible 4.0.0 alpha4 released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-4-0-0-alpha4-released/34994)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-4-0-0-alpha4-released/34994 "2021-04-15T15:15:07Z")

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Hi all, We're happy to announce that the Ansible-4.0.0 alpha4 package is now available! This update is based on the Ansible-core-2.11.x package which is a major update from the Ansible-3 package (Ansible-3 was based …

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## [Need help with contributing to Ansible collections general module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-contributing-to-ansible-collections-general-module/34929)

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**Author:** [@saranyasridharan17](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saranyasridharan17)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-contributing-to-ansible-collections-general-module/34929 "2021-04-09T10:17:43Z")

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Hi , I have a new module developed to get disk information in linux like win\_disk\_facts. I want to contribute it to the collection.general. Can anyone help me with the steps? Is it different from contributing to the Cor…

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## [New release candidate: ansible-core 2.11.0rc2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-core-2-11-0rc2/34926)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-core-2-11-0rc2/34926 "2021-04-06T21:36:03Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that ansible-core 2.11.0 release candidate 2 is now available! This new release candidate fixes a bug which primarily occurred on Python 3.5 and in many cases caused ansible to exit wit…

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## [New release candidates: ansible-core 2.11.0rc1, ansible-base 2.10.8rc1, ansible 2.9.20rc1, ansible 2.8.20rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-core-2-11-0rc1-ansible-base-2-10-8rc1-ansible-2-9-20rc1-ansible-2-8-20rc1/34917)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidates-ansible-core-2-11-0rc1-ansible-base-2-10-8rc1-ansible-2-9-20rc1-ansible-2-8-20rc1/34917 "2021-04-06T04:45:27Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce the following release candidates: \* ansible-core 2.11.0rc1 \* ansible-base 2.10.8rc1 \* ansible 2.9.20rc1 \* ansible 2.8.20rc1 Several notes: \* ansible 2.8.20rc1 and ansible 2.9…

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