# Ansible Developer

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## [Extreme X440 timeout](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extreme-x440-timeout/34676)

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**Author:** [@Valdinei\_Rodrigues\_d](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Valdinei_Rodrigues_d)\
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**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extreme-x440-timeout/34676 "2021-02-24T15:01:10Z")

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Hi there. I’m trying automate somethings in my network, and i’m struggling with swiches Extremes X440. When I run my ansible code, it works great on X460 and X670 switches, but gives “command timeout triggered” on X440…

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## [API behaviour differs depending upon Python version](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-behaviour-differs-depending-upon-python-version/34672)

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**Author:** [@Ceri\_Williams](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ceri_Williams)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-behaviour-differs-depending-upon-python-version/34672 "2021-02-23T13:32:00Z")

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Hi, I am hoping that someone can explain a difference in behaviour when using the API, where success is achieved when using Python 2 (2.7 tested) and a failure occurs when using Python 3 (3.6 and 3.8 tested). The outco…

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## [requirements.yml failing due to a non existant new line char](https://forum.ansible.com/t/requirements-yml-failing-due-to-a-non-existant-new-line-char/34643)

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**Author:** [@john.westcott.iv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/john.westcott.iv)\
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**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/requirements-yml-failing-due-to-a-non-existant-new-line-char/34643 "2021-02-18T14:30:41Z")

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For issues with Ansible Tower its best to open a support ticket with Red Hat. -John

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## [yml --\> yml file invocation (ansible playbook)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yml-yml-file-invocation-ansible-playbook/34638)

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**Author:** [@Heman\_Malve](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Heman_Malve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yml-yml-file-invocation-ansible-playbook/34638 "2021-02-18T07:05:43Z")

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Team, Requirement is , 1)define main yaml file with - hosts: localhost (its just execution in localhost) and should contain ~10 yaml files which will perform individual activities based upon hosts {remote servers} entr…

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## [Ansible releases delayed due to extreme weather](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-releases-delayed-due-to-extreme-weather/34632)

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**Author:** [@sdoran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sdoran)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-releases-delayed-due-to-extreme-weather/34632 "2021-02-16T15:06:50Z")

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Extreme winter weather has caused power outages across parts of the US. As a result, the next round of Ansible relases has been delayed until further notice while our team focuses on trying to stay warm and safe.

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## [register variable with\_items and failed\_when](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-variable-with-items-and-failed-when/34624)

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**Author:** [@Mukuntha\_rajaa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mukuntha_rajaa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-variable-with-items-and-failed-when/34624 "2021-02-16T14:53:34Z")

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Hello, I am using custom module and looping through items to do “kubectl apply -f”. name: create rbac objects kubectl: manifest: “{{ item }}” state: present with\_fileglob: “{{ CAAS.rbac\_manifests\_directory }}/\*” …

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## [ansilble-lint 5.0.0 released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansilble-lint-5-0-0-released/34602)

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**Author:** [@ssbarnea](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ssbarnea)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansilble-lint-5-0-0-released/34602 "2021-02-10T08:47:43Z")

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Yesterday we released ansible-lint followed by an announce on reddit. For upgrading to the newer version you may want to consult https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-lint/discussions/1150 as this is not the usua…

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## [molecule with ansible 2.10?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-with-ansible-2-10/34482)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Megginson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Megginson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-with-ansible-2-10/34482 "2021-02-10T08:40:59Z")

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Does molecule support ansible 2.10? I figured out that I have to pip install molecule\[docker\] and ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker to get the docker functionality, but molecule still fails: ERROR! coul…

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## [New Ansible release candidates 2.9.18rc1 and 2.8.19rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-candidates-2-9-18rc1-and-2-8-19rc1/34591)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-candidates-2-9-18rc1-and-2-8-19rc1/34591 "2021-02-09T05:58:29Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.9.18rc1 and 2.8.19rc1 are now available! These are release candidates of ansible made available for user testing and testing in CI environments. A…

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## [New release candidate: ansible-base 2.10.6rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-6rc1/34590)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-6rc1/34590 "2021-02-09T05:50:02Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of ansible-base 2.10.6rc1 is now available! This is a release candidate of ansible-base made available for user testing and testing in CI environments. A full …

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## [Problems with centos8 docker image with ansible-test](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-centos8-docker-image-with-ansible-test/34578)

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**Author:** [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-centos8-docker-image-with-ansible-test/34578 "2021-02-05T17:22:49Z")

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The tests seem to be installing python2, causing the test environment to be modified. Per the error message: ERROR: Test target “lookup\_mongodb” has changed the test environment! If these changes are necessary, they m…

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## [create folder with an incremental suffix automatically if folder already exist](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-folder-with-an-incremental-suffix-automatically-if-folder-already-exist/34573)

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**Author:** [@rohit\_ragunath](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rohit_ragunath)\
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**Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-folder-with-an-incremental-suffix-automatically-if-folder-already-exist/34573 "2021-02-05T05:55:30Z")

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Hi Team, I came across a scenario, when a folder should be created with a suffix appended in incremental order. For example: if the Directory /Sample/Test dir already exist and if the path is /Sample/Test, then a direc…

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## [Can I submit a module with a dependent python module?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-submit-a-module-with-a-dependent-python-module/34569)

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**Author:** [@Tyler\_Gates](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tyler_Gates)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-submit-a-module-with-a-dependent-python-module/34569 "2021-02-04T15:37:58Z")

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For my company’s purposes, it makes most sense to write a separate python module for CA Spectrum where I can leverage it in other scripts and then also have my ansible module import that. If I were to submit this new mo…

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## [inheriting from other modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inheriting-from-other-modules/34491)

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**Author:** [@jszigetvari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jszigetvari)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inheriting-from-other-modules/34491 "2021-02-01T06:31:20Z")

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Hi, In a POC project I would need to create a new Ansible module that would need to work just like the command module, with the only difference being that it would need to prepend a command to the command line passed to…

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## [\#73326 A Catalog.yml file to encompass a grouping(s) of Collections of Namespaces](https://forum.ansible.com/t/73326-a-catalog-yml-file-to-encompass-a-grouping-s-of-collections-of-namespaces/34518)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Herzog](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Herzog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/73326-a-catalog-yml-file-to-encompass-a-grouping-s-of-collections-of-namespaces/34518 "2021-01-27T05:43:15Z")

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https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73326 I would like to continue the discussion of this feature request. I feel like this is a great feature to consolidate and manage your namespaces throughout your domain or mu…

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## [Switch to Disable Powershell Base64 encoding - WinRM/win\_shell](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switch-to-disable-powershell-base64-encoding-winrm-win-shell/34462)

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**Author:** [@rcdlinux](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rcdlinux)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/switch-to-disable-powershell-base64-encoding-winrm-win-shell/34462 "2021-01-24T19:37:54Z")

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Hi Ansible Development Team, About the subject in this message, I would like to ask you if: Do we have some news about “Switch to Disable Powershell Base64 encoding”? or the only method we have now is enabling the scrip…

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## [Python invocation from Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-invocation-from-ansible/34487)

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**Author:** [@Heman\_Malve](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Heman_Malve)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-invocation-from-ansible/34487 "2021-01-21T14:02:41Z")

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Hi Team, One of the file contains list of servers(centralized server) and related to Dev environment . Requirement is that connect each and every server remotely , execute stop command(s )of respective services and do …

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## [New release candidate: ansible 2.9.17rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-2-9-17rc1/34425)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-2-9-17rc1/34425 "2021-01-12T05:08:32Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the Release Candidate Ansible 2.9.17rc1 is now available! How do you get it?

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## [New release candidate: ansible-base 2.10.5rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-5rc1/34424)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-5rc1/34424 "2021-01-12T05:03:34Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the Release Candidate ansible-base 2.10.5rc1 is now available! This is a release candidate that you can use for testing the next available minor release of ansible-base. How to ge…

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## [What are the new features of Ansible 2.9](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-the-new-features-of-ansible-2-9/34286)

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**Author:** [@swamy\_karampuri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/swamy_karampuri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-are-the-new-features-of-ansible-2-9/34286 "2021-01-07T17:43:40Z")

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Hi Team, What are the new features of Ansible 2.9 ? Earlier we have used Ansible 2.3. What are the different features between Ansible 2.3 and 2.9? Provide me the links if you have Thanks, Swamy.

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## [Reg :Regex\_search (or) regex\_findall](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-regex-search-or-regex-findall/34353)

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**Author:** [@Heman\_Malve](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Heman_Malve)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reg-regex-search-or-regex-findall/34353 "2020-12-18T12:36:53Z")

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Hi Team, Currently we are developing script to fetch tomact version & instances information from servers list. 1)Tomcat server path : /users/domains/tomcat/zz0003/zz0003\_app/conf/tomcat.version Would like to extract s…

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## [New release candidate: ansible-base 2.10.4rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-4rc1/34304)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-candidate-ansible-base-2-10-4rc1/34304 "2020-12-08T17:40:43Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the release candidate of ansible-base 2.10.4rc1 is now available! These are release candidates that you can use for testing the next available minor releases of ansible early. How…

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## [New Ansible release candidates 2.9.16rc1 and 2.8.18rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-candidates-2-9-16rc1-and-2-8-18rc1/34303)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-candidates-2-9-16rc1-and-2-8-18rc1/34303 "2020-12-08T17:39:06Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce the release candidates of Ansible 2.9.16rc1 and 2.8.18rc1 are now available! These are release candidates that you can use for testing the next available minor releases of ansible early…

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## [Difference between failed\_when and ignore\_errors](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-between-failed-when-and-ignore-errors/34287)

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**Author:** [@swamy\_karampuri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/swamy_karampuri)\
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**Last updated:** [December 5, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-between-failed-when-and-ignore-errors/34287 "2020-12-05T17:27:12Z")

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Hi Team, What is the difference between below two vars:failed\_when : false and ignore\_errors : true give me the explanation pls. Thanks, Swamy.

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## [Ansible (2.8, 2.9) and ansible-base (2.10) releases postponed one week](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-2-9-and-ansible-base-2-10-releases-postponed-one-week/34255)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-2-9-and-ansible-base-2-10-releases-postponed-one-week/34255 "2020-11-30T09:28:07Z")

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Greetings, In the last release announcement, I stated that the next release of ansible 2.8, ansible 2.9, and ansible-base 2.10 would be today, November 30. However, this week also marks the start of the migration from…

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## [Import to\_uuid filter in a custom module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-to-uuid-filter-in-a-custom-module/34250)

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**Author:** [@Fabio\_Rocha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabio_Rocha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-to-uuid-filter-in-a-custom-module/34250 "2020-11-28T09:41:09Z")

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Hi all. I’m trying to import the to\_uuid() filter function from plugins/filter/core.py to be used in a custom module I’m developing. Looked at Ansible documentation and around other sites but couldn’t find an answer. Do…

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## [ansible\_play\_name not available in playbook vars\_files](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-play-name-not-available-in-playbook-vars-files/33508)

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**Author:** [@Sten\_Aus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sten_Aus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-play-name-not-available-in-playbook-vars-files/33508 "2020-11-26T00:36:32Z")

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Hi all I know I have a custom setup, but I’ve discovered funny thing, not sure if it’s a bug or not, but maybe to see a second thought here. name: webservers hosts: webservers #it’s a group in hosts file vars: my\_c…

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## [Allied Telesis CLI problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/allied-telesis-cli-problems/34229)

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**Author:** [@tsfu\_off](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tsfu_off)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/allied-telesis-cli-problems/34229 "2020-11-23T23:39:44Z")

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Hi! I need to send commands via ssh to Allied Telesis network devices. The problem is that Ansible requires the value of the ansible\_network\_os variable when working with network devices (for example, for cisco it is IO…

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## [RFC: python \>=3.8 for Ansible controller && criteria for including collections in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-python-3-8-for-ansible-controller-criteria-for-including-collections-in-ansible/34217)

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**Author:** [@David\_Moreau\_Simard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Moreau_Simard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-python-3-8-for-ansible-controller-criteria-for-including-collections-in-ansible/34217 "2020-11-20T16:35:05Z")

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Hello ansible-devel o/ I’m part of the community team for the Ansible project and we’d like to reach out for feedback and comments on two important topics: Bumping the required version of python for the Ansible contr…

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## [discussion around hashbehaviour=merge and variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/discussion-around-hashbehaviour-merge-and-variables/34216)

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**Author:** [@Raffaello\_Bertini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raffaello_Bertini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/discussion-around-hashbehaviour-merge-and-variables/34216 "2020-11-20T12:44:16Z")

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Hi, i would like to continue some discussion around this issue reported on GitHub: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72646 I was thinking about in some complex ansible codes (many roles), that variables struc…

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