# Ansible Developer

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## [Inclusion of collections in Ansible 2.10](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inclusion-of-collections-in-ansible-2-10/33556)

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**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inclusion-of-collections-in-ansible-2-10/33556 "2020-08-05T20:58:02Z")

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Hi, today we posted a summary of all requirements for collections included in Ansible 2.10 into all collection repositories. Below you can find the text. All created issues are also linked from https://github.com/ans…

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## [Set ANSIBLE\_KEEP\_REMOTE\_FILES=1 in module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-ansible-keep-remote-files-1-in-module/33538)

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**Author:** [@Amin\_Vakil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amin_Vakil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-ansible-keep-remote-files-1-in-module/33538 "2020-08-05T15:18:10Z")

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I’m trying to contribute a new action to ansible-collections/community.general (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/700), it shuts down the remote server. As ansible tries to remove temp files …

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## [Ansible cannot ssh to ec2 instance that was dynamically created](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cannot-ssh-to-ec2-instance-that-was-dynamically-created/33540)

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**Author:** [@Des\_Sindatry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Des_Sindatry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cannot-ssh-to-ec2-instance-that-was-dynamically-created/33540 "2020-08-05T01:51:50Z")

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I have a playbook for ansible to create ec2 instance dynamically this works fine. I add them to host group. I want ansible to run a script on the dynamically created ec2 instances. It fails at connection waiting. I am …

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## [revisiting empty option for file module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/revisiting-empty-option-for-file-module/33512)

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**Author:** [@rjwagner.dba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rjwagner.dba)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/revisiting-empty-option-for-file-module/33512 "2020-08-04T15:05:45Z")

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Hey all - a while back, it looks like someone proposed a feature request to add an “empty” option to the file module that would allow one to remove the contents of a directory but leave the directory alone. A PR https://…

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## [Trying to upgrade Windows 10 and install updates with Ansible.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-upgrade-windows-10-and-install-updates-with-ansible/33487)

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**Author:** [@Alan\_Woods](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alan_Woods)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-upgrade-windows-10-and-install-updates-with-ansible/33487 "2020-08-01T08:15:12Z")

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Hello, I am trying to install windows updates with Ansible and for some reason it is not working. This is what I have so far. My PlayBook This is the results after the play runs: Then when I go to the windows 10…

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## [Ansible 2.10.0 alpha 7](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha-7/33532)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha-7/33532 "2020-07-30T23:52:43Z")

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Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha7 is now available on PyPI! Ansible 2.10.0a7 pulls in the ansible-base package (currently at version…

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## [New release: ansible-base 2.10.0rc4](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-base-2-10-0rc4/33531)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-base-2-10-0rc4/33531 "2020-07-30T23:50:05Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of ansible-base 2.10.0rc4 is now available! This is a pre-release version (release-candidate). How to get it

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## [Schedule for the ansible (as opposed to ansible-base) 2.10 release](https://forum.ansible.com/t/schedule-for-the-ansible-as-opposed-to-ansible-base-2-10-release/33527)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/schedule-for-the-ansible-as-opposed-to-ansible-base-2-10-release/33527 "2020-07-30T17:56:13Z")

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Hi all, Ansible-2.10 has been a big change in how we develop Ansible with development split between the ansible-base and ansible packages. Although the development schedule has been known for a long time, we're only f…

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## [Ansible 2.10.0 alpha 6](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha-6/33510)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha-6/33510 "2020-07-28T15:40:59Z")

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Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha6 is now available on PyPI! Ansible 2.10.0a6 pulls in the ansible-base package (currently at version…

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## [Collection module documentation available now on docs.ansible.com for review](https://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-module-documentation-available-now-on-docs-ansible-com-for-review/33504)

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**Author:** [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-module-documentation-available-now-on-docs-ansible-com-for-review/33504 "2020-07-27T17:47:58Z")

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Collection module documentation available now on docs.ansible.com for review After significant months of effort, we have now restored the module-level documentation on docs.ansible.com! This effort required coordination…

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## [Multiple vault password](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-vault-password/33476)

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**Author:** [@Nikhil\_Maheshwari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nikhil_Maheshwari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-vault-password/33476 "2020-07-27T15:40:22Z")

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Can we create multiple password for vault? What is the use of --vault-id?

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## [New release: ansible-base 2.10.0rc3](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-base-2-10-0rc3/33491)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-base-2-10-0rc3/33491 "2020-07-24T23:21:12Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of ansible-base 2.10.0rc3 is now available! This is a pre-release version of ansible-base 2.10. How to get it

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## [Vault](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault/33490)

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**Author:** [@Nikhil\_Maheshwari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nikhil_Maheshwari)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault/33490 "2020-07-24T20:19:18Z")

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Can we create multiple password for vault? What is the use of --vault-id?

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## [Ansible 2.10.0 alpha 4](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha-4/33489)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha-4/33489 "2020-07-24T20:13:00Z")

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Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha4 is now available on PyPI! Ansible 2.10.0a4 pulls in the ansible-base package (currently at version…

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## [New pre-release: ansible-base 2.10.0rc2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-pre-release-ansible-base-2-10-0rc2/33479)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-pre-release-ansible-base-2-10-0rc2/33479 "2020-07-24T04:38:17Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of ansible-base 2.10.0rc2 is now available! This is a PRE-RELEASE release-candidate. The ansible-base package consists of only the Ansible execution engine, rel…

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## [Error Lookup Private Key in Post Request](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-lookup-private-key-in-post-request/33455)

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**Author:** [@Marcos\_Roberto\_de\_Ab](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcos_Roberto_de_Ab)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-lookup-private-key-in-post-request/33455 "2020-07-21T16:04:57Z")

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I have an error in the post with the uri module. I need to create a credential for my Vagrant VM on Jenkins via api. In my tests, I realized that the error is in passing the value of the private key, in this line: pri…

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## [New Ansible release 2.9.11](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-11/33444)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-release-2-9-11/33444 "2020-07-21T01:58:00Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.9.11 is now available! How do you get it?

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## [How to capture unreachable host and authentication failure host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-capture-unreachable-host-and-authentication-failure-host/33440)

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**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-capture-unreachable-host-and-authentication-failure-host/33440 "2020-07-20T18:22:22Z")

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Hi Team, We are running a task against 1000 network devices, We get a few hosts failed and ansible skips those hosts in the next task. We are generating a report in the end , We need to have those unreachable hosts and…

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## [Question regarding aws\_sts\_assumerole](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-aws-sts-assumerole/33411)

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**Author:** [@Des\_Sindatry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Des_Sindatry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-aws-sts-assumerole/33411 "2020-07-20T02:07:22Z")

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Hello, I am using ansible to launch ec2 instances . As part of that using ADFS SAML integration. Playbook

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## [Querying the inventory/hostvars from a plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/querying-the-inventory-hostvars-from-a-plugin/33432)

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**Author:** [@Quentin\_Stafford-Fra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Quentin_Stafford-Fra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/querying-the-inventory-hostvars-from-a-plugin/33432 "2020-07-19T18:29:46Z")

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Hello All - I’m writing a local plugin where I’d like to be able to pass in the name of an Ansible host group and find out particular details about the relevant hosts - basically, I need to access groups and hostvars fr…

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## [Need to force inventory cache usage past timeout](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-force-inventory-cache-usage-past-timeout/33398)

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**Author:** [@opoplawski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/opoplawski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-force-inventory-cache-usage-past-timeout/33398 "2020-07-16T22:52:27Z")

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I’m working on converting the old cobbler inventory script to an inventory plugin. See https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/627 The behavior that I last had with my last version of the inventory…

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## [Question regarding Jira module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-jira-module/33414)

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**Author:** [@Karsten\_Klinger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karsten_Klinger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-regarding-jira-module/33414 "2020-07-16T06:13:04Z")

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Hi folks, I have a customfield in Jira Project which is number type. If I enter the value for the customfield directly in the playbook without quotes, the whole thing works. But when I pass the value through a variable,…

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## [Ansible-2.10.0 alpha3](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha3/33413)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0-alpha3/33413 "2020-07-16T04:52:26Z")

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Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha3 is now available on PyPI! Ansible 2.10.0a3 includes the ansible-base package (currently at version…

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## [Ansible 2.10.0rc1 delayed until next week](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0rc1-delayed-until-next-week/33407)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-10-0rc1-delayed-until-next-week/33407 "2020-07-15T18:45:06Z")

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We’ll be delaying the 2.10.0rc1 release a week to sew up some recently discovered issues around redirected module\_utils. The roadmap page source has been updated to reflect the new date, and will push live to the docs si…

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## [New Ansible releases 2.8.13](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-releases-2-8-13/33399)

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**Author:** [@relrod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/relrod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ansible-releases-2-8-13/33399 "2020-07-14T23:22:54Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.8.13 are now available! How do you get it?

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## [Two sets of arguments/parameters for one module?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/two-sets-of-arguments-parameters-for-one-module/33365)

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**Author:** [@Rory\_G](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rory_G)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/two-sets-of-arguments-parameters-for-one-module/33365 "2020-07-13T19:21:03Z")

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Hi all, I’m new to Ansible and a writing a few python network modules. I was wondering if it is possible to write a module that uses one of two different sets of parameters based on a version parameter. For example, I h…

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## [Ensuring code executes even if user interrupted](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ensuring-code-executes-even-if-user-interrupted/33371)

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**Author:** [@afeller](https://forum.ansible.com/u/afeller)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ensuring-code-executes-even-if-user-interrupted/33371 "2020-07-10T18:30:20Z")

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Ansible’s block/rescue and handlers are mechanisms for flow control, however they don’t guarantee execution whenever the control machine is interrupted. Are there any other hooks that signal handling will perform best at…

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## [Ansible Contributor Survey](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-survey/33370)

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**Author:** [@Carol\_Chen1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Carol_Chen1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-survey/33370 "2020-07-10T15:01:21Z")

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Hi everyone! We had a successful Contributor Summit + Hackathon earlier this week (July 6-8). Thank you for your interest/attendance! Here is a Contributor Survey that we have put together: https://www.surveymonkey…

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## [Set GRUB\_DEFAULT by kernel version](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-grub-default-by-kernel-version/33360)

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**Author:** [@jabb\_degen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jabb_degen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-grub-default-by-kernel-version/33360 "2020-07-09T13:00:59Z")

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Hey guys, I want set the GRUB\_DEFAULT Variable accordingly to a specified kernel version. I’m not quite sure how to do it in an ansible clean way. Pseudo code which explains the desired task (attachments)func (902 Byt…

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## [Ansible - Using the http get method to pull data  SSL Cert data](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-using-the-http-get-method-to-pull-data-ssl-cert-data/33342)

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**Author:** [@FallGuy74](https://forum.ansible.com/u/FallGuy74)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-using-the-http-get-method-to-pull-data-ssl-cert-data/33342 "2020-07-08T18:04:36Z")

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Hi everyone. I've been working on an ansible playbook that retrieves SSL and Certificate data from a load balancer. I've been able to run the playbook with success however, I'm not getting all the expected data. Belo…

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