# Ansible Developer

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## [Galaxy Maintenance - ACTION REQUIRED](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-maintenance-action-required/26158)

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**Author:** [@chousekn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chousekn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-maintenance-action-required/26158 "2017-11-28T19:52:15Z")

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We will be performing Galaxy database maintenance on December 4, 2017, and if your GitHub username or organization appears on the list below, one or more of your roles may be removed from the Galaxy site. What does this…

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## [Where is the webdocs file?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-is-the-webdocs-file/26137)

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**Author:** [@Jae\_Kim](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jae_Kim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-is-the-webdocs-file/26137 "2017-11-28T10:10:23Z")

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Based on http://python.usyiyi.cn/documents/Ansible/ansible/dev\_guide/developing\_modules\_documenting.html#testing-documentation But where is the webdocs file? Thanks Jae Kim

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## [Unsupported feature - ansible through a Jump Server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unsupported-feature-ansible-through-a-jump-server/26130)

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**Author:** [@Oscar\_Segarra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oscar_Segarra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unsupported-feature-ansible-through-a-jump-server/26130 "2017-11-26T03:06:52Z")

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Hi, I have opened a topic in the ansible project group in order to see if is it possible to get my objective using ansible. The diagram is the following: MyComputer (executes ansible) → SSH user1/password1 connection …

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## [$# in Unix and In Ansible any way to find out The number of arguments supplied to a Ansible Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-unix-and-in-ansible-any-way-to-find-out-the-number-of-arguments-supplied-to-a-ansible-playbook/26129)

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**Author:** [@Saurabh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-unix-and-in-ansible-any-way-to-find-out-the-number-of-arguments-supplied-to-a-ansible-playbook/26129 "2017-11-24T17:48:44Z")

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$# --The number of arguments supplied to a script Example :- ./test.sh 1 2 3 4 → $# = value will be 4 ansible-playbook main.yml -e “Var1=1 Var2= 2Var3=3 Var4=4” How can we get a total number of arguments?

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## [How to use block module with With\_items clause with result.stdout\_lines ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-block-module-with-with-items-clause-with-result-stdout-lines/26127)

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**Author:** [@Saurabh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-block-module-with-with-items-clause-with-result-stdout-lines/26127 "2017-11-24T17:25:36Z")

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## [printing Maven artifiact version in AWS lambda fucntion "version" tab under qualifiers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/printing-maven-artifiact-version-in-aws-lambda-fucntion-version-tab-under-qualifiers/26125)

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**Author:** [@Ambruth\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ambruth_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/printing-maven-artifiact-version-in-aws-lambda-fucntion-version-tab-under-qualifiers/26125 "2017-11-24T11:36:25Z")

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Hi we are trying to achieve the following through ansible playbooks but not be able to succeed, please let us know any solution for the same. problem statement: We wanted to print maven artifact version in AWS lambda f…

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## [register won't read](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-wont-read/26123)

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**Author:** [@Pranay\_Nanda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pranay_Nanda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-wont-read/26123 "2017-11-24T10:18:42Z")

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Hi! I'm new to Ansible. I'm trying to run these plays but I get an error that says AILED! =\> {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'stderr'\\n\\nT…

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## [vmware provisioning, finding information based on variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-provisioning-finding-information-based-on-variables/26116)

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**Author:** [@mkempster22uu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkempster22uu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-provisioning-finding-information-based-on-variables/26116 "2017-11-23T11:46:47Z")

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I’ve setup a way to provision a RHEL VM from a template using the VMware\_guest module (shown below) I’m now trying to figure out away of shortening the AWX/Tower survey I have so that the user doesn’t need to add so much…

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## [Module for collecting S3 bucket facts.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-for-collecting-s3-bucket-facts/26102)

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**Author:** [@rahul.paigavan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rahul.paigavan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-for-collecting-s3-bucket-facts/26102 "2017-11-22T06:42:03Z")

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Hi, I looked out for a module which would give me the facts for an existing bucket. My goal was to get the policy of a existing bucket. Didn’t found any. So I developed one of my own. Example: Collect s3 bucket facts…

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## [Why cannot retrieve or launch a Workflow Job Template via Tower API?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-cannot-retrieve-or-launch-a-workflow-job-template-via-tower-api/26090)

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**Author:** [@leima2046](https://forum.ansible.com/u/leima2046)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-cannot-retrieve-or-launch-a-workflow-job-template-via-tower-api/26090 "2017-11-22T04:13:02Z")

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I tried to launch a Workflow Template on Ansible Tower by calling the APIs. But cannot even get the template information using https://towerIP/api/v2/job\_templates/workflowtemplatename. No matter to launch it. It works f…

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## [Restapi module unit test](https://forum.ansible.com/t/restapi-module-unit-test/26099)

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**Author:** [@Arun\_Kumar\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arun_Kumar_L)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/restapi-module-unit-test/26099 "2017-11-21T18:41:26Z")

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Hi , I have a Rest api ansible module which basically uses GET,PUT, POST methods. I have to write unit test for these methods. Is there any reference I can look? Thanks, Arun

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## [vCloud Director Ansible Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vcloud-director-ansible-module/21166)

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**Author:** [@Vahric\_Muhtaryan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vahric_Muhtaryan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vcloud-director-ansible-module/21166 "2017-11-21T16:37:25Z")

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Hello All, I would like to ask is there any ongoing process or in roadmap about vCloud Director Ansible Cloud Module https://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director I find out something about vCloud Air and ESX/vCenter …

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## [When statements with Jinja2 templating delimiters](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-statements-with-jinja2-templating-delimiters/24567)

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**Author:** [@Rich\_Lees](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rich_Lees)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-statements-with-jinja2-templating-delimiters/24567 "2017-11-21T11:27:43Z")

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Hi All, Am new to this group and Google Groups in general so please go easy. I have a few questions about the recent change in Ansible 2.3.0.0 that new prints a warning when jinja2 templating is included in a when, cha…

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## [IBM Power/AIX/PowerVM/HMC support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ibm-power-aix-powervm-hmc-support/26069)

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**Author:** [@Kairo\_Araujo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kairo_Araujo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ibm-power-aix-powervm-hmc-support/26069 "2017-11-18T15:25:18Z")

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Hi All, I’ve been doing some small contributions for AIX and sending all PR\[1\] to Ansible project. I would like to start to write modules for HMC (Hardware Management Console) to be able to create and manage Logical Pa…

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## [Set process environment variables on host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-process-environment-variables-on-host/26066)

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**Author:** [@Josiah\_Niedrauer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josiah_Niedrauer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-process-environment-variables-on-host/26066 "2017-11-17T16:43:36Z")

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Hi all, I’ve run into a bit of a repeated issue over the years using ansible with AWS. Let’s say I have an ansible project with two inventories: prod and dev. And each of those inventories correspond to a separate AWS ac…

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## [Ansible 2.4.2 Beta4 ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta4-ready-for-testing/26041)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta4-ready-for-testing/26041 "2017-11-16T03:04:40Z")

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Hi all, we're happy to announce that beta4 for 2.4.2 is now available for testing. How do you get it?

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## [Typical Time for Review of a New Module Pull Request?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/typical-time-for-review-of-a-new-module-pull-request/25828)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_C](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ed_C)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/typical-time-for-review-of-a-new-module-pull-request/25828 "2017-11-14T08:54:35Z")

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Hi, I submitted a PR for a new module to manage AWS ses identity: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31140 This has been open without any comments for 25 days. I'm a first time contributor so was really hoping to …

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## [Ansible UML Diagram](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-uml-diagram/26001)

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**Author:** [@santa117](https://forum.ansible.com/u/santa117)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-uml-diagram/26001 "2017-11-11T22:24:43Z")

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Does anyone have an Ansible UML diagram with the main components of Ansible? I’m working on a project for school and I chose Ansible as the open source software to dissect and maybe if someone has a UML diagram already …

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## [Failed to validate the SSL certificate for github.com:443 while executing ansible-container build](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-validate-the-ssl-certificate-for-github-com-443-while-executing-ansible-container-build/25973)

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**Author:** [@ManiGandan\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ManiGandan_T)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-validate-the-ssl-certificate-for-github-com-443-while-executing-ansible-container-build/25973 "2017-11-09T10:56:08Z")

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My main.yml is executing a task called dumb-init and we are getting “msg”: "Failed to validate the SSL certificate for github.com:443. Make sure your managed systems have a valid CA certificate installed " error STEPS T…

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## [Ansible 2.4.2 beta3 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta3-is-ready-for-testing/25969)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta3-is-ready-for-testing/25969 "2017-11-09T04:17:38Z")

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Hi all, we're happy to announce that beta3 for 2.4.2 is now available for testing. How do you get it?

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## [Windows Server 2016 and scheduled tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2016-and-scheduled-tasks/25957)

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**Author:** [@bob](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bob)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2016-and-scheduled-tasks/25957 "2017-11-08T23:44:01Z")

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Troubleshooting another project which uses schedule tasks as a non-Administrator account. Searching shows Windows Server 2016 does not allow non-Administrators to manage schedule tasks. Since there have been several git…

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## [Galaxy web site maintenance 6-Nov-2017 6:00 AM Eastern](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-web-site-maintenance-6-nov-2017-6-00-am-eastern/25918)

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**Author:** [@chousekn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chousekn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-web-site-maintenance-6-nov-2017-6-00-am-eastern/25918 "2017-11-06T11:48:51Z")

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We’ll be doing some minor maintenance to the Galaxy web site on 6-Nov-2017 between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM Eastern. Be aware that during this window it is possible that role imports and downloads may be interrupted. We’ll …

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## [how for variable in groupvar in ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-for-variable-in-groupvar-in-ansible/25925)

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**Author:** [@Ly\_Thanh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ly_Thanh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-for-variable-in-groupvar-in-ansible/25925 "2017-11-05T18:01:56Z")

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Hi Guys, i have file dev in groupvar as below : container: container1: name1 container2: name2 container3: name3 =\> how i can for it in fluentd ?

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## [Looking for review for new module(s) for Keycloak (namely keycloak\_client for now)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-review-for-new-module-s-for-keycloak-namely-keycloak-client-for-now/25916)

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**Author:** [@Eike\_Frost](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eike_Frost)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-review-for-new-module-s-for-keycloak-namely-keycloak-client-for-now/25916 "2017-11-03T15:42:20Z")

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Hi, I’m developing some ansible modules for steering Keycloak (http://www.keycloak.org/) via its REST API (http://www.keycloak.org/docs-api/3.3/rest-api/index.html). I have submitted a PR with the first module (https://…

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## [Execute source inside shell script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-source-inside-shell-script/25900)

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**Author:** [@Tejas\_Gadaria1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tejas_Gadaria1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-source-inside-shell-script/25900 "2017-11-03T04:35:42Z")

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Hello All, I have a shell script say ‘test1.sh’, roughly looks like this, I am trying to execute script with ansible, which throws “No such file or directory” error for “source ../Properties/Main.sh” However, the scri…

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## [Support for prefix lists in ec2\_group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-prefix-lists-in-ec2-group/20159)

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**Author:** [@Josh\_Smift1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_Smift1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-prefix-lists-in-ec2-group/20159 "2017-11-02T18:51:07Z")

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It looks like you can't specify a prefix list in a security group rule in ec2\_group, which you might want to do if you have egress rules and want to allow access to S3. (To put a finer point on it, \*we\* want to do this…

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## [Ansible 2.4.2 beta2 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta2-is-ready-for-testing/25893)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta2-is-ready-for-testing/25893 "2017-11-02T00:28:24Z")

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Hi all, we're happy to announce that beta2 for 2.4.2 is now available for testing. How do you get it?

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## [Remove myself from Ansibot mentions?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-myself-from-ansibot-mentions/25866)

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**Author:** [@Ivan\_Vanderbyl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivan_Vanderbyl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-myself-from-ansibot-mentions/25866 "2017-10-30T14:55:00Z")

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I keep getting pinged by Ansibot for a contribution I made 4 years ago, I have no interest in maintaining this as I no longer use ansible. Please can I be removed from this bot!

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## [Review a Couple PR's please?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/review-a-couple-prs-please/25857)

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**Author:** [@Ken\_Evensen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ken_Evensen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/review-a-couple-prs-please/25857 "2017-10-29T16:25:17Z")

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Multiple folks are asking for pamd fixes - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/28281 Minor update to OC module - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31387 Openshift lookup module has already had a review - http…

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## [action plugin for setting vars with python vs jinja2?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-for-setting-vars-with-python-vs-jinja2/25854)

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**Author:** [@dswan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dswan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-for-setting-vars-with-python-vs-jinja2/25854 "2017-10-28T18:44:48Z")

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Sometimes I find myself in situations where I need to check the stdout or return code of a command executed on all hosts in a group, and based on some logical rules given the results, determine what to do next. This is s…

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