# Ansible Developer **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=41 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [Ansible 2.4.2 beta1 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta1-is-ready-for-testing/25836)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-2-beta1-is-ready-for-testing/25836 "2017-10-27T03:16:20Z")
Hi all, we're happy to announce that Beta1 for 2.4.2 is now available for testing. How do you get it? --- ## [Not able to install ansible on amazon rhel7.4 suing epel7 package.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-install-ansible-on-amazon-rhel7-4-suing-epel7-package/25827)
**Author:** [@Sukanya\_shenoy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sukanya_shenoy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-install-ansible-on-amazon-rhel7-4-suing-epel7-package/25827 "2017-10-26T14:34:15Z")
I’m trying to install ansible on amazon rhel7.4 using Epel7 but it is throwing error saying that ansible package is not available. can anyone help me out to solve this problem. last month it was working fyne but today w… --- ## [Not able to run source ./hacking/env-setup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-run-source-hacking-env-setup/25829)
**Author:** [@Anil\_Kumar\_Muraleedh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anil_Kumar_Muraleedh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-run-source-hacking-env-setup/25829 "2017-10-26T11:19:55Z")
Hi, I am trying to install ansible based on the http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro\_installation.html#running-from-sourceWhen I try to run the source ./hacking/env-setup, I am getting the following error root@… --- ## [Module design questions: digital\_ocean\_domain](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-design-questions-digital-ocean-domain/25777)
**Author:** [@Anthony\_Bond1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anthony_Bond1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-design-questions-digital-ocean-domain/25777 "2017-10-21T01:17:14Z")
I’m working to remove the external dependencies within the digital\_ocean modules and I have a few questions. I’m looking for some helpful guidance to make sure I’m moving in the right direction. When a module has been… --- ## [How to use a variable I created in a jinja2 template within playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-i-created-in-a-jinja2-template-within-playbook/25793)
**Author:** [@K\_Dawg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/K_Dawg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-i-created-in-a-jinja2-template-within-playbook/25793 "2017-10-20T19:51:07Z")
Hi, I have something like this in a templates/file.j2 file (happens to be a kafka broker config): --- ## [Custom facts Windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-facts-windows/25768)
**Author:** [@belajzus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/belajzus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-facts-windows/25768 "2017-10-18T21:13:48Z")
Hi, is it possible to use custom facts on Windows machines, which is the location for storing fact scripts… Thank you --- ## [Fixing performance issues with pacman module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749)
**Author:** [@Jonas\_Schurmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonas_Schurmann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749 "2017-10-16T18:44:25Z")
Hey all, two weeks ago I spotted a performance problem when using the pacman module and described it in #31223. I would like to start working on a pull request to fix this problem, but I didn’t get any feedback at all. … --- ## [Solaris 10 - '~' directory created in home directory - unarchive fails](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-10-directory-created-in-home-directory-unarchive-fails/25720)
**Author:** [@rmullinnix](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rmullinnix)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/solaris-10-directory-created-in-home-directory-unarchive-fails/25720 "2017-10-13T14:39:32Z")
I have set of servers that are Solaris 10. When ansible is invoked against the remote hosts, it creates a ‘~’ directory in the home directory instead of viewing ‘~’ as the users home directory. xx64473z:apache$ pwd /ex… --- ## [Calling an Ansible role from inside an action plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-an-ansible-role-from-inside-an-action-plugin/25746)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Kaiser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Kaiser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-an-ansible-role-from-inside-an-action-plugin/25746 "2017-10-13T13:32:32Z")
Hi Guys, I want to include another playbook in my playbook. Ansible allows to do this by using “include\_role” like so: include\_role: name: task\_from: While this is a simple and working solution I want to offer a… --- ## [trying to find AWS Virtual Interfaces mgmt module...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-find-aws-virtual-interfaces-mgmt-module/25696)
**Author:** [@paul.podb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/paul.podb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-find-aws-virtual-interfaces-mgmt-module/25696 "2017-10-06T19:17:38Z")
Looks like there is no module which allows us to manage AWS Virtual Interfaces over Direct Connect (e.g. new VIFs creation). Please, let me know if anyone saw anything with such func --- ## [Iterate a dict over loop: different key value pair](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iterate-a-dict-over-loop-different-key-value-pair/25302)
**Author:** [@rahul\_raviz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rahul_raviz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iterate-a-dict-over-loop-different-key-value-pair/25302 "2017-10-06T02:47:04Z")
Is there any way to iterate over a dict with different key - value pair in ansible? Suppose I have a dict like below: --- ## [To get list of Amazon regions and availability zones](https://forum.ansible.com/t/to-get-list-of-amazon-regions-and-availability-zones/25677)
**Author:** [@sshobha379](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sshobha379)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/to-get-list-of-amazon-regions-and-availability-zones/25677 "2017-10-06T02:31:14Z")
Hi team, I would like to get a list of Amazon regions and availability zones using ansible . Please let me know if this can be done using ansible Regards, Shobha --- ## [Ansible 2.4.1 beta2 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-1-beta2-is-ready-for-testing/25683)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-1-beta2-is-ready-for-testing/25683 "2017-10-05T05:50:22Z")
Hi all, we're happy to announce that Beta 2 for 2.4.1 is now available for testing. How do you get it? --- ## [Developing a Networking modules for Brocade Ironware devices](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developing-a-networking-modules-for-brocade-ironware-devices/25597)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Baker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Baker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developing-a-networking-modules-for-brocade-ironware-devices/25597 "2017-10-02T16:42:42Z")
Hi Team, I’m interested in developing command/config/facts modules for Brocade Ironware routers. The CLI is very Ciscoish so I’m thinking it should not take too much effort. I started this a while back on release 2.1 bu… --- ## [Criteria for command module's "check command"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/criteria-for-command-modules-check-command/25652)
**Author:** [@yeukhon.tech.mailing](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yeukhon.tech.mailing)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/criteria-for-command-modules-check-command/25652 "2017-10-01T23:14:58Z")
I am working on this old issue issue #30073. If someone runs one of these \` command: hg clone https://bitbucket.org/yeukhon/hello ./hacking/test-module -m lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py -a “hg clone https:/… --- ## [Ansible git module: Is it a pull or pull+push](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-git-module-is-it-a-pull-or-pull-push/25643)
**Author:** [@indraj\_joglekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/indraj_joglekar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-git-module-is-it-a-pull-or-pull-push/25643 "2017-09-29T20:44:51Z")
How does the git module work? a) Does it do a pull on the remote server? b) Does it first do a pull on the local admin server and then rsync copy the repo to the remote server? If not, is it possible to do this in som… --- ## [Ansible 2.4.1 beta1 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-1-beta1-is-ready-for-testing/25620)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-1-beta1-is-ready-for-testing/25620 "2017-09-28T06:40:33Z")
Hi all, we're happy to announce that Beta 1 for 2.4.1 is now available for testing. How do you get it? --- ## [OS-Hardening](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-hardening/25587)
**Author:** [@SUMIT\_SAHAY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SUMIT_SAHAY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-hardening/25587 "2017-09-25T16:45:59Z")
Hi All, I have one OS-Hardening requirement, in that we have several steps for taking backup from the remote host, so based on that I have coupld of questions these are as follows, I want to take input from User while… --- ## [Modifying Iptables With Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modifying-iptables-with-ansible/25548)
**Author:** [@himanshu.rajput](https://forum.ansible.com/u/himanshu.rajput)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modifying-iptables-with-ansible/25548 "2017-09-25T09:23:11Z")
Hi, Can anyone help me with implementing iptables with Ansible? I want my server to be accessible only from specific IP addresses. I want to drop all the traffic except coming from several nodes. Should I drop all traff… --- ## [task serialize() quite a bit slower on Ansible 2.4 as compared to Ansible 2.3](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-serialize-quite-a-bit-slower-on-ansible-2-4-as-compared-to-ansible-2-3/25553)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcus_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-serialize-quite-a-bit-slower-on-ansible-2-4-as-compared-to-ansible-2-3/25553 "2017-09-24T01:35:27Z")
Hi there, I’m using a custom callback plugin, which does a task.serialize() for every new task in a playback, in order to get some task details I can’t get otherwise. Up until Ansible 2.3 that caused a bit of a slowdow… --- ## [using gathered facts to gather other facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-gathered-facts-to-gather-other-facts/25556)
**Author:** [@belajzus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/belajzus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-gathered-facts-to-gather-other-facts/25556 "2017-09-21T13:56:37Z")
Hi, is it possible to gather some custom facts on hosts, and after that to use those gathered facts to gather other facts. For example, first I need to gather some facts about some host, after that, I would like to run… --- ## [Problem referencing defined variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-referencing-defined-variables/25543)
**Author:** [@Zsolt\_Kulcsar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Zsolt_Kulcsar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-referencing-defined-variables/25543 "2017-09-20T12:18:43Z")
Dave, the double quotes should be around the full value of path. see http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/YAMLSyntax.html#gotchas lineinfile: path: “/home/{{ new\_user\_acct\_name }}/.ssh/authorized\_keys” regards, Zs… --- ## [Ansible Windows Sprint 2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-sprint-2/25510)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-sprint-2/25510 "2017-09-18T10:10:15Z")
Hello, There will be a second Windows Sprint on Tuesday 2017-09-19 starting at 19:00 UTC - see http://everytimezone.com/#2017-9-18,1860,cn3 for when that is in a timezone near you. The idea is to tackle some of the out… --- ## [\#30409 pull request for os\_router to allow add interface by ip](https://forum.ansible.com/t/30409-pull-request-for-os-router-to-allow-add-interface-by-ip/25494)
**Author:** [@Bhujay\_Bhatta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bhujay_Bhatta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/30409-pull-request-for-os-router-to-allow-add-interface-by-ip/25494 "2017-09-15T10:44:05Z")
Hi , Can some one review the code and suggest how to have it merged with main code ? Thanks Bhujay --- ## [Any plans for an "await" to go with async stuff?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-plans-for-an-await-to-go-with-async-stuff/25438)
**Author:** [@neil1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/neil1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-plans-for-an-await-to-go-with-async-stuff/25438 "2017-09-11T10:30:02Z")
It seems like it would be really useful to have “await” functionality to go with the async task stuff - instead of poll or “fire-and-forget”, the ability to start async tasks that are going to take a while and receive ha… --- ## [docker stack deploy, docker service update, docker stack rm modules support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-stack-deploy-docker-service-update-docker-stack-rm-modules-support/25431)
**Author:** [@Samitha\_Hewawasam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Samitha_Hewawasam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-stack-deploy-docker-service-update-docker-stack-rm-modules-support/25431 "2017-09-07T17:22:04Z")
Does this modules already stated ? --- ## [Automate Documentation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automate-documentation/25424)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Jarvis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_Jarvis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automate-documentation/25424 "2017-09-06T22:18:19Z")
From http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro.html, the page footer reads: Ansible docs are generated from GitHub sources using Sphinx using a theme provided by Read the Docs. Ansible’s integration page doesn’t i… --- ## [Managing Microsoft Clusters](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-microsoft-clusters/25403)
**Author:** [@MKPhil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MKPhil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-microsoft-clusters/25403 "2017-09-05T11:12:09Z")
Has anyone looked at managing Microsoft Clusters with Ansible? I’m thinking of creating a module (or modules, plural) to create and administer MS Clusters but don’t want to re-invent the wheel! Phil --- ## [Ansible - generate reports](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-generate-reports/25400)
**Author:** [@belajzus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/belajzus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-generate-reports/25400 "2017-09-04T13:09:27Z")
Hi to all, I need some ideas about my problem, so if anybody has some ideas I would be very gratefull. I want to generate some report on ansible server. My idea is to create custom facts which gather some information … --- ## [New to Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible/25394)
**Author:** [@Gamer\_Junior](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gamer_Junior)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible/25394 "2017-09-01T15:38:49Z")
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