# Ansible Developer **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=44 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 45 --- ## [Is possible keep variable beetween roles?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-possible-keep-variable-beetween-roles/24821)
**Author:** [@Aitor\_Gomez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aitor_Gomez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-possible-keep-variable-beetween-roles/24821 "2017-06-26T16:02:26Z")
this is an example that i want… in this task i set in a pretask the variable INSTALL\_TIME: “{{ ansible\_date\_time }}” i whant to use this variable in other role (Check\_logs) how can i do that? name: ‘Deploy’ hosts: … --- ## [Are there any good material for network module development ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-there-any-good-material-for-network-module-development/24807)
**Author:** [@user45](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user45)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-there-any-good-material-for-network-module-development/24807 "2017-06-23T03:54:45Z")
Hello, All I’m network engineer. and I am developing ansible network module. I must develope network module by using telnet connection (not ssh) becuase of my customer uses old and unknown vendor devices Already, what… --- ## [Accessing remote machines through Ansible to share the public key of central host ( initially) .](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-remote-machines-through-ansible-to-share-the-public-key-of-central-host-initially/24789)
**Author:** [@Ritesh\_Sharma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ritesh_Sharma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-remote-machines-through-ansible-to-share-the-public-key-of-central-host-initially/24789 "2017-06-21T15:47:52Z")
Hi People , I am trying my hands with Ansible and read that python and SSH communication will be required to access the remote servers from central Ansible machine; What if i want to use Ansible right from the beginnin… --- ## [on\_task\_stop callback in CallbackBase ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/on-task-stop-callback-in-callbackbase/24747)
**Author:** [@Rey\_Remi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rey_Remi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/on-task-stop-callback-in-callbackbase/24747 "2017-06-20T14:24:59Z")
Hi all, I recently found the strength to start trying to contribute the Ansible project, please excuse my knowledge. I was looking at the profile\_tasks callback and saw that the time displayed after each tasks is in fa… --- ## [lxd\_container: More than one root device found](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lxd-container-more-than-one-root-device-found/24584)
**Author:** [@Berend\_de\_Boer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Berend_de_Boer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lxd-container-more-than-one-root-device-found/24584 "2017-06-20T07:04:25Z")
Hi All, I have a very weird problem with the lxd\_container module. When I create a container, I get this message: fatal: \[localhost\]: FAILED! =\> {“actions”: , “changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “More than one ro… --- ## ["msg": "Value of unknown type: \,](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-value-of-unknown-type-class-pandas-core-frame-dataframe/24765)
**Author:** [@Durgaprasad\_Ala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Durgaprasad_Ala)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-value-of-unknown-type-class-pandas-core-frame-dataframe/24765 "2017-06-19T23:02:22Z")
I am getting this error while trying to get the csv values. fatal: \[xxxxxxxxxx → localhost\]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: "Value of unknown type: \, Snippet o… --- ## [Issues with using a variable from another role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-using-a-variable-from-another-role/24756)
**Author:** [@Rahul\_Mohandas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Mohandas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-using-a-variable-from-another-role/24756 "2017-06-19T00:08:23Z")
I have 2 roles, ansible-certbot and ansible-rutorrent. ansible-rutorrent depends on ansible-certbot: \` dependencies: role: “rahul0705.rtorrent” role: “rahul0705.apache” role: “rahul0705.ansible-certbot” certbot\_cer… --- ## [Pacman module breaks when encountering certain package names](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pacman-module-breaks-when-encountering-certain-package-names/24752)
**Author:** [@Bruce\_V\_Chiarelli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruce_V_Chiarelli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pacman-module-breaks-when-encountering-certain-package-names/24752 "2017-06-17T00:00:23Z")
The Arch Linux package naming guidelines\[1\] specify that "package names should consist of \*alphanumeric characters only\*; all letters should be \*lowercase\*" (emphasis in original). In reality, this guideline is not ad… --- ## [Call a role from another role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-a-role-from-another-role/24742)
**Author:** [@boonhai\_ng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/boonhai_ng)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-a-role-from-another-role/24742 "2017-06-16T04:57:32Z")
Hi all, I had created a role A - name a “Role-A” and role B name as “Role-B”, but I would like to call role A from sub-task of Role B? is it possible? something like below syntax… Role-B - tasks’ main.yml --- ## [Ansible (2.3.1) python module rds creation via boto3 works but get "msg": "MODULE FAILURE"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-1-python-module-rds-creation-via-boto3-works-but-get-msg-module-failure/24730)
**Author:** [@Chris\_McConnell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_McConnell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-1-python-module-rds-creation-via-boto3-works-but-get-msg-module-failure/24730 "2017-06-14T23:27:19Z")
Hello All, Disclaimer this is my first Ansible (python) module. I had posted previously in the ansible-project group and it was suggested to post here in the ansible-devel instead. I wrote a python modules for our int… --- ## [Ansible Contributor Summit 4 (Part of AnsibleFest 2017 London)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-summit-4-part-of-ansiblefest-2017-london/24502)
**Author:** [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-summit-4-part-of-ansiblefest-2017-london/24502 "2017-06-14T15:21:40Z")
Hi, We are happy to announce our fourth Ansible Contributors Summit! AnsibleFest London (http://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest) will be on Thursday 22nd June, and the Contributor Summit will be held on Wednesday 21st June… --- ## [Pre-Bug report question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pre-bug-report-question/24708)
**Author:** [@LeamHall](https://forum.ansible.com/u/LeamHall)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pre-bug-report-question/24708 "2017-06-13T10:58:57Z")
In running an old playbook there were deprecation warnings about always\_on. \[DEPRECATION WARNING\]: always\_run is deprecated. Use check\_mode = no instead… There are two very small issues with this; the double periods at… --- ## [long standing regression: IPv4/IPv6 filter broken in ansible 2.x (works with 1.9.x) #14829](https://forum.ansible.com/t/long-standing-regression-ipv4-ipv6-filter-broken-in-ansible-2-x-works-with-1-9-x-14829/24700)
**Author:** [@nusenu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nusenu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/long-standing-regression-ipv4-ipv6-filter-broken-in-ansible-2-x-works-with-1-9-x-14829/24700 "2017-06-12T15:57:00Z")
Hi, a regression \[1\] in the IP filter has been reported on 2016-03-06 and hasn't seen much progress since then. Would it help if this github issue would loose the "in progress" tag to attract some attention? (so it d… --- ## [Error on NetBSD-CURRENT due to new ifconfig behavior](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-netbsd-current-due-to-new-ifconfig-behavior/24644)
**Author:** [@Bruce\_V\_Chiarelli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruce_V_Chiarelli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-netbsd-current-due-to-new-ifconfig-behavior/24644 "2017-06-07T17:33:00Z")
Upcoming versions of NetBSD will print the network prefix in CIDR notation instead of as a hex subnet mask. This currently causes Ansible to choke on ifconfig output there. See: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src… --- ## [Module development for Juniper Contrail API configuration](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-development-for-juniper-contrail-api-configuration/24668)
**Author:** [@chbndrhnns](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chbndrhnns)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-development-for-juniper-contrail-api-configuration/24668 "2017-06-07T09:22:19Z")
Hey there, Does anyone know about efforts to develop such a module? I am not referring to the available projects to deploy Contrail via Ansible like \[1\] If not, is anyone interested? I am considering an approach to us… --- ## [Lambda "pull" support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lambda-pull-support/24662)
**Author:** [@jhammerman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jhammerman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lambda-pull-support/24662 "2017-06-06T14:57:47Z")
Hi Ansible Development email distribution list, We have an organizational need to trigger Lambda from SNS messages which the function is subscribed to. Accordingly we have used the deprecated version of the Ansible lamb… --- ## [Importing Between Modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-between-modules/24653)
**Author:** [@John\_Burwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Burwell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-between-modules/24653 "2017-06-05T21:24:46Z")
Hello, I am creating a module for yaourt, a front end for the pacman package manager wrapper \[1\]. Since yaourt proxies all the syntax of pacman, I refactored the pacman module to expose all operations in a class, Pacma… --- ## [How to encode a str on a AnsibleUnicode format?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-encode-a-str-on-a-ansibleunicode-format/24646)
**Author:** [@Juan\_Manuel\_Parrilla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juan_Manuel_Parrilla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-encode-a-str-on-a-ansibleunicode-format/24646 "2017-06-05T13:10:16Z")
Hi there, I’m trying to modify the assert module, but I am having some troubles. The error says that the entry variables must be unicode, but encoding it still do not work. I am trying to extend the “that” array with … --- ## [making a single documentation page](https://forum.ansible.com/t/making-a-single-documentation-page/24641)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/making-a-single-documentation-page/24641 "2017-06-03T08:16:08Z")
I just noticed this https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/25313 got merged in latest devel version (2.4) and thought others might find it useful when In essence you can just rebuild a single page of the documentation … --- ## [Retrieving facts in 2.4](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieving-facts-in-2-4/24639)
**Author:** [@bob](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieving-facts-in-2-4/24639 "2017-06-02T23:02:09Z")
Looks like a huge refactor of Facts and Fact gather took place in 2.4? commit 45a9f967749ec68e2077fe1d1d32dd37660ab376 How do I get Facts inside my module after the refactoring? I used to use Facts(module) but that’s … --- ## [HOWTO: Window module development?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-window-module-development/24594)
**Author:** [@bob](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-window-module-development/24594 "2017-06-02T10:37:18Z")
Is there documentation on Windows module development workflow? My edit-debug cycle is extremely long. I think there should be a shorter path? I edit the windows module (win\_chocolatey in this case) on my testing linux … --- ## [Concurrent playbooks and synchronization](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concurrent-playbooks-and-synchronization/24530)
**Author:** [@cevich](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cevich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concurrent-playbooks-and-synchronization/24530 "2017-06-01T16:34:49Z")
Hi, I have a use case where playbooks are sometimes (unpredictably) run concurrently by a simple job-scheduling system. Most of them touch a common set of cloud systems, on their way to affecting other cloud systems. Th… --- ## [win\_template or win\_copy Ansible 2.3 Windows 2008R2 - possible bug.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-template-or-win-copy-ansible-2-3-windows-2008r2-possible-bug/24608)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Collins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kent_Collins)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-template-or-win-copy-ansible-2-3-windows-2008r2-possible-bug/24608 "2017-06-01T13:58:10Z")
Ansible version - 2.3 Python version - 2.7.12 My playbook runs through until it stumbles on copying some SSL certs across to a remote Windows 2008R2 box. The same error using both win\_template and win\_copy when trying … --- ## [Plugin development and distribution](https://forum.ansible.com/t/plugin-development-and-distribution/24610)
**Author:** [@Alexander\_Lomski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexander_Lomski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/plugin-development-and-distribution/24610 "2017-05-31T14:33:33Z")
I’ve got a question that I cannot find the answer to anywhere. I want to develop an Ansible lookup plugin and deploy it to PyPI, so the users would be able to install it with ‘pip install’. But how will Ansible detect t… --- ## [Creating Guest machine using template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598)
**Author:** [@shiva\_jawanjal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shiva_jawanjal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-guest-machine-using-template/24598 "2017-05-30T10:27:58Z")
I have a VMWare ESXi server with 1 TB datastore. I have added a .ova file for creating VM using templates & wanted to automate the same. My task is as follows: --- ## [Beginner, want to work on issue #25100](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beginner-want-to-work-on-issue-25100/24588)
**Author:** [@JS\_Rolon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JS_Rolon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beginner-want-to-work-on-issue-25100/24588 "2017-05-28T19:46:48Z")
Hi, I’m a recent graduate in Computer Engineering and I’d like to start helping on Ansible development. I’m new to open source in general. I saw issue 25100 on Github’s issue tracker and I believe I could take a stab at… --- ## [tagging in vmware modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-in-vmware-modules/24583)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Foreman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robert_Foreman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-in-vmware-modules/24583 "2017-05-26T18:32:11Z")
I’ve been looking into ways to support tagging in vmware from Ansible. It appears that pyVmomi is never going to be able to support this functionality directly https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/307. This functiona… --- ## [Http proxy and global environment settings](https://forum.ansible.com/t/http-proxy-and-global-environment-settings/24577)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Matzek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam_Matzek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/http-proxy-and-global-environment-settings/24577 "2017-05-25T17:30:57Z")
I’m trying to run pre-existing playbooks against a set of nodes that require an HTTP proxy to reach the internet but not to reach each other. It looks like the existing environment support in Ansible requires you to set… --- ## [merging inventory plugins soon.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/merging-inventory-plugins-soon/24477)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/merging-inventory-plugins-soon/24477 "2017-05-24T07:40:51Z")
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/23001 \<= new inventory plugins almost ready to merge, please review, test, poke before i make /devel unstable next week. --- ## [Install multiple rpms from local filesysyem with yum module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-multiple-rpms-from-local-filesysyem-with-yum-module/24557)
**Author:** [@SatIng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SatIng)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-multiple-rpms-from-local-filesysyem-with-yum-module/24557 "2017-05-23T23:28:35Z")
I am trying to install Libreoffice using ansible yum module Downloaded from https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/4.4.1.2/rpm/x86\_64/LibreOffice\_4.4.1.2\_Linux\_x86-64\_rpm.tar.gz Extracted and al… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=43) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=45)