# Ansible Developer **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=52 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 53 --- ## [Module documentation fails to parse](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-documentation-fails-to-parse/22929)
**Author:** [@Ted\_Timmons](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ted_Timmons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-documentation-fails-to-parse/22929 "2016-10-31T21:10:07Z")
Hi, I added a PR for a new module in -extras, but something is wrong in the documentation causing it to fail to parse. Can someone tell me what’s wrong? https://github.com/tedder/ansible-modules-extras/blob/7d6c2e7d614a… --- ## [Public meeting on core/extras repo merges](https://forum.ansible.com/t/public-meeting-on-core-extras-repo-merges/22906)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Davis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Davis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/public-meeting-on-core-extras-repo-merges/22906 "2016-10-31T17:04:06Z")
Hi all, The Ansible core team will be holding a public meeting on Monday Oct 31 at 1700 UTC regarding logistics and timing around merging the ansible-modules-core and ansible-modules-extras GitHub repos back into the ma… --- ## [Calling other Powershell Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-other-powershell-module/22922)
**Author:** [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-other-powershell-module/22922 "2016-10-30T17:02:21Z")
Hi I was wondering if there was functionality to call another powershell module from another similar to how the find module calls the stat module to get file information. I am in the middle of building a win\_find module… --- ## [Playbook datastructure when using the Python API](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-datastructure-when-using-the-python-api/22902)
**Author:** [@Francesco\_Albanese](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francesco_Albanese)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-datastructure-when-using-the-python-api/22902 "2016-10-27T13:26:46Z")
Hello, In order to harmonize several in-house operations, I wrote some self-contained Python command line tools built upon the Ansible core. As it is not desirable to be dependent on several external files, my code emb… --- ## [Modules for community review](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modules-for-community-review/22900)
**Author:** [@Adam\_Hamsik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Hamsik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modules-for-community-review/22900 "2016-10-27T10:41:21Z")
Hi, I have couple PRs waiting in modules-extras and I would love to get some community review on them so we can ship them if possible. I regularly use and test all of them. Would it be possible to get someone from commu… --- ## [Seeking community review for new extras module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-community-review-for-new-extras-module/22889)
**Author:** [@James\_Hogarth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Hogarth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-community-review-for-new-extras-module/22889 "2016-10-26T09:07:13Z")
Hi all, I’ve submitted a module to build on automating jenkins installs and it’s currently at the stage where it needs to community reviews to proceed https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/3068 This m… --- ## [How to use version\_compare Jinja filter to only compare major and minor releases?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-version-compare-jinja-filter-to-only-compare-major-and-minor-releases/22880)
**Author:** [@Tadej\_Janez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tadej_Janez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-version-compare-jinja-filter-to-only-compare-major-and-minor-releases/22880 "2016-10-25T15:11:55Z")
Hi! I was a bit puzzled when trying to use version\_compare Jinja filter to check that the major and minor Ansible versions are equal to some desired value. Here is an example playbook: - hosts: localhost connection… --- ## [Role Includes When Statement](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-includes-when-statement/22874)
**Author:** [@steve5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/steve5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-includes-when-statement/22874 "2016-10-25T02:22:12Z")
I am on the most recent version of the devel branch, and I have a role dependency in the meta of that role, and when I set it I have a when statement. Now it skips everything when it runs except a task with\_items, and it… --- ## [Dynamic Includes + Tags = Failures](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-includes-tags-failures/22873)
**Author:** [@steve5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/steve5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-includes-tags-failures/22873 "2016-10-25T01:19:43Z")
I am on the latest of the devel branch, and I am not entirely sure if this is expected behavior or not. I have a couple issues, where in my main.yml in my playbook, I have roles that are tagged at the top level and then … --- ## [A new maintainer wanted for the hostname module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-new-maintainer-wanted-for-the-hostname-module/22744)
**Author:** [@Hiroaki\_Nakamura](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hiroaki_Nakamura)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-new-maintainer-wanted-for-the-hostname-module/22744 "2016-10-23T21:04:49Z")
Though I created the hostname module, I have never used it myself. I would like to resign as a hostname module maintainer since I would like to spend my spare time for other things. So could someone take over as a mai… --- ## [uri module and user certificates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-and-user-certificates/22783)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Tardif](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christian_Tardif)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-and-user-certificates/22783 "2016-10-21T07:32:29Z")
Hi, I’m trying to access a REST API that specifically requests the use of cert and key as I’d do it with curl: curl --cert-type pem --cert mycert.pem --key mykey.pem -k https://thiswebsite.com/api/v2/endpoint an… --- ## [RDS module - maintainers required](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rds-module-maintainers-required/22851)
**Author:** [@willthames](https://forum.ansible.com/u/willthames)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rds-module-maintainers-required/22851 "2016-10-21T07:30:11Z")
The maintainers for the RDS module are listed as bpennypacker and me. I don’t use RDS at all these days. I clearly didn’t even use it enough in the past to catch some of the bugs that have come in. I suspect it needs a… --- ## [Cli transport question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cli-transport-question/22848)
**Author:** [@Tim1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cli-transport-question/22848 "2016-10-20T23:32:42Z")
Anyone have any thoughts on how a network module could provide for both the CLI transport as well as the local transport? For instance, if the remote device has both a web service and a console that it could be configure… --- ## [Jinja Default Template Error in Devel Branch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jinja-default-template-error-in-devel-branch/22747)
**Author:** [@steve5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/steve5)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jinja-default-template-error-in-devel-branch/22747 "2016-10-20T22:57:33Z")
I have this statement in my yaml file: \` {{spec.selector.name|default(metadata.name)}} \` I just started noticing it is failing when the spec.selector.name is not available or undefined, it doesn’t seem to go to the d… --- ## [ansible.cfg merging or include?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cfg-merging-or-include/22847)
**Author:** [@Strahinja\_Kustudic1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Strahinja_Kustudic1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cfg-merging-or-include/22847 "2016-10-20T22:01:59Z")
Is there a reason why ansible.cfg, which is an ini file, isn’t merged in precedence by Ansible when the file is found in different locations, but instead Ansible uses the first one it finds (in some order)? It’s very use… --- ## [Noob Issue with using AWS hostnames in inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/noob-issue-with-using-aws-hostnames-in-inventory/22836)
**Author:** [@Sonny\_Chee](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sonny_Chee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/noob-issue-with-using-aws-hostnames-in-inventory/22836 "2016-10-20T18:16:03Z")
Hey Guys, I am successful executing ansible against an AWS ec2 when I put the public IP in the /etc/ansible/hosts file. However, when I replace that with the ec2 hostname, ansible complains with: ec2-xx-xxx-xxx-xx.comp… --- ## [New to Ansible Not to Python looking to help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-not-to-python-looking-to-help/22832)
**Author:** [@brian\_hopkins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/brian_hopkins)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible-not-to-python-looking-to-help/22832 "2016-10-20T04:22:28Z")
Hello Everyone, I’m currently a python developer looking to assist more on Ansible and grow my development background. Does anyone have any recommendations on getting started and how to get going with contributing to An… --- ## [Noob issue: How to use profiles with ansible ec2.py](https://forum.ansible.com/t/noob-issue-how-to-use-profiles-with-ansible-ec2-py/22838)
**Author:** [@Sonny\_Chee](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sonny_Chee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/noob-issue-how-to-use-profiles-with-ansible-ec2-py/22838 "2016-10-20T03:50:53Z")
Hey Guys, When I do the following: ansible -i ./ec2.py --profile my\_profile\_name tag\_Name\_nar -m ping I get the error message: Usage: ansible \[options\] ansible: error: no such option: --profile How can I pass the … --- ## [considering for ansible playbooks when re-platforming from solaris to linux](https://forum.ansible.com/t/considering-for-ansible-playbooks-when-re-platforming-from-solaris-to-linux/22834)
**Author:** [@Nags\_Reid](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nags_Reid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/considering-for-ansible-playbooks-when-re-platforming-from-solaris-to-linux/22834 "2016-10-19T22:28:46Z")
Hi, We currently have playbooks for oracle database refresh process running on solaris. We are trying to re-platform the underlying OS to linux, what considerations needs to be taken into account in terms of updating th… --- ## [How to develop network core module by netconf to config huawei datacenter switch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-develop-network-core-module-by-netconf-to-config-huawei-datacenter-switch/22682)
**Author:** [@jacky.gao2016](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jacky.gao2016)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-develop-network-core-module-by-netconf-to-config-huawei-datacenter-switch/22682 "2016-10-19T15:48:09Z")
Now we using ncclient netconf lib to develop huawei datacenter switch ansible module; But we hope our switch ansible module will be ansible core module, and I think it’s better that ansible do not need to add new depend… --- ## [Ansible or python got messed up](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-or-python-got-messed-up/13684)
**Author:** [@Nicolas\_G](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nicolas_G)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-or-python-got-messed-up/13684 "2016-10-19T14:58:33Z")
Hi, I’m running Ansible to manage our nodes from a shared server, for some reason every time I run Ansible it shows the bellow output on every task execution. As far as I know there were no updates in the system regardi… --- ## [oVirt Ansible modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ovirt-ansible-modules/22818)
**Author:** [@machacekondra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/machacekondra)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ovirt-ansible-modules/22818 "2016-10-18T16:58:33Z")
Hello all, I’ve recently created few new modules to manage oVirt environment. These modules are using Python SDK\[1\] version 4 for oVirt, that means that those modules works only with API version 4 of the oVirt. Follo… --- ## [One Trouble! -- ansible connect to remote host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/one-trouble-ansible-connect-to-remote-host/22814)
**Author:** [@user12](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user12)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/one-trouble-ansible-connect-to-remote-host/22814 "2016-10-18T10:12:43Z")
In my IT infrastructure , ansible can not connet to remote host by ssh directly,between server and remote has a FM(Fortress Machine),how can I connet to remote with zhe FM? --- ## [Need document to use ANSIBLE APIs with curl](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-document-to-use-ansible-apis-with-curl/22791)
**Author:** [@Sumit\_Dangi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sumit_Dangi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-document-to-use-ansible-apis-with-curl/22791 "2016-10-18T05:19:51Z")
Need document to use ANSIBLE APIs with curl. --- ## [Looking for help and guidance on an a PR to Ansible Galaxy Project](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-help-and-guidance-on-an-a-pr-to-ansible-galaxy-project/22789)
**Author:** [@Sriram\_Venkatesh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sriram_Venkatesh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-help-and-guidance-on-an-a-pr-to-ansible-galaxy-project/22789 "2016-10-18T02:32:27Z")
Hi Guys, I have been learning and starting to love Ansible for quite awhile, and I am wanting to contribute back to the opensource project as an appreciation of loving, and open community in Ansible. One particular hel… --- ## [Issues with include\_role - missing roles when included more than once](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-include-role-missing-roles-when-included-more-than-once/22806)
**Author:** [@Stepan\_Stipl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stepan_Stipl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-include-role-missing-roles-when-included-more-than-once/22806 "2016-10-17T16:50:06Z")
Hi, even though the original issue I reported on GH has been resolved, seems like another one has been introduced - I’ve updated the ticket with the details - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/18026 - but can’t … --- ## [Crypto Error On Ansible Playbook Start](https://forum.ansible.com/t/crypto-error-on-ansible-playbook-start/22773)
**Author:** [@steve5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/steve5)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/crypto-error-on-ansible-playbook-start/22773 "2016-10-13T21:55:45Z")
I am on the devel branch of ansible and I just started getting this when I went to that branch: \` \[WARNING\]: Optional dependency ‘cryptography’ raised an exception, falling back to ‘Crypto’ \` Probably something I nee… --- ## [yum module does not support yum --config=http://file-location](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-does-not-support-yum-config-http-file-location/22739)
**Author:** [@markus.gothe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/markus.gothe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-does-not-support-yum-config-http-file-location/22739 "2016-10-11T20:01:28Z")
Hello, I just discoverd that the yum module does not support the yum option -c or --config as it is supposed to be. According to man yum (and successfully tested on commandline): -c, --config=\[config file\] Specifies … --- ## [whitespaces in include\_vars](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whitespaces-in-include-vars/22764)
**Author:** [@Harald\_Laabs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Harald_Laabs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whitespaces-in-include-vars/22764 "2016-10-10T20:08:44Z")
Hi all, somewhere in the last week ansible 2.2 changed to fail on tabs in include\_vars files. foo: 123 -- works foo: 123 -- fails Is that behaviour intentional? (I hope not. I thought I'm only a few days away from … --- ## [Bug fix on ecs\_service\_facts.py](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-fix-on-ecs-service-facts-py/22754)
**Author:** [@Enrico\_Casti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Enrico_Casti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-fix-on-ecs-service-facts-py/22754 "2016-10-09T20:30:49Z")
Hi all, this is my first contribution on this list. Some months ago i opened a bug ( https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/issues/2437 ) on module ecs\_service\_facts about limited number of results to 10 eve… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=51) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=53)