# Ansible Developer **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=61 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 62 --- ## [Accessing variables from within a plugin (callback)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-variables-from-within-a-plugin-callback/15809)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Schroeder](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Schroeder)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-variables-from-within-a-plugin-callback/15809 "2016-03-03T13:40:06Z")
Hello list, is there a way how I can access host/group vars from within a callback plugin? Basically I want to modify the Hipchat callback plugin to use a room ID configured via group\_vars (or maybe registered as a var … --- ## [docker "restarted" deletes the container!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-restarted-deletes-the-container/20586)
**Author:** [@alexk4work](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alexk4work)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-restarted-deletes-the-container/20586 "2016-03-02T16:58:58Z")
Hi all. I’ve just found out that my deploy is broken because an action with “state=restarted” just removes the container! I didn’t dig into yet, though I saw in the sources stuff like def restarted(manager, containers,… --- ## [Creating pull requests for ansible-modules-extras](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-pull-requests-for-ansible-modules-extras/20731)
**Author:** [@kevin.e.kenny](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kevin.e.kenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-pull-requests-for-ansible-modules-extras/20731 "2016-03-02T07:46:56Z")
I’ve got a fix for an outstanding issue in “ansible-modules-extras” (in one of the windows modules), and probably a few others. However this being the first time I’ve done the Github thing to submit a patch/fix I’m a bi… --- ## [2.1 devel; templating changes?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2-1-devel-templating-changes/20686)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2-1-devel-templating-changes/20686 "2016-03-02T06:43:26Z")
Hello, I’m investigating https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/3032 at the moment and have found the windows integration tests for win\_template no longer pass against latest devel. It appears re templat… --- ## [with\_subelements tasks warn with "not all arguments converted during string formatting" #12501](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-subelements-tasks-warn-with-not-all-arguments-converted-during-string-formatting-12501/20739)
**Author:** [@nicclabcd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nicclabcd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-subelements-tasks-warn-with-not-all-arguments-converted-during-string-formatting-12501/20739 "2016-03-02T00:54:14Z")
hi people There’s still an issue with this. in commit 9acb5aa176bf71c10975c0a92b8cc225e72d1228, line 178 of /ansible/plugins/callback/default.py also needs a comma so tuples don’t cause problems on printing. I’m not su… --- ## [Connection password precedence and command line options](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connection-password-precedence-and-command-line-options/20730)
**Author:** [@marc.petrivelli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marc.petrivelli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connection-password-precedence-and-command-line-options/20730 "2016-03-01T19:35:56Z")
I am running off the stable-1.9 branch. I have an vault password file that is part of the inventory. I use the variables from that file to populate ansible\_ssh\_pass in the appropriate group\_vars/group file. So for examp… --- ## [Ansible 2.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1/20724)
**Author:** [@Franky\_G](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Franky_G)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1/20724 "2016-03-01T17:58:53Z")
Hello When will the 2.1 branch be made available? Regards --- ## [Where's branch for Ansible 2.0.1.0 ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wheres-branch-for-ansible-2-0-1-0/20718)
**Author:** [@alexk4work](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alexk4work)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wheres-branch-for-ansible-2-0-1-0/20718 "2016-03-01T14:09:14Z")
Hi all, I don’t find a branch named after Ansible 2.0.1.0 on github… where this version was released from? I’d like to merge 2.0.1.0 changes to my own tree… --- ## [unable to run playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-playbook/20721)
**Author:** [@Ali\_Warrich](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ali_Warrich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-playbook/20721 "2016-03-01T12:07:06Z")
Hi guys, I am trying to run a playbook but that is not working for me. I am encountering by the same error again and again. my ansible.cfg looks like: \[defaults\] some basic default values… inventory = /etc/ansible/ho… --- ## [Update to ansible 2.0.0.1, broken, cannot run ansible-playbook anymore](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-to-ansible-2-0-0-1-broken-cannot-run-ansible-playbook-anymore/20715)
**Author:** [@hce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hce)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-to-ansible-2-0-0-1-broken-cannot-run-ansible-playbook-anymore/20715 "2016-03-01T06:16:20Z")
Hi, I was running ansible 1.9 fine until updating to ansible-2.0.0.1.tar.gz, now I got following error: ERROR! A malformed block was encountered. The error appears to have been in ‘/tmp/debug.yml’: line 1, column 3, b… --- ## [Community Working Group meeting, 29 Feburary 2016](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-working-group-meeting-29-feburary-2016/20709)
**Author:** [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-working-group-meeting-29-feburary-2016/20709 "2016-02-29T20:09:28Z")
The Community Working Group is now a thing. :slight\_smile: For right now, it's just externalizing the work that Robyn and I do every day. So for now, it will be a daily meeting at 2pm Eastern US time, because that's w… --- ## [Better galaxy integration with ansible-playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/better-galaxy-integration-with-ansible-playbook/20377)
**Author:** [@willthames](https://forum.ansible.com/u/willthames)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/better-galaxy-integration-with-ansible-playbook/20377 "2016-02-26T17:31:55Z")
I would like to suggest some improvements to ansible-galaxy and ansible-playbook that make the latter less dangerous. My particular concern is where someone has checked out the latest version of a playbook, but then for… --- ## [Docker Modules Roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-modules-roadmap/20565)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Houseknecht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Houseknecht)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-modules-roadmap/20565 "2016-02-26T15:32:52Z")
We’re excited to announce a clear roadmap to providing first-class support for container orchestration with Ansible. Over the coming months we will create a supported and maintainable solution that keeps pace with the fa… --- ## [Ansible and S3 Ceph support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-s3-ceph-support/20540)
**Author:** [@Javier\_Munoz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Javier_Munoz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-s3-ceph-support/20540 "2016-02-25T20:28:45Z")
Hello, This is my first post on ansible-devel so, first of all, I would like to say 'hello everybody!' Great project! Some days ago I had a look in the code to check the Ansible support with Ceph, a distributed objec… --- ## [Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout](https://forum.ansible.com/t/your-local-changes-to-the-following-files-would-be-overwritten-by-checkout/20669)
**Author:** [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/your-local-changes-to-the-following-files-would-be-overwritten-by-checkout/20669 "2016-02-24T19:06:43Z")
The usual cause to this happening is running a git pull from inside of lib/ansible/modules/core The cause to the mention of -dirty is that “Submodules are now regarded as dirty if they have any modified files or untrack… --- ## [error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-your-local-changes-to-the-following-files-would-be-overwritten-by-checkout/20465)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-your-local-changes-to-the-following-files-would-be-overwritten-by-checkout/20465 "2016-02-24T19:03:59Z")
I do not make changes to any of the stable branches, yet randomly I get “… local changes …” $ git branch devel stable-1.9 stable-2.0 $ git diff diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/core b/lib/ansible/modules/core ind… --- ## [Share object between modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/share-object-between-modules/20655)
**Author:** [@Nitin\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nitin_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/share-object-between-modules/20655 "2016-02-23T17:54:25Z")
Hi All, We have different module to do different activity. https://github.com/Juniper/ansible-junos-stdlib/tree/master/library Every time each modules/tasks will connect to the device (and close the connection). So i… --- ## [The PR Bot -- currently for modules only](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-pr-bot-currently-for-modules-only/20648)
**Author:** [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-pr-bot-currently-for-modules-only/20648 "2016-02-22T22:33:02Z")
For those of you who don't know, Robyn and I don't actually do all of the triage of all of these PRs by ourselves. We have a semi-autonomous bot that helps. Here's the code: https://github.com/ansibull/ansibullbot B… --- ## [the remote target box haven't authority to create temp log for playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-remote-target-box-havent-authority-to-create-temp-log-for-playbook/20600)
**Author:** [@jaycoolzhao](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jaycoolzhao)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-remote-target-box-havent-authority-to-create-temp-log-for-playbook/20600 "2016-02-20T16:54:31Z")
Hi, when playbook cli runs, it fails as below: fatal: \[10.170.115.221\]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “ERROR! failed to transfer file to /flash/home/cde/ansible-tmp-1455696872.88-178149562002428/expect:\\n\\nlost co… --- ## [Feedback for pull requests](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feedback-for-pull-requests/20626)
**Author:** [@Hajo\_Kliemeck](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hajo_Kliemeck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feedback-for-pull-requests/20626 "2016-02-19T19:48:10Z")
Hey, since i’m not receiving any update for about 2 months on my pull requests, i appreciate any feedback on the following pull requests: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1213 https://github.com/… --- ## [Changed behavior with Serial?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changed-behavior-with-serial/20623)
**Author:** [@Corwin\_Brown](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Corwin_Brown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changed-behavior-with-serial/20623 "2016-02-19T00:07:40Z")
No not the podcast. Ha. Anyway, according to this page: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_delegation.html#maximum-failure-percentage Serial should continue on until it has attempted every single host. I’ve go… --- ## [Executing blocks after failed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/executing-blocks-after-failed/20617)
**Author:** [@dcodix](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dcodix)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/executing-blocks-after-failed/20617 "2016-02-18T16:49:38Z")
Hi, I am not sure if this is the expected behaviour or it is a bug (I don’t even know if it happens to everybody), so before opening an issue I ask here. In a playbook like this: name: myname hosts: all gather\_fac… --- ## [Best way to get at CIDR netmask data? (i.e. "/24" rather than 255.255.255.0)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-way-to-get-at-cidr-netmask-data-i-e-24-rather-than-255-255-255-0/15932)
**Author:** [@edrozenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edrozenberg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-way-to-get-at-cidr-netmask-data-i-e-24-rather-than-255-255-255-0/15932 "2016-02-18T06:33:17Z")
Hello folks, Following up on https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/8584, wanted to open a discussion on the best way to be able to get at CIDR formatted netmask info. If a host fact returns a netmask 255.255.255.0,… --- ## [Contributor summit sessions starting Real Soon Now (tm)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/contributor-summit-sessions-starting-real-soon-now-tm/20601)
**Author:** [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/contributor-summit-sessions-starting-real-soon-now-tm/20601 "2016-02-17T09:52:16Z")
To join or follow along: \* IRC: Join #ansible-meeting on freenode \* Audio: Join BlueJeans: https://bluejeans.com/856479228/ \* Etherpad: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/ansible-summit --g --- ## [Load variables from group\_vars/all in custom module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/load-variables-from-group-vars-all-in-custom-module/20580)
**Author:** [@gerhardjadzkadzikise](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gerhardjadzkadzikise)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/load-variables-from-group-vars-all-in-custom-module/20580 "2016-02-15T13:47:34Z")
Hello, I am developing custom ansible module to do something and i will implement this module as one of task in my new role. The new custom module is written in python 2.7. And quick question is, how to get variables … --- ## [Ansible 2.1 Roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-roadmap/20569)
**Author:** [@jmckerr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jmckerr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-roadmap/20569 "2016-02-13T15:47:45Z")
We’re pleased to announce our initial roadmap document for Ansible 2.1, which we’re tentatively scheduling for the end of April. Please see this github page for the Ansible 2.1 roadmap and future roadmap announcements: … --- ## [help running unit tests against single test method](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-running-unit-tests-against-single-test-method/20561)
**Author:** [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-running-unit-tests-against-single-test-method/20561 "2016-02-12T15:43:44Z")
I’m trying to add a unit test and while developing I only want to run against a single interpreter and only my new test. Following the googles, i’ve tried a number of variations to run just my test. Can someone help me … --- ## [Execute a task on host using weight.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-a-task-on-host-using-weight/20557)
**Author:** [@Alexey\_Lesovsky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexey_Lesovsky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-a-task-on-host-using-weight/20557 "2016-02-12T08:38:44Z")
Hello, I have following situation, I have a group of hosts and playbook that has played on this group. I want run one task from playbook on specified host. This host is chosen using set\_fact. The set\_fact gathers “weigh… --- ## [Custom variable plugin to override order of precedence?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-variable-plugin-to-override-order-of-precedence/20552)
**Author:** [@Adam\_Stracener](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Stracener)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-variable-plugin-to-override-order-of-precedence/20552 "2016-02-11T21:40:16Z")
We currently have multiple repos for each of our applications and in each of these we have a group\_vars for that application. We also have a common repo with all of the common roles and tasks for every repo and applicat… --- ## [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-summit/20548)
**Author:** [@Robyn\_Bergeron2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robyn_Bergeron2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-summit/20548 "2016-02-11T20:04:54Z")
Greetings! Ansible will be holding our first contributor summit on Wednesday, February 17th in London, the day before AnsibleFest. The Ansible core team will be collaborating in person with some of the most prolific me… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=60) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=62)