# Ansible Developer **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=79 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 80 --- ## [new modules and initial support for cloudstack](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-modules-and-initial-support-for-cloudstack/16893)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-modules-and-initial-support-for-cloudstack/16893 "2014-11-26T19:45:11Z")
Hi I just created a PR https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/121 for inital support of cloudstack. The first two modules are: cloudstack\_vm (virtual machines) cloudstack\_sshkey (ssh key management) T… --- ## [Incongruous implementation of \`with\_items\` in package modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/incongruous-implementation-of-with-items-in-package-modules/16896)
**Author:** [@Devin\_Christensen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Devin_Christensen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/incongruous-implementation-of-with-items-in-package-modules/16896 "2014-11-26T19:44:28Z")
Consider the following use case for managing modules in an apache role: Assume apache\_install\_modules is a list containing the items: module1, module2, and module3 name: install modules apt: name=libapache2-mod-{{ … --- ## [ActionModule parameters](https://forum.ansible.com/t/actionmodule-parameters/16891)
**Author:** [@Pawel\_Rozlach](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pawel_Rozlach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/actionmodule-parameters/16891 "2014-11-26T09:38:37Z")
Hi! I am automating some DNS stuff and decided to implement some of the logic inside a module. I need to: load a file in YAML format (just like include\_vars module does) merge the contents of the loaded files with hos… --- ## [EC2 inventory source enhancement: set the hostname to a tag](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-inventory-source-enhancement-set-the-hostname-to-a-tag/16884)
**Author:** [@Timothy\_Gerla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Timothy_Gerla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-inventory-source-enhancement-set-the-hostname-to-a-tag/16884 "2014-11-26T03:41:13Z")
Hi everyone, I put this little patch together for a customer a few months ago, and a number of people have found it useful: https://github.com/tgerla/ansible/compare/ec2-fqdn Basically it allows you to set the invento… --- ## [versioning for ansible modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/versioning-for-ansible-modules/16855)
**Author:** [@Stanley\_Kamithi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stanley_Kamithi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/versioning-for-ansible-modules/16855 "2014-11-24T22:54:42Z")
Just finished working on my first ansible modules. Searched around to find out if I can assign a version number to the ansible modules . Couldn’t find anything. Can I assign a version number to a module? So if someone f… --- ## [Getting cl\_prefix\_check included in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-cl-prefix-check-included-in-ansible/16863)
**Author:** [@Sean\_Cavanaugh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sean_Cavanaugh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-cl-prefix-check-included-in-ansible/16863 "2014-11-24T22:52:22Z")
Hey Ansible Dev Team. Awhile ago Stanley and I at Cumulus created a bunch of modules. I think the first one that has no dependencies on Cumulus Linux (as in it will work on any Linux distro that has the ip route command)… --- ## [wrapping ansible module into another module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrapping-ansible-module-into-another-module/16826)
**Author:** [@anatoly\_techtonik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anatoly_techtonik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wrapping-ansible-module-into-another-module/16826 "2014-11-22T23:04:15Z")
Hi, There are few playbooks that I include everywhere, like this one: \` include: …/…/common/tasks/checkout.yml vars: repo: ansible location: /opt/ansible \` These contains just a few steps and predefined settings… --- ## [ansible-pull is broken](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pull-is-broken/15806)
**Author:** [@willthames](https://forum.ansible.com/u/willthames)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pull-is-broken/15806 "2014-11-22T01:29:55Z")
I’ve raised issue #8324 for this, but it got summarily closed. Is that really how the ansible project deals with issues it doesn’t understand now? If I were a new contributor I’d be very disheartened that a fully fleshed… --- ## [Playbook using groups module and dictionary looping doesn't work](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-using-groups-module-and-dictionary-looping-doesnt-work/16810)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Osielczak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Osielczak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-using-groups-module-and-dictionary-looping-doesnt-work/16810 "2014-11-21T16:31:30Z")
Hi, I have googled around and couldn’t find any info regarding this but I suspect there is something wrong with how the group module handles dictionaries. I have a following entry for host in host\_vars directory: --- ## [integration tests; make non\_destructive; specifying sudo password](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integration-tests-make-non-destructive-specifying-sudo-password/16749)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integration-tests-make-non-destructive-specifying-sudo-password/16749 "2014-11-19T13:06:13Z")
Hello, How do I specify a sudo password for when I am running the integration tests? Jon --- ## [Multiple inventory sources](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-inventory-sources/16787)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Quinot](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Quinot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-inventory-sources/16787 "2014-11-18T10:04:20Z")
As far as I understand the current state of source code, ansible\_hosts can be: \* the path to a dynamic inventory program \* the path to a static inventory file \* the path to an inventory directory, from which dy… --- ## [callback and facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/callback-and-facts/16430)
**Author:** [@maxime.gerges31](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maxime.gerges31)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/callback-and-facts/16430 "2014-11-17T21:46:37Z")
Hello, I’m trying to tune ansible in order to : Connect to a list of Cisco devices (switches + router) and pull facts from the devices (S/N, interfaces,…) Create a report with each fact’s devices in a CSV file Fo… --- ## [PR #9386 #9379](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pr-9386-9379/16754)
**Author:** [@Walter\_Franzini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Franzini)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pr-9386-9379/16754 "2014-11-17T21:39:29Z")
Hi, I'd like to know if more info are needed in order to have PR #9386 and #9379 merged? ciao --- ## [Ansible facts suggestion - more disk info (serial & more)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-suggestion-more-disk-info-serial-more/16800)
**Author:** [@edrozenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edrozenberg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-suggestion-more-disk-info-serial-more/16800 "2014-11-17T20:31:36Z")
Hello, It would be great to see some additional fields for disk devices coming back as Ansible facts. In particular, disk serial number would be very useful for scripting partitioning and raid setup of disks based on … --- ## [Ansible vault needs a view/show command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-needs-a-view-show-command/16801)
**Author:** [@edrozenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edrozenberg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-needs-a-view-show-command/16801 "2014-11-17T02:32:08Z")
Hello, Currently, the only way to “view” a vault file is to run the edit command: ansible-vault edit The side effect of running the edit is that the file is re-copied in place even if no changes are made, triggering… --- ## [Ansible and ease of use in Python](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ease-of-use-in-python/16774)
**Author:** [@pripravto\_zd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pripravto_zd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ease-of-use-in-python/16774 "2014-11-16T00:15:21Z")
Hello, several months ago together with my brother we have started to work on Ansiblator \> Python wrapper modul which makes Ansible more easy to use in Python itself. It is just base class which should make other corres… --- ## [Uptime Robot Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uptime-robot-module/16747)
**Author:** [@ndkingsl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ndkingsl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uptime-robot-module/16747 "2014-11-14T18:06:48Z")
I recently was looking through the monitoring modules and noticed that there wasn’t one for uptimerobot. Is there a need for one? If so I created it and it can be viewed here: https://github.com/nate-kingsley/ansible-mod… --- ## [File module recursive behaviour](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-module-recursive-behaviour/16788)
**Author:** [@michael1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/michael1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-module-recursive-behaviour/16788 "2014-11-14T18:03:41Z")
I actually resolved this almost immediately after posting it - use the shell module. Thanks to anyone who read it. --- ## [Interactive commands](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interactive-commands/16780)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Quinot](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Quinot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interactive-commands/16780 "2014-11-14T18:03:15Z")
I am considering managing some network equipment (switches) with the 'raw' module. This requires sending commands to the switch in an interactive session (command streamed before receiving the switch's prompt are igno… --- ## [New Module: binary](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-module-binary/16779)
**Author:** [@Derek\_Anderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Derek_Anderson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-module-binary/16779 "2014-11-14T14:31:53Z")
While implementing Ansible in my organization I found the need to write out binary files (in this case, a corosync authkey). I wanted this file to be different between my different inventories (I use Tower). My solution … --- ## [Missing somthing with callbacks use (callbacks are included but not ran)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-somthing-with-callbacks-use-callbacks-are-included-but-not-ran/16760)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Laredo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tom_Laredo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-somthing-with-callbacks-use-callbacks-are-included-but-not-ran/16760 "2014-11-13T14:05:40Z")
Hi, I’m new to Ansible and I’m trying to write a callback for storing results of my playbooks in a database. My problem is that I don’t manage to make my callbacks ran by Ansible. Here is a part of my /etc/ansible/ans… --- ## [Config Files for Inventory Scripts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-files-for-inventory-scripts/16720)
**Author:** [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-files-for-inventory-scripts/16720 "2014-11-07T17:03:01Z")
Howdy everyone, I have a question around config files for inventory scripts. So far there are several inventory scripts that also include config files which are individually contained. I am currently working on adding… --- ## [Trouble Getting Vars in Ansible Callback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trouble-getting-vars-in-ansible-callback/16695)
**Author:** [@Rafe\_Colton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rafe_Colton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trouble-getting-vars-in-ansible-callback/16695 "2014-11-07T15:28:46Z")
Hi All, Having some trouble with a callback, hoping somebody can help me out. I’m trying to get information that the user has set in variables during the playbook\_on\_play\_start method by calling task.module\_vars.get(‘v… --- ## [modprobe\_module, when setting state=present, where is it saved for adding the module at next boot ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modprobe-module-when-setting-state-present-where-is-it-saved-for-adding-the-module-at-next-boot/16716)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Eriksson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stefan_Eriksson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modprobe-module-when-setting-state-present-where-is-it-saved-for-adding-the-module-at-next-boot/16716 "2014-11-07T14:27:45Z")
Hi Its unclear where modprobe module save the settings, I cant find a list of modules to load att boot in /etc/modprobe.d/ There’s also no info about this in the module website. for example kernel\_blacklist says: blac… --- ## [Optional dependencies](https://forum.ansible.com/t/optional-dependencies/16699)
**Author:** [@Stephen\_Gargan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_Gargan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/optional-dependencies/16699 "2014-11-05T14:34:05Z")
I’d like to float the idea of having optional dependencies. For the most part I use supervisor to control the services that I install on my linux hosts, I’ve found that it is almost a prequisite dependency and its’s incl… --- ## [python-boto needs an EPEL maintainer](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-boto-needs-an-epel-maintainer/16696)
**Author:** [@kahlil.hodgson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kahlil.hodgson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-boto-needs-an-epel-maintainer/16696 "2014-11-05T07:28:06Z")
Just saw the following announcement regarding orphaned EPEL packages: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/epel-announce/2014-November/000032.html Note that python-boto is on the list of packages to be retired by … --- ## [yum module: add support for check\_mode /w yum package groups](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-add-support-for-check-mode-w-yum-package-groups/16671)
**Author:** [@Jean-Francois\_Chevre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jean-Francois_Chevre)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-add-support-for-check-mode-w-yum-package-groups/16671 "2014-11-04T21:01:55Z")
Hello ansible community! This is my first post and first pull request: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/264 FYI: I had sent a pull request before the ansible repos reorganizations and I have just ha… --- ## [ability to gather CIDR ( /24 aswell as 255.255.255.0) from remote server.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-gather-cidr-24-aswell-as-255-255-255-0-from-remote-server/16675)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Eriksson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stefan_Eriksson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-gather-cidr-24-aswell-as-255-255-255-0-from-remote-server/16675 "2014-11-03T23:10:04Z")
I would like facts to gather CIDR as well as netmask for my IPv4, Its useful for a lot of config files where it doesn’t take 255.255.255.0 but rather only allow /24, like quagga’s ospfd.conf Sample config: router ospf … --- ## [What am I doing wrong? "make tests" returns "Ran 0 tests"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-make-tests-returns-ran-0-tests/16653)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Edwards](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steven_Edwards)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-make-tests-returns-ran-0-tests/16653 "2014-11-03T17:12:25Z")
Please help me understand this process. :slight\_smile: I want to add a new command-line option\*, so I forked and cloned the repo, made the relevant additions and changes on a new branch, and ran “make tests” with hopes … --- ## [Those going to AWS:reInvent in November?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/those-going-to-aws-reinvent-in-november/16665)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/those-going-to-aws-reinvent-in-november/16665 "2014-11-02T22:07:37Z")
I figure there’s a good chance of a lot of folks being at this one. Tentatively seeing if a small group of folks from the devel list might want to get together for dinner/drinks Tuesday night after the Expo social. If … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=78) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=80)