# Ansible Developer **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=83 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 84 --- ## [Any interest for a secrets module?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-interest-for-a-secrets-module/16102)
**Author:** [@Strahinja\_Kustudic2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Strahinja_Kustudic2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-interest-for-a-secrets-module/16102 "2014-09-03T06:46:26Z")
We have been using Ansible for some time now and one of the biggest problems we have with Ansible are secret variables. Ansible Vault is a nice solution to this problem, but it makes Ansible a little harder to use. Looku… --- ## [How do I verify that my feature branch doesn't contain merge commits before submitting a PR](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-verify-that-my-feature-branch-doesnt-contain-merge-commits-before-submitting-a-pr/16079)
**Author:** [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-verify-that-my-feature-branch-doesnt-contain-merge-commits-before-submitting-a-pr/16079 "2014-09-02T23:57:25Z")
I’m fairly new to git, and from time to time I stumble and embarrasingly submit pull requests containing merge commits to Ansible. Is there an easy way to double-check that my branch doesn’t contain any merge commits be… --- ## [Better add\_host support for provided cloud modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/better-add-host-support-for-provided-cloud-modules/16097)
**Author:** [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/better-add-host-support-for-provided-cloud-modules/16097 "2014-09-02T23:52:28Z")
I submitted a pull request several days ago to allow cloud modules to invoke add\_host. I wanted to post the options that have been presented, to get some feedback. I’ll start with the original idea… Several months ago … --- ## [Fire & Forget support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fire-forget-support/16091)
**Author:** [@Henry\_Finucane](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Henry_Finucane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fire-forget-support/16091 "2014-09-02T23:49:40Z")
Howdy all, I have a pull request here: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7621 that I'm feeling antsy about. It's one line, that one line could be put somewhere else, the bug has been sitting there since 1.6, yes … --- ## [new module zabbix\_host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-module-zabbix-host/16098)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-module-zabbix-host/16098 "2014-09-02T14:13:47Z")
Hi I created a PR https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/8854 for the new module zabbix\_host. Testing and feedback is very welcome. :slight\_smile: Regards René --- ## [Anyone working on windows facts?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-working-on-windows-facts/16072)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-working-on-windows-facts/16072 "2014-09-01T20:56:51Z")
I’ve starting working on adding some extra facts for windows hosts. So far I have one for the installed powershell version and another to report when the certificate (created by Trond’s setup script) will expire. Anyon… --- ## [How do I enable diff mode when I write a module?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-enable-diff-mode-when-i-write-a-module/16029)
**Author:** [@Jorgen\_Hagg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jorgen_Hagg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-enable-diff-mode-when-i-write-a-module/16029 "2014-08-30T20:13:10Z")
I’ve managed to write a module that supports check mode, but it would be nice if it also could display the changes it will do, that is, supporting diff mode. But I can’t find any documentation about the subject. So, a… --- ## [questions about working directory structure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/questions-about-working-directory-structure/16045)
**Author:** [@julien\_barbay](https://forum.ansible.com/u/julien_barbay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/questions-about-working-directory-structure/16045 "2014-08-27T08:30:40Z")
Hello, First. I’m a newcomer in Ansible, but i feel it’s very attractive regarding other solutions that i benched before (chef and puppet). I started to read on Ansible 3 days ago, and forked the repo and installed fro… --- ## [How to Deploy Multiple Applications](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-deploy-multiple-applications/16016)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_Athman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joseph_Athman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-deploy-multiple-applications/16016 "2014-08-27T01:14:39Z")
I’m just starting out with Ansible and looking for some guidance about how to deploy multiple applications with the same playbook. I created a playbook that can deploy a single application to a server, now I’m trying to … --- ## [Provide RCs for ansible major releases?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/provide-rcs-for-ansible-major-releases/15977)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/provide-rcs-for-ansible-major-releases/15977 "2014-08-26T23:07:23Z")
Hi I just wanted to make a suggestion for the next major release. We all know, unit testing software which is close to systems (also see Linux kernel) is hard to test. I think Linus does a good job for providing RCs an… --- ## [galaxy improvements/features](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-improvements-features/16031)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-improvements-features/16031 "2014-08-25T22:39:21Z")
Hi (unsure if this is the right place to talk about galaxy, if no, let me know) I would like to make some feature requests for galaxy.ansible.com: 1. Webhook on GitHub for autoupdate roles on Galaxy Having more and m… --- ## [vsphere\_guest adding snapshot ability](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-adding-snapshot-ability/16022)
**Author:** [@Dann\_Bohn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dann_Bohn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-adding-snapshot-ability/16022 "2014-08-24T13:55:36Z")
I was tasked with starting a discussion regarding adding snapshot capability to vsphere\_guest, or perhaps splitting it into a separate module. I started this work here: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7690 Dann … --- ## [Workflow and distribution when developing modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/workflow-and-distribution-when-developing-modules/16017)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_VanGundy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ryan_VanGundy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/workflow-and-distribution-when-developing-modules/16017 "2014-08-22T17:55:57Z")
I’m curious as to how best to develop and distribute a 3rd-party module. Currently I’m working in an Ansible development branch. My module is in the library folder, and I’m running tests using hacking/test-module. This h… --- ## [weird output stuff when doing --syntax check on latest devel](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-output-stuff-when-doing-syntax-check-on-latest-devel/16012)
**Author:** [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-output-stuff-when-doing-syntax-check-on-latest-devel/16012 "2014-08-22T13:30:58Z")
With latest devel, doing a syntax check, I suddenly get playbook: plays/cumuli.yml 0=cumuli/admin 0=cumuli/admin 0=cumuli/mon 0=cumuli/mon 0=cumuli/osd 0=cumuli/osd 0=cumuli/msd 0=cumuli/msd 0=cumuli/blades 0=… --- ## [virtualbox wrapper](https://forum.ansible.com/t/virtualbox-wrapper/15995)
**Author:** [@Diogene\_Laerce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Diogene_Laerce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/virtualbox-wrapper/15995 "2014-08-20T20:50:44Z")
Hi, For those interested, I'd be too by your opinions on the matter. Just to know if I am on the right track or that I can go and get lost in the woods. :slight\_smile: Thanks, PS: Sorry for the double post, but with… --- ## [virtualbox wrapper](https://forum.ansible.com/t/virtualbox-wrapper/15994)
**Author:** [@Diogene\_Laerce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Diogene_Laerce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/virtualbox-wrapper/15994 "2014-08-20T20:49:24Z")
Hi, For those interested, I'd be too by your opinions on the matter. Just to know if I am on the right track or that I can go and get lost in the woods. :slight\_smile: Thanks, --- ## [ini\_file feature for populating an INI file from a variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ini-file-feature-for-populating-an-ini-file-from-a-variable/15992)
**Author:** [@Nate\_Coraor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nate_Coraor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ini-file-feature-for-populating-an-ini-file-from-a-variable/15992 "2014-08-20T19:21:46Z")
Hi all, I’ve put together a feature for ini\_file and am not sure whether I should submit a PR for it or not. The problem I had was that there’s no way to fully manage an INI file: You can add/remove individual options, … --- ## [ec2\_ami\_search](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-ami-search/15975)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Benson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Benson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-ami-search/15975 "2014-08-19T18:44:36Z")
Greetings, I’m a bit new to ansible, but learning the ropes as I go. The other day I was hoping to use the ec2\_ami\_search module to grab the appropriate AMI for the ec2 module to use during instance creation. I quickly … --- ## [Wouldn't be nice to be able to get\_url + uncompress in a single operation?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wouldnt-be-nice-to-be-able-to-get-url-uncompress-in-a-single-operation/15980)
**Author:** [@Filipe\_Felisbino](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Filipe_Felisbino)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wouldnt-be-nice-to-be-able-to-get-url-uncompress-in-a-single-operation/15980 "2014-08-18T15:00:42Z")
I think it could make the life of ansible users a little bit easier if we could just have a additional parameter to get\_url specifying if we want to decompress the file after the download is done. Something like: name:… --- ## [Module postgresql\_row](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-postgresql-row/15973)
**Author:** [@Bernhard\_Weitzhofer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bernhard_Weitzhofer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-postgresql-row/15973 "2014-08-18T12:38:45Z")
Hi, looking at our /library-Folder there is another module I’d like to mention here: To configure applications that are configured via database tables I’ve written a module “postgresql\_row” that (as the name hopefully i… --- ## [vault password broken since f6a55a35525a6ca0b56ad856f2ab11bbd226c1b4](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault-password-broken-since-f6a55a35525a6ca0b56ad856f2ab11bbd226c1b4/15913)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault-password-broken-since-f6a55a35525a6ca0b56ad856f2ab11bbd226c1b4/15913 "2014-08-15T12:00:13Z")
Hi After updating to 1.7.0, I was not able to use " ansible-playbook --vault-password-file" anymore, ansible returned always ERROR: A vault password must be specified to decrypt data I created a small test shell scrip… --- ## [First timer question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/first-timer-question/15948)
**Author:** [@Diogene\_Laerce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Diogene_Laerce)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/first-timer-question/15948 "2014-08-14T22:35:25Z")
Hi, When one's answer on the Git Comment Pull request feature, does the owner receives a copy of the mail or are we supposed to post the answer on the devel list too ? Thank you, --- ## [Mode based dynamic inventory scripts don't work well with Vagrant + VirtualBox or Samba shares.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mode-based-dynamic-inventory-scripts-dont-work-well-with-vagrant-virtualbox-or-samba-shares/15901)
**Author:** [@Darrel\_O\_Pry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darrel_O_Pry)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mode-based-dynamic-inventory-scripts-dont-work-well-with-vagrant-virtualbox-or-samba-shares/15901 "2014-08-14T21:06:32Z")
The file modes for vboxsf, smb shares are fixed. If you’re running ansible in a Vagrant VM, depending on mode to determine whether an inventory is dynamic or not is unreliable. Are there other acceptable solutions to ide… --- ## [ansible-playbook truncating results](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-truncating-results/15946)
**Author:** [@bruce\_bushby](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bruce_bushby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-truncating-results/15946 "2014-08-14T13:22:07Z")
Hi I’m new to ansible so still copying examples. I have this playbook example which appears to work…but is truncating the results: \[root@adm1-lon ansible\]# cat ps.yaml hosts: development gather\_facts: no tasks: … --- ## [regarding https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7818](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regarding-https-github-com-ansible-ansible-pull-7818/15899)
**Author:** [@Pradeep\_Jindal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pradeep_Jindal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regarding-https-github-com-ansible-ansible-pull-7818/15899 "2014-08-14T13:09:24Z")
Hi, I think the patch that has been accepted (in context of https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7818) doesn’t provide a way to selectively remove rules from ec2 security group. This pull request provides that functi… --- ## [File lookup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-lookup/15934)
**Author:** [@Graham\_Hay](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Graham_Hay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-lookup/15934 "2014-08-14T12:57:33Z")
What is the expected behaviour if a file lookup fails? I have an authorized\_key task: name: Key for ansible user authorized\_key: user=ansible key=“{{ lookup(‘file’, ‘./ansible\_key.pub’) }}” but I moved it into a diff… --- ## [S3 module - Tagging and ACL support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-module-tagging-and-acl-support/15939)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Cross](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Cross)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-module-tagging-and-acl-support/15939 "2014-08-14T00:27:51Z")
Hello folks, I’m wondering if anyone is working on adding this functionality to the s3 module. I’d love to get this working, so if it’s not already on the go I’ll look at getting it in. Daniel --- ## [Lookup plugins and complex data](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lookup-plugins-and-complex-data/13974)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Totterman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Totterman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lookup-plugins-and-complex-data/13974 "2014-08-11T19:54:59Z")
Hi, I’m quite new to Ansible, and I’ve been asking some questions on the IRC channel the past few days. We have a lot of data in LDAP and other databases, which we would like to use in our Ansible plays (?). So I wrote… --- ## [New Sensu module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-sensu-module/15888)
**Author:** [@Amr\_Ali](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amr_Ali)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-sensu-module/15888 "2014-08-11T18:05:47Z")
Hey, i’v been working on a sensu module to interact and manage sensu through sensu-api, it’s done and tested but i’d like to see your opinions about it before doing a PR, being my first module and all wanted to make sur… --- ## [Setting Environment Variables for inventory scripts from vault.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-environment-variables-for-inventory-scripts-from-vault/15900)
**Author:** [@Darrel\_O\_Pry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darrel_O_Pry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-environment-variables-for-inventory-scripts-from-vault/15900 "2014-08-08T23:42:52Z")
I’m working with digital ocean and I would really like to wrap our DO keys we use for deployment in a vault. I also want to use digital ocean for my inventory. Unfortunately the inventory is instantiated before any playb… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=82) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/ansible-developer/29.md?page=84)