# AWX Project

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## [AWX postgres container stuck in Restarting status](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-container-stuck-in-restarting-status/25678)

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**Author:** [@senilio](https://forum.ansible.com/u/senilio)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-postgres-container-stuck-in-restarting-status/25678 "2017-11-21T18:45:06Z")

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Hi! I installed AWX a couple of weeks back, and have been using it without issues since then. Yesterday I got an “Internal Server Error” from the GUI, and then I noticed that the postgres container had crashed, and is s…

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## [firewall rules needed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/firewall-rules-needed/26087)

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**Author:** [@Hai\_Wu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hai_Wu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/firewall-rules-needed/26087 "2017-11-21T18:43:13Z")

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What kind of firewall rules would be needed to get this going in an enterprise environment with security lock down in place, and there’s no proxy option for this? It seems it needs to have access to at least docker hub,…

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## [Running AWX containers as non-root user on docker host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-awx-containers-as-non-root-user-on-docker-host/26098)

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**Author:** [@mark.anthony.2017.ma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mark.anthony.2017.ma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-awx-containers-as-non-root-user-on-docker-host/26098 "2017-11-21T17:30:09Z")

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Hi, How do I run awx\_web and awx\_task containers as non-root user on docker host so that they don’t have root privileges on docker host? I tried to run awx\_web container by passing the below user option in docker run. …

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## [Can't modify inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-modify-inventory/26083)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Zurita](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tom_Zurita)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-modify-inventory/26083 "2017-11-21T15:24:33Z")

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Just installed version 1.0.1.167 and can’t modify inventory. I can create a new one but when I add hosts it never saves. Thoughts?

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## [WINRM: Getting the Error Message when used the win\_service to stopped the services](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-getting-the-error-message-when-used-the-win-service-to-stopped-the-services/26095)

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**Author:** [@Shtrudhan\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shtrudhan_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-getting-the-error-message-when-used-the-win-service-to-stopped-the-services/26095 "2017-11-21T14:09:05Z")

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Hi Team, I am getting the error when trying to stopped some window services using the win\_service module. TASK \[Gathering Facts\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Using module…

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## [WINRM issue when tried to call connect window box](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-issue-when-tried-to-call-connect-window-box/26007)

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**Author:** [@Shtrudhan\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shtrudhan_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-issue-when-tried-to-call-connect-window-box/26007 "2017-11-21T10:09:22Z")

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Hi Team, I am getting the below error when using the Ansible server to connect window node. “kerberos: authGSSClientStep() failed: ((‘Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information’, 851968), (‘Server…

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## [Is ansible galaxy supported in AWX?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-ansible-galaxy-supported-in-awx/26071)

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**Author:** [@Tchia04](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tchia04)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-ansible-galaxy-supported-in-awx/26071 "2017-11-21T01:06:08Z")

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I have a requirements.yml in project/roles/ folder like it described at http://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/2.4.1/html/userguide/projects.html#ansible-galaxy-support. However during the job execution, “ansible-galaxy …

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## [Unable to run ansible playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-ansible-playbook/26079)

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**Author:** [@Meghanand\_Acharekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Meghanand_Acharekar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-ansible-playbook/26079 "2017-11-20T09:02:08Z")

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Hi, I was trying to build awx as per official documentation, but getting following error. ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path. The error appears t…

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## [Workflow Template - Prompted Inventory or pass variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/workflow-template-prompted-inventory-or-pass-variable/26061)

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**Author:** [@mkempster22uu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkempster22uu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/workflow-template-prompted-inventory-or-pass-variable/26061 "2017-11-20T08:30:36Z")

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With usual job templates you can prompt for both what inventory to use and the limit on launch. In the workflow editor there doesn’t seem to be any way of doing this. Can you pass variable names into this box and then ha…

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## [AWX Database migrations via separate user?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-database-migrations-via-separate-user/26047)

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**Author:** [@pberlowski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pberlowski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-database-migrations-via-separate-user/26047 "2017-11-16T20:27:34Z")

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Hi AWX community, I’m attempting an AWX POC, but I’m having some trouble with initial database setup. In our environment we have a separation between the DBA user (owner of the database, can run migrations) and the APP …

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## [Passing a var file into "EXTRA VARIABLES"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-a-var-file-into-extra-variables/26046)

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**Author:** [@jturnerr1982](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jturnerr1982)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-a-var-file-into-extra-variables/26046 "2017-11-16T18:29:46Z")

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Hi just setting up tower here, one thing that really has me stumped that I hope there is a simple solution to is how to pass veritable FILES into EXTRA VARIABLES when creating templates. usually when I run a playbook I …

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## [No refresh tab jobs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-refresh-tab-jobs/26026)

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**Author:** [@Antonio\_Jimenez\_Rami](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antonio_Jimenez_Rami)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-refresh-tab-jobs/26026 "2017-11-15T14:47:42Z")

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Good morning, When I execute a template, the job stays hung and does not reflect what it is doing. Before I went out the steps that the job was doing but now it remains in Pending and nothing comes out. I hit the launc…

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## [Problem execute template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-execute-template/26025)

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**Author:** [@Antonio\_Jimenez\_Rami](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antonio_Jimenez_Rami)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-execute-template/26025 "2017-11-15T10:40:15Z")

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Good morning, I’m trying to execute a template to a machine. In Machine Credentials I select a user created called support, but when I launch the playbook it launches it with the root user. (attachments)

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## [Problem with run Docker](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-run-docker/26016)

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**Author:** [@Antonio\_Jimenez\_Rami](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antonio_Jimenez_Rami)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-run-docker/26016 "2017-11-14T12:57:10Z")

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Hi, I have this problem: ERRORS: main.JobTemplate.project: (models.E006) The field ‘project’ clashes with the field ‘project’ from model ‘main.unifiedjobtemplate’. Unknown command: ‘celery’ Type ‘awx-manage help’ fo…

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## [AWX after machine restart](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-after-machine-restart/26015)

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**Author:** [@Antonio\_Jimenez\_Rami](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antonio_Jimenez_Rami)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-after-machine-restart/26015 "2017-11-14T12:53:36Z")

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Hi, Once I restart the machine does not start AWX. How do I have to restart the application? And also how can I set it to boot by default? Regards,

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## [No login page](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-login-page/25960)

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**Author:** [@Bill\_Nolf](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Nolf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-login-page/25960 "2017-11-09T21:02:39Z")

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I used awx\_task and awx\_web along with docker-compose docker ps awx\_task:latest is running port 8052/tcp awx\_web:latest is running port 0.0.0.0:80 → 8052/tcp rabbitmg:3 running port 4369/tcp, 5671-5672/tcp mencached…

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## [Missing python library](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-python-library/25959)

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**Author:** [@Marc\_Herren](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marc_Herren)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-python-library/25959 "2017-11-09T17:44:33Z")

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Hi, My playbook uses lookup with dig, which needs the dnspython library. \[1\] I’ve installed the library on the system with pip and cli ansible-playbook execution just works as expected. Unfortunately with AWX it fails…

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## [RFC: Support for Multiple Credential assignment for Jobs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-support-for-multiple-credential-assignment-for-jobs/25976)

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**Author:** [@rpetrell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rpetrell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-support-for-multiple-credential-assignment-for-jobs/25976 "2017-11-09T17:17:01Z")

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tl;dr I’ve opened a new pull request for awx which extends JobTemplates with the ability to associate Credentials via one unified many-to-many list. Please have a look and provide feedback on this pull request: https://…

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## [Way to just run containers?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/way-to-just-run-containers/25955)

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**Author:** [@Cody\_Harlow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cody_Harlow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/way-to-just-run-containers/25955 "2017-11-08T01:02:41Z")

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I pushed all of the containers to our internal dockerhub, but is there a way of just running the containers?

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## [AWX Job page doesn't refreshed automatically when running behind Nginx Proxy.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-page-doesnt-refreshed-automatically-when-running-behind-nginx-proxy/25815)

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**Author:** [@venkatesh.l](https://forum.ansible.com/u/venkatesh.l)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-page-doesnt-refreshed-automatically-when-running-behind-nginx-proxy/25815 "2017-11-07T18:39:47Z")

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I’ve made a AWX environment in Container. Currently, I’m having AWX\_Web, AWX\_task as a separate container and setup the Nginx proxy behind of AWX\_Web. When I execute any jobs, page is not refreshed automatically. The sta…

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## [install python libs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-python-libs/25535)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Biancaniello](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Biancaniello)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-python-libs/25535 "2017-11-07T16:34:47Z")

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I am playing around with AWX and want to load a role (or “project” I suppose is the new term) that has some custom libraries and filter\_plugins. The problem is that these python scripts require py libs that were never in…

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## [tower surveys / how to enter a per host variable value](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tower-surveys-how-to-enter-a-per-host-variable-value/25948)

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**Author:** [@Ulises\_Alonso](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ulises_Alonso)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tower-surveys-how-to-enter-a-per-host-variable-value/25948 "2017-11-07T14:59:18Z")

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Hi all again I don’t see it is possible to enter a variable value different for each host when using ansible tower surveys Is it not possible? Thanks Ulises

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## [tower surveys / how to enter a dictionary variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tower-surveys-how-to-enter-a-dictionary-variable/25947)

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**Author:** [@Ulises\_Alonso](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ulises_Alonso)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tower-surveys-how-to-enter-a-dictionary-variable/25947 "2017-11-07T14:58:11Z")

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Hi all I’m just trying ansible tower first time. I’m not finding any way of entering a dictionary variable with the GUI. For example, I would like to be able to set the values of a cluster\_member variable which has an i…

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## [AWX/Tower and git integration - Post a comment with AWX/Tower job information](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-tower-and-git-integration-post-a-comment-with-awx-tower-job-information/25872)

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**Author:** [@Valerio\_Galantini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Valerio_Galantini)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-tower-and-git-integration-post-a-comment-with-awx-tower-job-information/25872 "2017-11-07T10:41:16Z")

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Hi guys, At work we are testing Tower and AWX and in particular we use it to produce configurations templates that we then push to git. The whole process works fine and we are trying to automate it using as follows: -…

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## [Input from user while running the playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/input-from-user-while-running-the-playbook/25932)

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**Author:** [@Shtrudhan\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shtrudhan_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/input-from-user-while-running-the-playbook/25932 "2017-11-06T17:00:22Z")

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Hi Team, We are new in ansible. i have created the some basic playbook and it working fine. i have three query about this. How to pass the argument while running the playbook example- Suppose i have created playboo…

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## [Can survey question display text differ from value?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-survey-question-display-text-differ-from-value/25929)

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**Author:** [@jjeffers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jjeffers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-survey-question-display-text-differ-from-value/25929 "2017-11-06T15:59:07Z")

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Apologies if this is a common question. Is there any way, in a Survey with a list of items, to have the text displayed differ from the value passed as an extra var? For example, in passing a an AWS subnet ID, I would lik…

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## [Where should I submit documentation issues?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-should-i-submit-documentation-issues/25922)

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**Author:** [@David\_Reagan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Reagan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-should-i-submit-documentation-issues/25922 "2017-11-03T20:25:45Z")

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Most of my questions over the past couple weeks could have been answered by more documentation. Since I don’t see a documentation project on github.com/ansible, or a label for it on https://github.com/ansible/awx I figur…

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## [VMWare based source gets wrong ansible\_host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-based-source-gets-wrong-ansible-host/25909)

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**Author:** [@David\_Reagan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Reagan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-based-source-gets-wrong-ansible-host/25909 "2017-11-03T20:24:15Z")

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I have two nics on my vm. One for normal network operations, another dedicated to our SAN. When my VMWare source adds the vm to the inventory, the ansible\_host value is set to the ip of the SAN nic. As is ansible\_ssh\_hos…

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## [Can we filter inventories using Jinja filters?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-we-filter-inventories-using-jinja-filters/25892)

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**Author:** [@David\_Reagan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Reagan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-we-filter-inventories-using-jinja-filters/25892 "2017-11-03T18:35:26Z")

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Is it possible to filter inventories and sources using Jinja filters? As in, filters listed here: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks\_filters.html When I try to use the regex\_search filter, I get this error…

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## [adding vcenter to tower caused hosts displayed with ids](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-vcenter-to-tower-caused-hosts-displayed-with-ids/25856)

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**Author:** [@Oguz\_Yarimtepe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oguz_Yarimtepe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-vcenter-to-tower-caused-hosts-displayed-with-ids/25856 "2017-11-03T16:30:08Z")

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I added VMWare VCenter credential type to AWX interface and also added source of my VCenter. I can see the vms on my VCenter but all are imported with their name\_id format which i don’t want. How can i tell AWX (Tower) t…

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