# Get Help **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6.md?page=101 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## [AWX - Limit - Check in the role if there are no play\_hosts?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-limit-check-in-the-role-if-there-are-no-play-hosts/1827)
**Author:** [@disi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/disi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-limit-check-in-the-role-if-there-are-no-play-hosts/1827 "2023-11-02T13:18:02Z")
I put this under AWX, because of the way the Limit functionality makes the job fail if it cannot find any matching hosts. Is it possible to ignore this checking in AWX and I do the error handling in the role itself? So… --- ## [Keep constant number of processing hosts at the moment (serial,strategy,forks)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-constant-number-of-processing-hosts-at-the-moment-serial-strategy-forks/1949)
**Author:** [@CZ1WFV\_gme](https://forum.ansible.com/u/CZ1WFV_gme)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-constant-number-of-processing-hosts-at-the-moment-serial-strategy-forks/1949 "2023-11-02T08:37:36Z")
Hi I’m struggling to achieve following behavior with serial, strategy, forks: I have many typical nodes to update. Process includes placing nodes into maintenance, it could take unpredictable time (hours). I’m not al… --- ## [AWX Inventory Strategy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-inventory-strategy/1964)
**Author:** [@trippinnik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/trippinnik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-inventory-strategy/1964 "2023-11-01T19:32:59Z")
I’m trying to find the best way to deal with some inventory situations. I pull some servers from Service-Now using the plugin in AWX. This is great. The main groupings I need are good with Prod/Dev etc using Smart Inven… --- ## [AWX restore failure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-restore-failure/1866)
**Author:** [@dkoci](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dkoci)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-restore-failure/1866 "2023-11-01T18:53:02Z")
Hi. I’m having issues with AWX restore which is in failure status. I can see errors in the database pod. I also reported an issue. Does anyone else have a similar problem? --- ## [User ownership for namespace is getting changed to a different user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-ownership-for-namespace-is-getting-changed-to-a-different-user/1361)
**Author:** [@lkiesow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lkiesow)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-ownership-for-namespace-is-getting-changed-to-a-different-user/1361 "2023-11-01T17:50:43Z")
Not only have the namespaces changed, but some namespaces/roles/… now seem to have been transferred to other users. For example, the elan.opencast\_user is the old name. But it now seems to belong to someone else: Thi… --- ## [Securely running scripts via ansible on Windows/false positives](https://forum.ansible.com/t/securely-running-scripts-via-ansible-on-windows-false-positives/282)
**Author:** [@pcpharmtt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pcpharmtt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/securely-running-scripts-via-ansible-on-windows-false-positives/282 "2023-11-01T17:06:29Z")
Hi Guys, The antivirus I have installed on some of my test windows hosts are causing scripts to be flagged as malicious and thus they are failing when run. I don’t think that the code is malicious, it’s a simple ping vi… --- ## [Vsphere\_copy module is not idempotent?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-copy-module-is-not-idempotent/2071)
**Author:** [@ttytsdeur](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ttytsdeur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-copy-module-is-not-idempotent/2071 "2023-11-01T16:56:55Z")
vsphere\_copy module is not idempotent? If run the below code, it uploads ISO every time i re-run the playbook. Is this expected behavior --- - name: create a folder on datastore to upload iso hosts: localhost gathe… --- ## [Windows DHCP Server and HPE ILO5 client identifier](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-dhcp-server-and-hpe-ilo5-client-identifier/2060)
**Author:** [@Torie-Coding](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Torie-Coding)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-dhcp-server-and-hpe-ilo5-client-identifier/2060 "2023-11-01T16:48:12Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently having a problem with the community.windows.win\_dhcp\_lease module. I need to reserve IP addresses for our HPE Gen10 servers on a Windows DHCP server. But HPE is a bit on the other side in … --- ## [Create survey for variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-survey-for-variable/2047)
**Author:** [@rimjith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rimjith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-survey-for-variable/2047 "2023-11-01T14:40:05Z")
Hi All, I am trying to move this code to Ansible Tower, but I am not able to figure out how to create survey for hostName variable. Can anyone help me on this - hosts: all gather\_facts: no become: yes vars: … --- ## [Using "when:" on handlers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-when-on-handlers/1952)
**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-when-on-handlers/1952 "2023-10-31T20:07:29Z")
We’ve had a snippet, a comment really, floating around our shop for a long time, to wit: # This task file is included by the "soft" handler b/c # handlers can't deal with \`when:\` etc. I suspect it was born of empirical… --- ## [Missing Namespaces in NG](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-namespaces-in-ng/1644)
**Author:** [@darkdecoy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/darkdecoy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-namespaces-in-ng/1644 "2023-10-31T18:27:19Z")
Missing Namespaces When I logged into Galaxy which is now Galaxy NG, it created a new user rather than signing into my user and now I don’t have access to the namespaces that I should. --- ## [Role import errors with "dependencies must be a list of strings"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-import-errors-with-dependencies-must-be-a-list-of-strings/1930)
**Author:** [@BrainStone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/BrainStone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-import-errors-with-dependencies-must-be-a-list-of-strings/1930 "2023-10-31T18:11:15Z")
Hey, so I’m having this issue where the role import is currently complaining about my list of dependencies (in my meta/main.yml as that’s the only place I even have them declared). What I’m doing there should work accor… --- ## [Connecting ansible to Arduino](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connecting-ansible-to-arduino/2042)
**Author:** [@mathavan2711](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mathavan2711)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connecting-ansible-to-arduino/2042 "2023-10-31T17:33:05Z")
I am just starting to explore in Ansible. In my project, i am installing ansible in a raspberry pi to make it as controller node and i will be controlling the raspberry pi fleet (in one container with kubernetes) from th… --- ## [Ansible.windows.win\_regedit is trying to use ssh](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-win-regedit-is-trying-to-use-ssh/2005)
**Author:** [@tlemons](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tlemons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-win-regedit-is-trying-to-use-ssh/2005 "2023-10-31T16:17:38Z")
Hi - I’m using the ansible.windows.win\_regedit in one of my plays. In some of our Ansible environments, this module executes successfully; in other environments, it fails with the error: fatal: \[ldpdd193.hop.lab.emc.com… --- ## [Suspected ansible bug include\_playbook --\> include\_role where role has a tag](https://forum.ansible.com/t/suspected-ansible-bug-include-playbook-include-role-where-role-has-a-tag/1997)
**Author:** [@senoj\_nai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/senoj_nai)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/suspected-ansible-bug-include-playbook-include-role-where-role-has-a-tag/1997 "2023-10-31T12:30:38Z")
I am pretty sure this is a bug but as per the recommendations when raising a bug, ask the community first! I have a playbook X that runs an include\_playbook: Y This include\_playbook: Y code is inside a block: rescue: p… --- ## [How to develop and run collection locally](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-develop-and-run-collection-locally/2033)
**Author:** [@ryan.ernst](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryan.ernst)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-develop-and-run-collection-locally/2033 "2023-10-31T02:53:38Z")
I am pretty new to Ansible and hope to use it to automate deployment on hardware that my company manages. I have created a collection for us to bundle all of our roles into, as it seems this is the modern way to use Ans… --- ## ["ansible-galaxy role import" is failing with an error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-role-import-is-failing-with-an-error/1768)
**Author:** [@githubixx](https://forum.ansible.com/u/githubixx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-role-import-is-failing-with-an-error/1768 "2023-10-30T21:06:12Z")
Hello, I’m trying to import a new version of my role with this command (also tried with a Github action, same result - and also created a new token because I got a “403 - permission denied” with the first attempt): “”" … --- ## [Not able to push playbook to Juniper Switch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-push-playbook-to-juniper-switch/1778)
**Author:** [@G24joshi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/G24joshi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-push-playbook-to-juniper-switch/1778 "2023-10-30T19:28:31Z")
I am unable to push playbook tasks to our Juniper switch. If I just create a simple playbook for gathering the facts, I am getting below error “\[Errno -2\] Name or service not known”. and this error is same for every modu… --- ## [Multiple galaxy-ng role namespace issues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-galaxy-ng-role-namespace-issues/2031)
**Author:** [@L3D](https://forum.ansible.com/u/L3D)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-galaxy-ng-role-namespace-issues/2031 "2023-10-30T16:22:57Z")
Dear galaxy-ng Developer, Sadly there are still multiple issues with the galaxy-ng namespaces. Access to namespace I still can not access all namespaces I had access to in the the old galaxy. If I see that correctly, … --- ## [Bot used for publishing has lost namespace access](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bot-used-for-publishing-has-lost-namespace-access/1413)
**Author:** [@cidrblock](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cidrblock)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bot-used-for-publishing-has-lost-namespace-access/1413 "2023-10-30T16:04:55Z")
Hey all- We use a bot and it seems to have lost access to all of the namepsaces it could publish to. Can the namespace list for “ansibuddy” be restored to what it was on old galaxy? Thanks, Brad --- ## [Role import from GitHub results in "master" release, not the tag release, breaking installs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-import-from-github-results-in-master-release-not-the-tag-release-breaking-installs/1856)
**Author:** [@geerlingguy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/geerlingguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-import-from-github-results-in-master-release-not-the-tag-release-breaking-installs/1856 "2023-10-30T14:54:47Z")
For my latest release of the geerlingguy.pip role on Galaxy, it should be 3.0.0 (that’s the latest tag on GitHub—see GitHub Actions run here: Role versions doesn't match the GitHub releases But when the action ran: ans… --- ## [Cannot install some roles anymore, tries to import from GitHub user \`None\`](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-install-some-roles-anymore-tries-to-import-from-github-user-none/2018)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-install-some-roles-anymore-tries-to-import-from-github-user-none/2018 "2023-10-30T12:31:59Z")
When trying to run ansible-galaxy role install ansistrano.deploy, I get: Starting galaxy role install process - downloading role 'deploy', owned by ansistrano - downloading role from https://github.com/None/deploy/archi… --- ## [Where to store collections](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-to-store-collections/2013)
**Author:** [@dkoci](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dkoci)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-to-store-collections/2013 "2023-10-30T09:00:40Z")
Hi. In our company, we use AWX as a proof of concept. We have developed some custom collections that need to be stored for use, but we don’t have a private Automation Hub. What would be a suitable place to store these c… --- ## [Community.general.shutdown Interactive authentication required](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-shutdown-interactive-authentication-required/1728)
**Author:** [@charlespick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/charlespick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-shutdown-interactive-authentication-required/1728 "2023-10-30T02:08:00Z")
Getting the following error when using community.general.shutdown in a playbook on a Ubuntu host: fatal: \[obico01.makerland.xyz\]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": false, "msg": "Shutdown command failed. Error was Failed to set wa… --- ## [Headless Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/headless-ansible/1533)
**Author:** [@charlespick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/charlespick)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/headless-ansible/1533 "2023-10-29T18:47:55Z")
I’m trying to learn Ansible at the same time as setting it up as a power outage shutdown orchestration box. I keep running into issues. I started by making a user on each machine that’ll need to be controlled named ansi… --- ## [ISO\_customize module error : "msg": "Failed to delete iso file /boot.cfg with error: Assigned an extent beyond the ISO (214605 \> 214603)"}](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iso-customize-module-error-msg-failed-to-delete-iso-file-boot-cfg-with-error-assigned-an-extent-beyond-the-iso-214605-214603/2009)
**Author:** [@rimjith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rimjith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iso-customize-module-error-msg-failed-to-delete-iso-file-boot-cfg-with-error-assigned-an-extent-beyond-the-iso-214605-214603/2009 "2023-10-28T11:10:24Z")
I am trying to modify the iso file using below code, but getting the error “msg”: “Failed to delete iso file /boot.cfg with error: Assigned an extent beyond the ISO (214605 \> 214603)”} unable to find any article. Can an… --- ## [Unable to change namespace avatar in Galaxy NG](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-change-namespace-avatar-in-galaxy-ng/2002)
**Author:** [@BVollmerhaus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/BVollmerhaus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-change-namespace-avatar-in-galaxy-ng/2002 "2023-10-27T17:20:00Z")
I am trying to update the avatar image of my namespace (and consequently collection), which is currently using the profile picture I had on GitHub when I first logged in. Updating it there was not automatically reflected… --- ## [How to gather vSphere HA Cluster Info, very specifically vSPhere HA properties with Vmware\_cluster\_info?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-gather-vsphere-ha-cluster-info-very-specifically-vsphere-ha-properties-with-vmware-cluster-info/1998)
**Author:** [@ttytsdeur](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ttytsdeur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-gather-vsphere-ha-cluster-info-very-specifically-vsphere-ha-properties-with-vmware-cluster-info/1998 "2023-10-27T15:57:09Z")
Hallo Team, kind of beginner in Ansible. Written few lines but not there yet. I want to gather vSphere HA Cluster Info, very specifically vSPhere HA properties i.e. advanced properties as shown below vSphere Cluster I… --- ## [HostAlias not getting updated on automation-job POD (AWX-Operator)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostalias-not-getting-updated-on-automation-job-pod-awx-operator/1986)
**Author:** [@russell.cecala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/russell.cecala)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostalias-not-getting-updated-on-automation-job-pod-awx-operator/1986 "2023-10-27T15:03:21Z")
I recently had to move my K3 cluster running AWX-operator. The IP addresses of my nodes had to change from 10.0.3.51, 10.0.3.52, 10.0.3.53 to 10.6.3.44, 10.6.3.45, 10.6.3.71. I updated hostAlias in my awx-demo deployment… --- ## [Eda-server not importing runbooks on project import/sync](https://forum.ansible.com/t/eda-server-not-importing-runbooks-on-project-import-sync/1962)
**Author:** [@watsonb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/watsonb)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/eda-server-not-importing-runbooks-on-project-import-sync/1962 "2023-10-27T12:25:39Z")
Greetings folks, I’m jumping onto the EDA band wagon. I’ve authored some fairly simple runbooks and a couple of custom event source plugins and all works well on the command-line via ansible-runbook. So now I want a s… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6.md?page=100) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6.md?page=102)