# Get Help **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6.md?page=25 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [How to automate deletion of old vCenter snapshots?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-automate-deletion-of-old-vcenter-snapshots/43665)
**Author:** [@shanemhartley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shanemhartley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-automate-deletion-of-old-vcenter-snapshots/43665 "2025-07-01T15:46:06Z")
How do I remove old snapshots, say older than 30 days? The only thing i see in the vmware.vmware collection is the guest\_info module, which gives you the creation\_time, but it’s a big long date\_time object. Is there an… --- ## [Ansible and Huawei switch configuration](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-huawei-switch-configuration/43667)
**Author:** [@dorian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dorian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-huawei-switch-configuration/43667 "2025-07-01T15:00:21Z")
Hi Everyone, I work on a playbook to configure a Huawei CloudEngine S5735 but i’m stuck to SNMP V3 configuration. Have you already configured huawei switches with Ansible? Here are the simple command lines that work w… --- ## [Error Message when using Role from Ansible Galaxy (community.zabbix.zabbix\_agent)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-message-when-using-role-from-ansible-galaxy-community-zabbix-zabbix-agent/41129)
**Author:** [@toc21](https://forum.ansible.com/u/toc21)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-message-when-using-role-from-ansible-galaxy-community-zabbix-zabbix-agent/41129 "2025-07-01T13:36:03Z")
Hello guys, i have a problem with using the community.zabbix.zabbix\_agent role in my tasks. I am currently using Ansible only for my Linux servers which are all running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. My code is part of a tasks file… --- ## [Having an issue on lambda path parameter using nodejs22](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-an-issue-on-lambda-path-parameter-using-nodejs22/43640)
**Author:** [@pareduane](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pareduane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-an-issue-on-lambda-path-parameter-using-nodejs22/43640 "2025-06-30T21:25:38Z")
I’m creating an API in AWS API gateway. Create a DB in DynamoDB and code in Lambda. Passing the constant (id: ‘1’) works but does not when used path parameter. I’m using nodejs22 web framework. This is the code: //… --- ## [Issues with Kerberos Credential Delegation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-kerberos-credential-delegation/43136)
**Author:** [@Lyle\_McKarns](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lyle_McKarns)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-kerberos-credential-delegation/43136 "2025-06-30T21:12:30Z")
Folks I’ve started getting issues with Kerberos credential delegation I’m doing something like this - name: "Copy File From Network Share" ansible.windows.win\_copy: src: \\\\path\\to\\file.txt dest: C:\\Temp\\Test… --- ## [YAML recipe for AlmaLinux 9, full-disk LUKS encryption, RAID1 root (PhoenixNAP ramOS)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-recipe-for-almalinux-9-full-disk-luks-encryption-raid1-root-phoenixnap-ramos/43646)
**Author:** [@FutureX](https://forum.ansible.com/u/FutureX)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-recipe-for-almalinux-9-full-disk-luks-encryption-raid1-root-phoenixnap-ramos/43646 "2025-06-30T17:10:59Z")
Hi all, I’m setting up a new BMC (Bare Metal Cloud) server on PhoenixNAP using their Custom OS “ramOS” workflow, which relies on Ansible for fully automated installs. The reason for this is we’re setting this server u… --- ## [AWX Git sync fails intermittently — "ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-git-sync-fails-intermittently-ssh-connect-to-host-github-com-port-22-connection-timed-out/43641)
**Author:** [@akanox](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akanox)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-git-sync-fails-intermittently-ssh-connect-to-host-github-com-port-22-connection-timed-out/43641 "2025-06-30T15:49:23Z")
I’m seeing regular failures in AWX when syncing from a Git repo over SSH: msg: Failed to download remote objects and refs: ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out fatal: Could not read from remot… --- ## [AWX GitHub Integration - SSH Authentication Failing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-github-integration-ssh-authentication-failing/43629)
**Author:** [@akanox](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akanox)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-github-integration-ssh-authentication-failing/43629 "2025-06-30T15:35:48Z")
I’m trying to configure AWX to pull from a private GitHub repository using SSH deploy keys, but I’m getting authentication errors. Setup: AWX with a Git project pointing to: git@github.com:redacted/ansible-patch-manage… --- ## [Ansible SSH fails in parallel with "banner exchange timeout" + port 65535 error | Works serially | Squid forward proxy in use](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-fails-in-parallel-with-banner-exchange-timeout-port-65535-error-works-serially-squid-forward-proxy-in-use/43624)
**Author:** [@YUGAN\_1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/YUGAN_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-fails-in-parallel-with-banner-exchange-timeout-port-65535-error-works-serially-squid-forward-proxy-in-use/43624 "2025-06-29T07:04:34Z")
:red\_exclamation\_mark: Problem Summary: After upgrading our forward proxy VM from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04 (Squid 3.5 → 5.9), all parallel SSH attempts via Ansible (more than 5 forks) are now failing intermittently with th… --- ## [Deleting the catroot2 folder on a Windows Server - Access Denied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deleting-the-catroot2-folder-on-a-windows-server-access-denied/43620)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Pendergraft](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Pendergraft)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deleting-the-catroot2-folder-on-a-windows-server-access-denied/43620 "2025-06-29T14:41:52Z")
Hi, I have a playbook which I can stop all the required services to repair the windows update agent, run sfc and dism, delete the softwaredistribution folder. Unfortunately when I try to rename the catroot2 folder to cat… --- ## [Help with Ansible loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-ansible-loop/43598)
**Author:** [@trt757](https://forum.ansible.com/u/trt757)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-ansible-loop/43598 "2025-06-27T17:40:07Z")
So I have a directory on a rhel 8 server, that has directories in it, that result from a role that does a fetch from workstations (flat: true) so the directories are named for the hosts two files come from. I’m pulling o… --- ## [AWX operator is not connecting to RDS in AWS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-operator-is-not-connecting-to-rds-in-aws/43605)
**Author:** [@arunanandhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arunanandhan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-operator-is-not-connecting-to-rds-in-aws/43605 "2025-06-27T16:15:20Z")
We have awx-operator hosted in the EKS service and RDS instance running in same vpc, with proper security group/rule. The controller pod is running without an issue. The task pod is not even starting and got stuck in “wa… --- ## [community.hashi\_vault.hashi\_vault lookup plugin getting permission denied constantly](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-hashi-vault-hashi-vault-lookup-plugin-getting-permission-denied-constantly/43595)
**Author:** [@ku4eto](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ku4eto)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-hashi-vault-hashi-vault-lookup-plugin-getting-permission-denied-constantly/43595 "2025-06-27T15:51:36Z")
Hey folks. I am using the community.hashi\_vault.hashi\_vault lookup plugin in attempts to get a secret from the HashiCorp vault. I am issuing a login before all that, and i have a login token set via client\_token: "{{ l… --- ## [Dynamic IP addresses in inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-ip-addresses-in-inventory/43596)
**Author:** [@Automator](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Automator)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-ip-addresses-in-inventory/43596 "2025-06-27T15:27:33Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve a lot of Unifi Access Point without A-RR in DNS. So if I want to connect to the access point, I’ve to connect over the ip address, instead of using a dns name. So I want reach the AP with the Ansib… --- ## [Vmware.vmware.vms inventory plugin appears to be ignoring inventory cache](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vmware-vms-inventory-plugin-appears-to-be-ignoring-inventory-cache/42266)
**Author:** [@eddiejennings](https://forum.ansible.com/u/eddiejennings)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-vmware-vms-inventory-plugin-appears-to-be-ignoring-inventory-cache/42266 "2025-06-27T15:05:43Z")
I figure I’d post here first before filing a bug report on GitHub as a sanity check. :slight\_smile: Those who have been in the community longer, let me know if that isn’t the desired order of things when encountering a p… --- ## [Can't get AWS SSM to touch a file in an ubuntu EC2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-aws-ssm-to-touch-a-file-in-an-ubuntu-ec2/43488)
**Author:** [@EMCP](https://forum.ansible.com/u/EMCP)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-aws-ssm-to-touch-a-file-in-an-ubuntu-ec2/43488 "2025-06-27T10:17:08Z")
First off, version information AWS session-manager-plugin (1.2.707.0-1) ... ansible --version ansible \[core 2.18.6\] config file = None configured module search path = \['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/… --- ## [Ansible playbook not working ](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-not-working/43571)
**Author:** [@Kingshuk\_Sen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kingshuk_Sen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-not-working/43571 "2025-06-27T04:57:42Z")
Hello Team, I have written an ansible play book for creating oracle restore point and I am running from ansible tower and GitHub and hasivolt. My logic is Provide bellow variable in template Db name Pdb name Create… --- ## [Need help creating a namespace on an existing AKS cluster on Ansible Automation Portal](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-creating-a-namespace-on-an-existing-aks-cluster-on-ansible-automation-portal/43588)
**Author:** [@ab28](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ab28)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-creating-a-namespace-on-an-existing-aks-cluster-on-ansible-automation-portal/43588 "2025-06-26T22:54:18Z")
Hi, first-time ansible user here. I’m trying to create a playbook that creates a namespace in an existing AKS cluster. I see tutorials about locally creating a namespace using ansible, but for those, your AKS cluster/kub… --- ## [July Release Skipped for amazon.aws (and possibly community.aws)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/july-release-skipped-for-amazon-aws-and-possibly-community-aws/43577)
**Author:** [@alinabuzachis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alinabuzachis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/july-release-skipped-for-amazon-aws-and-possibly-community-aws/43577 "2025-06-26T16:29:06Z")
Hi everyone, We wanted to inform you that there will be no July release for amazon.aws, as the Ansible Cloud Content team is currently focused on higher-priority tasks and we do not have the capacity to support a releas… --- ## [Default verbosity for console output and increased verbosity when logging to file?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-verbosity-for-console-output-and-increased-verbosity-when-logging-to-file/43566)
**Author:** [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-verbosity-for-console-output-and-increased-verbosity-when-logging-to-file/43566 "2025-06-26T15:59:55Z")
As it says on the tin. I have found a similar question with no answer but that is from 2018: Ansible log verbosity in ansible.cfg I remember seeing something like this was possible, but I after searching I couldn’t find… --- ## [Collection community.vmware does not support Ansible version 2.14.17](https://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-community-vmware-does-not-support-ansible-version-2-14-17/43553)
**Author:** [@jaquayla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jaquayla)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-community-vmware-does-not-support-ansible-version-2-14-17/43553 "2025-06-26T15:03:35Z")
I am getting this error: \[WARNING\]: Collection community.vmware does not support Ansible version 2.14.17 What version supports community.vmware? Or is there a workaround for this? --- ## [Wish for deletion/anonymization of my account](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wish-for-deletion-anonymization-of-my-account/43458)
**Author:** [@anon1835205](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anon1835205)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wish-for-deletion-anonymization-of-my-account/43458 "2025-06-26T14:57:31Z")
Hello, Im sorry that I have to make this post, but user deletion/anonymization can only be done by admins and I didnt find a way to message any? I would prefer full deletion, but mainly I just want my account credentia… --- ## [AWX Microsoft Teams Webhook Notification Issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-microsoft-teams-webhook-notification-issue/2102)
**Author:** [@tom1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tom1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-microsoft-teams-webhook-notification-issue/2102 "2025-06-26T13:58:56Z")
Hello, I’m experiencing an issue with sending notifications to a Microsoft Teams channel using a webhook connection. I received the following error: “Error sending webhook notification: 400.” Strangely, I can send messa… --- ## [Any ideas on how to debug the lack of an API response to Stardog DB backup?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-ideas-on-how-to-debug-the-lack-of-an-api-response-to-stardog-db-backup/43555)
**Author:** [@bcaines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcaines)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-ideas-on-how-to-debug-the-lack-of-an-api-response-to-stardog-db-backup/43555 "2025-06-25T17:30:08Z")
So I’m trying to create an ansible task that will backup a Stardog DB that I can either run separately or with other scripts. If I run what looks like the same exact thing in Bruno, it runs for about 7 minutes then I get… --- ## [Quick Question About AWX Backup and Restore](https://forum.ansible.com/t/quick-question-about-awx-backup-and-restore/43543)
**Author:** [@sai17](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sai17)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/quick-question-about-awx-backup-and-restore/43543 "2025-06-25T12:05:09Z")
Subject: Quick Question About AWX Backup and Restore Hi Team, I hope you’re all doing well! I recently installed AWX using Kubernetes (Operator), and I have a quick question. If my server happens to go down or crash, w… --- ## [Build rpm from latest beta of 2.19](https://forum.ansible.com/t/build-rpm-from-latest-beta-of-2-19/43525)
**Author:** [@ramton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ramton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/build-rpm-from-latest-beta-of-2-19/43525 "2025-06-25T10:50:28Z")
Hello, I would like to build an rpm from the latest beta version of Ansible (2.19.0b6) on Rockylinux8 (basically RHEL8) for testing purposes. I tried with this tool: but it is looking for a setup.py in the root of th… --- ## [Does Ansible always run .ssh/rc?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-always-run-ssh-rc/43537)
**Author:** [@Dylan\_Martin3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Martin3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-always-run-ssh-rc/43537 "2025-06-25T03:07:33Z")
Hi all! I want to run all my Ansible processes with a lowered process priority, so I cause as little disruption as possible during ansible runs. I’ve figured out how to do this by running renice -n 10 -p $$ in .ssh/rc. … --- ## [With Ansible Runner, how to reset the \`env/cmdline\` file that is generated post execution?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-runner-how-to-reset-the-env-cmdline-file-that-is-generated-post-execution/43539)
**Author:** [@ShanDesai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ShanDesai)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-runner-how-to-reset-the-env-cmdline-file-that-is-generated-post-execution/43539 "2025-06-24T19:46:21Z")
I am using ansible-runner with a Click CLI application. I am using the run function to execute my playbooks in the project directory. I am using some skip-tags to execute specific tasks and skips some other. Programat… --- ## [Patch Management with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/patch-management-with-ansible/43538)
**Author:** [@IPvSean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IPvSean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/patch-management-with-ansible/43538 "2025-06-24T18:24:12Z")
In this video, I’ll show you how easy it is to take control of patching across both Linux and Windows systems using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. We’ll walk through a complete, automated workflow tha… --- ## [Getting SSH server unreachable error when executing ansible scripts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-ssh-server-unreachable-error-when-executing-ansible-scripts/43533)
**Author:** [@Ashaya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ashaya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-ssh-server-unreachable-error-when-executing-ansible-scripts/43533 "2025-06-24T15:23:26Z")
Hi Team, I’m running an Ansible playbook with Python 3.8.23 and Ansible 2.9.27 to maintain compatibility with some existing scripts. When executing the playbook, I’m encountering the following SSH error: fatal: \[host-al… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6.md?page=24) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6.md?page=26)