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## [AWX Inventory Source Update scm\_revisioin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-inventory-source-update-scm-revisioin/42690)

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**Author:** [@dpowell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dpowell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-inventory-source-update-scm-revisioin/42690 "2025-05-16T14:32:33Z")

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Does anyone know how AWX determines the scm\_revision at the following endpoint? api/v2/inventory\_sources/970/inventory\_updates/ I have 800+ inventories sourced from SCM Project. I’m working on a role that will only trig…

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## [Understanding become: true and become\_user: root not working in custom GCP connection setup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/understanding-become-true-and-become-user-root-not-working-in-custom-gcp-connection-setup/42685)

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**Author:** [@SaravanaSelvaraj](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SaravanaSelvaraj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/understanding-become-true-and-become-user-root-not-working-in-custom-gcp-connection-setup/42685 "2025-05-16T13:46:46Z")

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become\_user: root is not working as expected. Dear community, In the background, We have established the connectivity to the GCP VMs using the Service account JSON with below command # --- Connect using OS Login and s…

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## [AWX Survey 'dynamic' options?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-survey-dynamic-options/2397)

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**Author:** [@Edvinas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edvinas)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-survey-dynamic-options/2397 "2025-05-16T05:56:55Z")

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Hello, community ! I’m using AWX Survey with multiple variables. But i need to improve my AWX Survey to be able to populate survey choices that depend on prior survey choices. For example if my first survey variable is…

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## [Does Ansible has limitations on number of hosts that can be executed? ](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-has-limitations-on-number-of-hosts-that-can-be-executed/42693)

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**Author:** [@wcrowell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wcrowell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-has-limitations-on-number-of-hosts-that-can-be-executed/42693 "2025-05-15T22:38:04Z")

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Does Ansible has limitations on number of hosts that can be executed?

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## [Ldap Not working \[ LDAP result code 49 \]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-not-working-ldap-result-code-49/42646)

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**Author:** [@mahmerz47](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mahmerz47)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-not-working-ldap-result-code-49/42646 "2025-05-15T19:13:14Z")

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Ansible Semaphore LDAP not working I have installed ansible semaphore on ubuntu server, configured the config.json file as per ldap configuration we have. but getting following error as below: Error Log: WARN\[0192\] LD…

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## [Win\_robocopy getting "access denied" error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-robocopy-getting-access-denied-error/42658)

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**Author:** [@jyanga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jyanga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-robocopy-getting-access-denied-error/42658 "2025-05-15T16:25:46Z")

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Hi. I am trying to copy a directory structure from \\\\server1\\share1\\folder1 to c:\\folder1 using win\_robocopy. Here is a sample of my task. - name: "copy directory from share" win\_robocopy: src: '\\\\server1\\sha…

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## [Import collection fails with "Invalid dependency format"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-collection-fails-with-invalid-dependency-format/42673)

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**Author:** [@eace](https://forum.ansible.com/u/eace)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-collection-fails-with-invalid-dependency-format/42673 "2025-05-15T16:07:33Z")

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All - I’m learning about Galaxy NG and evaluating for an air-gapped environment. I attempted to upload an internally-authored collection which contains dependencies in this form: git+https://github.com/ansible-collection…

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## ["msg": "MODULE FAILURE: No start of json char found\\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-module-failure-no-start-of-json-char-found-nsee-stdout-stderr-for-the-exact-error/42009)

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**Author:** [@vonks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vonks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-module-failure-no-start-of-json-char-found-nsee-stdout-stderr-for-the-exact-error/42009 "2025-05-15T14:08:40Z")

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I am trying to create an ec2 instance using the ansible playbook, by running the playbook from my local machine (mac) ansible --version ansible \[core 2.18.5\] config file = None configured module search path = \[‘/User…

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## [Failed to connect with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-connect-with-ansible/42660)

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**Author:** [@tatiforti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tatiforti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-connect-with-ansible/42660 "2025-05-14T22:36:05Z")

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Hello! I’m trying to connect to several servers using ansible, but I’m receiving the error below: $ ansible all -i xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, -u adsm -m raw -a "echo Hello" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx | UNREACHABLE! =\> { "changed": fals…

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## [Looking for a Way to Set a Global Task Timeout in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-set-a-global-task-timeout-in-ansible/42495)

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**Author:** [@Samantha\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Samantha_V)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-set-a-global-task-timeout-in-ansible/42495 "2025-05-14T15:17:16Z")

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Hi Everyone, I’m looking for a module or keyword in Ansible that can enforce a global task timeout. Purpose: We want to ensure that if a running Ansible task takes too long or hangs, it gets automatically timed out, a…

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## [File - can't create directories due to allegedly missing users](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-cant-create-directories-due-to-allegedly-missing-users/42645)

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**Author:** [@dulhaver](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dulhaver)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/file-cant-create-directories-due-to-allegedly-missing-users/42645 "2025-05-14T12:03:15Z")

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I have this TASK which fails with TASK \[etcd : create directories\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* failed: \[dvzsn-rd5428.ref.dbinfra.portal.cn-mv.de\]…

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## [How to Integrating Ansible with ServiceNow](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-integrating-ansible-with-servicenow/42590)

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**Author:** [@SivaJacky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SivaJacky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-integrating-ansible-with-servicenow/42590 "2025-05-14T10:37:31Z")

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i need to pull CI information from the Service now change , for performing automation

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## [Command timeout triggered on Cisco 2960X (ios\_commands)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/command-timeout-triggered-on-cisco-2960x-ios-commands/42250)

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**Author:** [@qL555](https://forum.ansible.com/u/qL555)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/command-timeout-triggered-on-cisco-2960x-ios-commands/42250 "2025-05-14T09:08:59Z")

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Im trying to configure a Cisco 2960X with Ansible. I did this with several other models before but this time I run into weird issues. Setup ubuntu 22.04 ansible 8.3.0 ansible core 2.15.3 python 3.10.12 cisco 2960X - IOS…

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## [Ansible for Cisco C1200/C1300 switches](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-cisco-c1200-c1300-switches/42629)

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**Author:** [@TafkaMax](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TafkaMax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-cisco-c1200-c1300-switches/42629 "2025-05-14T07:49:14Z")

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I am looking for tips and guidance for configuring Cisco C1200/C1300 switches. I have not been able to use the cisco.ios ansible collection and I am trying to use community.ciscosmb collection, but I need to do a lot of …

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## [Cache or provide PEM pass phrase as variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cache-or-provide-pem-pass-phrase-as-variable/42552)

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**Author:** [@pboushy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pboushy)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cache-or-provide-pem-pass-phrase-as-variable/42552 "2025-05-13T20:46:20Z")

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I’m writing a custom Ansible lookup plugin that uses open\_url to communicate with a web server. I have to include client\_cert and client\_key, but I want to keep client\_key on my computer encrypted. Every time I run the…

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## [Duplicated namespace, unable to delete old role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/duplicated-namespace-unable-to-delete-old-role/42574)

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**Author:** [@DominiqueFuchs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DominiqueFuchs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/duplicated-namespace-unable-to-delete-old-role/42574 "2025-05-13T20:04:09Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m trying to wrap my head around what happened during the ng transition: I added some updates to a repo with a galaxy role I maintain after a longer time (dominiquefuchs.grafana\_compose). After I realized …

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## [Deploying Openwisp Using Ansible error 404 Not found nginx](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-openwisp-using-ansible-error-404-not-found-nginx/42460)

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**Author:** [@Aletz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aletz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-openwisp-using-ansible-error-404-not-found-nginx/42460 "2025-05-13T19:56:38Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m trying to install OpenWISP on a virtual machine (Ubuntu 24.04.5). I’m also testing it on a local machine (also running Ubuntu), following the official documentation: Deploying OpenWISP Using Ansible …

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## [How can I change a zabbix user password?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-zabbix-user-password/42630)

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**Author:** [@tomkcook](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tomkcook)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-zabbix-user-password/42630 "2025-05-13T19:36:18Z")

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I’m trying to develop a playbook to deploy a zabbix server on an Ubuntu host. Zabbix (and postgres) run as a docker compose stack. So far, I’ve got the server up and running but now I’m trying to change the password of…

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## [AWX 22.4.0 survey dropdown not passing variable correctly to playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-22-4-0-survey-dropdown-not-passing-variable-correctly-to-playbook/42614)

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**Author:** [@marshit](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marshit)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-22-4-0-survey-dropdown-not-passing-variable-correctly-to-playbook/42614 "2025-05-13T18:19:52Z")

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We have a working Ansible playbook that uses the NetApp ONTAP modules to snapshot and clone volumes. When we hardcode SVM (vserver) names in the playbook, everything runs successfully. However, when we switch to using M…

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## [Within provisioning callback play/delegate to other host?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/within-provisioning-callback-play-delegate-to-other-host/42560)

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**Author:** [@baefisch](https://forum.ansible.com/u/baefisch)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/within-provisioning-callback-play-delegate-to-other-host/42560 "2025-05-13T12:59:58Z")

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AWX 17.1.0 Ansible 2.9.18 using AWX and provisioning callbacks after satellite installation. Now i try to modify an infoblox entry using the infoblox client integration for linux. problem is, during the execution…

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## [Azure service principal credential in AAP 2.5](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-service-principal-credential-in-aap-2-5/42588)

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**Author:** [@carlyle705](https://forum.ansible.com/u/carlyle705)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-service-principal-credential-in-aap-2-5/42588 "2025-05-13T12:58:20Z")

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Folks, i tried to use Azure Resource Manager type credential, but it is not injected. Is there anything else i can try? Thanks.

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## [Need assistance with getting the web gui up and running](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-assistance-with-getting-the-web-gui-up-and-running/42488)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Pendergraft](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Pendergraft)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-assistance-with-getting-the-web-gui-up-and-running/42488 "2025-05-13T11:49:15Z")

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Cam someone help in setting this up?

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## [Spinning AWX pods in AKS cluster with Azure CNI overlay mode](https://forum.ansible.com/t/spinning-awx-pods-in-aks-cluster-with-azure-cni-overlay-mode/42619)

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**Author:** [@mani3887](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mani3887)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/spinning-awx-pods-in-aks-cluster-with-azure-cni-overlay-mode/42619 "2025-05-13T05:46:52Z")

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We recently observed an issue with AWX(21.4) which is deployed in our AKS cluster which is provisioned with Azure CNI with overlay mode. On the AWX UI, we observed that the jobs were stuck in waiting state. Usually in th…

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## [Compute variables per host based on group\_vars](https://forum.ansible.com/t/compute-variables-per-host-based-on-group-vars/42596)

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**Author:** [@TheRealBecks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/TheRealBecks)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/compute-variables-per-host-based-on-group-vars/42596 "2025-05-12T14:41:27Z")

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I have some groups defined for each OS under group\_vars: debian and opensuse directories. For this example I will only write about debian. I defined this file: group\_vars/all/ansible\_groups.yaml: Abstract groups In thi…

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## [Not able to run the application from Ansible while same apps starts/stops from linux](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-run-the-application-from-ansible-while-same-apps-starts-stops-from-linux/42532)

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**Author:** [@Manish\_Gupta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Manish_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-run-the-application-from-ansible-while-same-apps-starts-stops-from-linux/42532 "2025-05-12T11:13:54Z")

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Hi There, We are trying to automate starting up and shutting down of Enovia application from Ansible. Enovia application runs on linux in our organizational environment. The good thing is that when we start Enovia dire…

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## [Ansible Module Diff Mode Behavior](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-diff-mode-behavior/42561)

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**Author:** [@akashgs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akashgs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-diff-mode-behavior/42561 "2025-05-09T21:26:38Z")

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I’m using a custom Ansible module that supports diff mode. The module returns the result in the following format: "diff": { "after": {}, "before": {} } I have a query regarding the list attribute named t…

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## [Alternative for uri module for multipart request on windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alternative-for-uri-module-for-multipart-request-on-windows/42515)

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**Author:** [@mkastelijns](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkastelijns)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alternative-for-uri-module-for-multipart-request-on-windows/42515 "2025-05-09T16:08:14Z")

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Hello ansible community, We are working with an Ansible project in which we would like to call a API-put request for FME (a GIS-etl-tool). The machine that gets the request is a windows machine. Therefore we quickly fou…

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## [Can't get include\_tasks be selected by a tag](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-include-tasks-be-selected-by-a-tag/42559)

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**Author:** [@PieterVoet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PieterVoet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-include-tasks-be-selected-by-a-tag/42559 "2025-05-09T14:21:02Z")

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This is probably just me, but I can’t get this to work… My playbook: --- - name: Test hosts: localhost gather\_facts: false roles: - { role: myrole, tags: \[ "one" \] } tasks: - debug: msg="Playbook task…

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## [Store a token in AWX and use it in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/store-a-token-in-awx-and-use-it-in-playbook/42566)

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**Author:** [@mcoussi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mcoussi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/store-a-token-in-awx-and-use-it-in-playbook/42566 "2025-05-09T13:52:09Z")

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Hi, For an application, i have a token to request the API. I don’t want to store this token in my Ansible Project Code. It seems possible to store this Token in AWX and use it in the playbook. I tried to create a \[VA…

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## [How to install Community.General collection in AAP 2.5?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-community-general-collection-in-aap-2-5/42544)

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**Author:** [@carlyle705](https://forum.ansible.com/u/carlyle705)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-community-general-collection-in-aap-2-5/42544 "2025-05-09T07:51:22Z")

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Folks, I’m having trouble to install the collection in AAP 2.5, I have containerized installation. This is what I did: Created a namespace “community” in automation hub Download the collection tarball file from here U…

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