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## [Replacing value of list elements with info from another variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/replacing-value-of-list-elements-with-info-from-another-variable/39256)

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**Author:** [@JethCalark](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JethCalark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/replacing-value-of-list-elements-with-info-from-another-variable/39256 "2024-12-26T09:30:58Z")

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Working on a role for Authentik; as with any IdP, I’m dealing with users and groups. Authentik gives an idempotent API path to use for updating groups, and it uses JSON for the body of its API calls, which is convenient,…

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## [AWX install without docker-compose or k8s operator](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-without-docker-compose-or-k8s-operator/39291)

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**Author:** [@krushnarama](https://forum.ansible.com/u/krushnarama)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-without-docker-compose-or-k8s-operator/39291 "2024-12-26T05:13:36Z")

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AWX install without docker-compose or k8s operator. Is this possible to install the AWX install without docker-compose or k8s operator ?

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## [Problem with copy content from UNC path to local on Windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-copy-content-from-unc-path-to-local-on-windows/39303)

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**Author:** [@virusek391](https://forum.ansible.com/u/virusek391)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-copy-content-from-unc-path-to-local-on-windows/39303 "2024-12-25T19:57:30Z")

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Hi, I created YAML Script that should copy folder ,konserwacja" to local. I dont know why, but the folder on Windows in the path ,c:\\konserwacja" is empty :frowning: I using Windows 11 Pro. Below is part of the playbo…

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## [Vault variable issues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault-variable-issues/39300)

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**Author:** [@Fracture7144](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fracture7144)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault-variable-issues/39300 "2024-12-24T20:05:06Z")

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I am trying use a ansible vault variable in my role. I have the ansible vault configured in my ansible.cfg file currently. The part where I am having the issue in the role is user creation. I am giving it a password a…

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## [Append iptables rule to existing config](https://forum.ansible.com/t/append-iptables-rule-to-existing-config/39297)

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**Author:** [@GrazyJoe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GrazyJoe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/append-iptables-rule-to-existing-config/39297 "2024-12-24T11:15:12Z")

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Hi all, A while ago i’ve asked this question. I use a template since and it works fine for me. I’m running 21 VM’s, and i need to add a firewall rule to 7 of them. Now i’m back to my old question, how to add --set to -…

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## [Configuring AWX Instance Group but gives the error "could not verify signature: token is expired by 12m44.350947732s"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-awx-instance-group-but-gives-the-error-could-not-verify-signature-token-is-expired-by-12m44-350947732s/39114)

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**Author:** [@amitchettri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/amitchettri)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuring-awx-instance-group-but-gives-the-error-could-not-verify-signature-token-is-expired-by-12m44-350947732s/39114 "2024-12-24T09:19:07Z")

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Hello All, Has anyone faced the issue as attached when adding up the new instance for instance group in AWX

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## [Backup Palo Alto firewall configurations using Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-palo-alto-firewall-configurations-using-ansible/39296)

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**Author:** [@Mohamed\_Musthakeem](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mohamed_Musthakeem)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/backup-palo-alto-firewall-configurations-using-ansible/39296 "2024-12-23T14:02:23Z")

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Hi Community, I’m looking for a way to backup Palo Alto firewall configurations using Ansible. Does anyone have any experience or examples of how to achieve this? Any guidance or resources would be greatly appreciated.

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## [How can my inventory script output logs to the log\_path in ansible.cfg?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-my-inventory-script-output-logs-to-the-log-path-in-ansible-cfg/39288)

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**Author:** [@huangsijun17](https://forum.ansible.com/u/huangsijun17)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-my-inventory-script-output-logs-to-the-log-path-in-ansible-cfg/39288 "2024-12-23T08:26:07Z")

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I wrote a relatively complex inventory script in python to automatically get the host list from the HTTP request response and query the local cache database and production database to classify it. I hope to output some l…

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## [Restricting task execution with throttle](https://forum.ansible.com/t/restricting-task-execution-with-throttle/39281)

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**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/restricting-task-execution-with-throttle/39281 "2024-12-21T21:52:40Z")

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We’ve been habitually misusing serial: 1 to ensure play tasks only execute on one host at a time. That works fine for its intended purpose (rolling restarts in a cluster for example), but our mental model crashes and bur…

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## [Can't install awx-operator 2.19.1 in k8s](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-install-awx-operator-2-19-1-in-k8s/39280)

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**Author:** [@amalovata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/amalovata)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-install-awx-operator-2-19-1-in-k8s/39280 "2024-12-21T20:24:26Z")

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I use external postgrescl-15. AWX: enabled: true name: awx spec: admin\_user: "admin" admin\_password: "123456" postgres\_configuration\_secret: "awx-postgres-configuration" postgres: enabled: true …

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## [What's the process for releasing new molecule-plugins wheel? Release schedule](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-process-for-releasing-new-molecule-plugins-wheel-release-schedule/11235)

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**Author:** [@cnfrancis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cnfrancis)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-process-for-releasing-new-molecule-plugins-wheel-release-schedule/11235 "2024-12-20T23:28:17Z")

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hello! the last release was in February 8 almost a year ago. How can we trigger the release process to get bug fixes and improvements?

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## [Ansible role help for executing tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-role-help-for-executing-tags/39268)

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**Author:** [@USA\_Linux\_UAE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/USA_Linux_UAE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-role-help-for-executing-tags/39268 "2024-12-20T14:42:45Z")

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Hello Newbie , trying to understand how a single task in role can be executed ? Is it possible in tasks/main.yml of roles to use ansible.tags and only execute ansible-playbook \<role.yml\> -i --tasks= \<task.name\> ?

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## [Inventory hosts link to topology](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-hosts-link-to-topology/39252)

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**Author:** [@krushnarama](https://forum.ansible.com/u/krushnarama)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-hosts-link-to-topology/39252 "2024-12-20T04:48:22Z")

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inventory hosts link to topology I am automating the installation process on target hosts, If installation process is success on target hosts it should show in topology with failed or success This will help to visualiz…

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## [Yaml confusion with local\_action](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-confusion-with-local-action/39248)

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**Author:** [@halloleo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/halloleo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-confusion-with-local-action/39248 "2024-12-19T16:27:43Z")

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I needed to add the local\_action directive to an action, so I tried this: - name: Create unique tempdir path local\_action: ansible.builtin.tempfile: state: directory suffix: \_sshp…

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## [Set\_fact and delay Values Not Updating on Task Retries in Ansible Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-and-delay-values-not-updating-on-task-retries-in-ansible-playbook/39198)

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**Author:** [@Hem\_Mu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hem_Mu)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-and-delay-values-not-updating-on-task-retries-in-ansible-playbook/39198 "2024-12-19T16:02:55Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m encountering an issue with my Ansible playbook where the values set by set\_fact and the delay values don’t seem to change during task retries. I suspect it might be related to using Jinja2 template e…

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## [Setting up ansible commad node and other node on one machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-up-ansible-commad-node-and-other-node-on-one-machine/39182)

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**Author:** [@foxdev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/foxdev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-up-ansible-commad-node-and-other-node-on-one-machine/39182 "2024-12-19T10:59:40Z")

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Hello, I am a beginner in IT and also new to ansible also (I learned about it just today). I want to play around with ansible and my question is how do control my windows host machine as node from my wsl2 ubuntu (command…

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## [\[DAB RBAC\] Migration problem from 24.2.1 to 24.3.1 (or above)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dab-rbac-migration-problem-from-24-2-1-to-24-3-1-or-above/38948)

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**Author:** [@mbutton77](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mbutton77)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dab-rbac-migration-problem-from-24-2-1-to-24-3-1-or-above/38948 "2024-12-19T08:16:09Z")

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Hi, We are currently trying to upgrade from 24.2.1 to 24.6.1 but we encoutered a blocking problem during the database migration. (Our database is an external PostgreSQL 12). The migration job is looping and the follo…

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## [Idempotence or a question about the "changed" status](https://forum.ansible.com/t/idempotence-or-a-question-about-the-changed-status/39246)

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**Author:** [@halloleo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/halloleo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/idempotence-or-a-question-about-the-changed-status/39246 "2024-12-19T08:41:42Z")

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I have a action block to add an ssh key to a remote server from an archive: block: - name: Create unique tempdir path local\_action: module: ansible.builtin.tempfile state: directory su…

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## [I need to install awx on ubuntu 22.04](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-need-to-install-awx-on-ubuntu-22-04/39208)

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**Author:** [@phaneendra\_s](https://forum.ansible.com/u/phaneendra_s)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-need-to-install-awx-on-ubuntu-22-04/39208 "2024-12-18T21:15:31Z")

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I need help setting up a single-node AWX Tower on either an Ubuntu or Red Hat machine. I want to set up a single-node AWX Tower. I have tried following some online guides, but I am unable to edit certain options in the…

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## [Expend the text in the end of a special line in a file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expend-the-text-in-the-end-of-a-special-line-in-a-file/39219)

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**Author:** [@yx84](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yx84)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expend-the-text-in-the-end-of-a-special-line-in-a-file/39219 "2024-12-18T19:58:42Z")

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Hi Folks, I am new here, can someone give me a hand to show me how to add the text/items to the special place in the a file? Here is the line what I have from /etc/default/grub now: ////////////////// GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LI…

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## [Can anyone explain "new\_question" field in survey\_spec?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-anyone-explain-new-question-field-in-survey-spec/39230)

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**Author:** [@bartowl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bartowl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-anyone-explain-new-question-field-in-survey-spec/39230 "2024-12-18T17:34:15Z")

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The thing is - when showing survey\_spec via API, there is a field named “new\_question” of type boolean for each survey question. It seems to be somehow mandatory, yet when I create new elements via API without this field…

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## [Job slicing & extra vars (AWX)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/job-slicing-extra-vars-awx/39213)

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**Author:** [@sirsikes777](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sirsikes777)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/job-slicing-extra-vars-awx/39213 "2024-12-18T17:14:31Z")

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Greetings all! I want to rack some of your brains and find out if my goal is possible. I have a playbook for cloning VM’s with the proxmox\_kvm community module, currently I loop through an extra var “{{ vm\_name }}” tha…

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## [Fetch file from NFS share](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-file-from-nfs-share/39222)

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**Author:** [@thirumalairaja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thirumalairaja)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-file-from-nfs-share/39222 "2024-12-18T15:32:27Z")

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I want to take a file from NFS location and to be placed on one of all targer host is it possible. When i search the optionsi could see we can mountthe nfs to the targer hostand then we can take but is ther a options to…

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## [New user: need support to exclude some files from directory for clang operation in yaml with ansible with zuul jobs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-user-need-support-to-exclude-some-files-from-directory-for-clang-operation-in-yaml-with-ansible-with-zuul-jobs/39228)

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**Author:** [@Ajay107246](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ajay107246)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-user-need-support-to-exclude-some-files-from-directory-for-clang-operation-in-yaml-with-ansible-with-zuul-jobs/39228 "2024-12-18T14:51:24Z")

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I need support to exclude some files from directory for clang operation in yaml with ansible with zuul jobs. purpose: I need to exclude unwanted files (e.g. exclude 4 / 10 files) from directory to perform clang operatio…

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## [Awx in offline enviorment - issue with EE image](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-in-offline-enviorment-issue-with-ee-image/2977)

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**Author:** [@Ron](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ron)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-in-offline-enviorment-issue-with-ee-image/2977 "2024-12-18T06:28:50Z")

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Hi , i Am using AWX version 23.5.1 with docker compose. I preformed the installation in online machine and then moved it as OVF to my server(offline). Of course , I tested everything in the online machine to verify tha…

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## [Conflicting action statements: set\_fact, add\_host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conflicting-action-statements-set-fact-add-host/39200)

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**Author:** [@robi1a](https://forum.ansible.com/u/robi1a)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conflicting-action-statements-set-fact-add-host/39200 "2024-12-17T11:31:23Z")

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Hello I retrieve all hosts from the monitoring system to var host\_list. Than I loop through host\_list and want to build an inventory with add\_host: by passing through some filters. Finally, the build inventory will be …

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## [Getting 'open\_url' cannot import error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834)

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**Author:** [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834 "2024-12-16T23:42:29Z")

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I have a python (v3.12.x) installation of Ansible, ansible-core, ansible-galaxy, etc. and I am unable to make any calls to ‘open\_url’ or ‘get\_url’ either directly or indirectly through another task that may call these tw…

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## [How to install ansible.posix without Internet but with some RHEL repositories locally available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-ansible-posix-without-internet-but-with-some-rhel-repositories-locally-available/39171)

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**Author:** [@halloleo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/halloleo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-ansible-posix-without-internet-but-with-some-rhel-repositories-locally-available/39171 "2024-12-16T22:24:49Z")

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I want to use ansible.posix in my Ansible scripts. The simple ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix does not work, because the network (with control node and managed nodes) is not connected to the Internet. H…

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## [Ansible Sanity Tests Failing Due to Unrecognized 'cryptography' Module"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-sanity-tests-failing-due-to-unrecognized-cryptography-module/39184)

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**Author:** [@kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kumar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-sanity-tests-failing-due-to-unrecognized-cryptography-module/39184 "2024-12-16T19:30:24Z")

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Hi, We have implemented a custom lookup plugin in Ansible that includes a certificate validation feature. To perform the certificate validation, we are using the Python cryptography module. However, during the Ansible …

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## [Receptor Port: Not able to add an extra custom port to awx-task deployment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/receptor-port-not-able-to-add-an-extra-custom-port-to-awx-task-deployment/39186)

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**Author:** [@SaravanaSelvaraj](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SaravanaSelvaraj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/receptor-port-not-able-to-add-an-extra-custom-port-to-awx-task-deployment/39186 "2024-12-16T16:37:20Z")

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Receptor Port 27199 : Not able to add an extra custom port to awx-task deployment. Hello Community, We are using fluxcd to customize the values and deploy AWX using fuxcd. I am aware that the awx-task runs on 27199 TC…

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