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## [How to increase resource requirements of the migration job for an AWX deployed via K8s](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-increase-resource-requirements-of-the-migration-job-for-an-awx-deployed-via-k8s/11050)

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**Author:** [@cnfrancis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cnfrancis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-increase-resource-requirements-of-the-migration-job-for-an-awx-deployed-via-k8s/11050 "2024-11-23T16:08:33Z")

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Hello! I just deployed AWX 24.6.0 in kubernetes with a fresh unmanaged postgres DB with Operator version: 2.19.0. The operator scales the web deployment and the task deployment, however I have this migration job that g…

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## [CI problem that I don't understand](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073)

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**Author:** [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073 "2024-11-22T21:15:03Z")

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I’m running into a problem with the Zuul CI in community.vmware that I don’t understand at all. I’ve tried to document my findings here. To make a long story short, it looks like a task has been skipped because hostvars…

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## [Ansible - central firewall management](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-central-firewall-management/5610)

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**Author:** [@alainseys](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alainseys)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-central-firewall-management/5610 "2024-11-22T18:59:38Z")

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Hello, in our company we want to allow central firewall management all of the ansible code is in git. So the idea is to add a role where we define per host or hostgroup what rules that are applicable. When the role is …

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## [How does "ansible.builtin.copy" module interact with directories starting with "."?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-does-ansible-builtin-copy-module-interact-with-directories-starting-with/10958)

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**Author:** [@Famous](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Famous)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-does-ansible-builtin-copy-module-interact-with-directories-starting-with/10958 "2024-11-22T09:53:34Z")

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I am currently using ansible to manage my dotfiles locally and i was trying to automate my GTK themes setup. So i created a role “lxappearance” under “~/repos/dotfiles/roles/lxappearance”. included it in “~/repos/dotfile…

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## [AWX live job output stops updating/gets disconnected](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-live-job-output-stops-updating-gets-disconnected/2936)

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**Author:** [@parkerfath](https://forum.ansible.com/u/parkerfath)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-live-job-output-stops-updating-gets-disconnected/2936 "2024-11-22T05:34:31Z")

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I’ve found that sometimes, in long-ish job runs, say 10-20 minutes or longer, the log output in the “Output” tab of the job that’s currently running will stop updating. When I look at the pod logs for the automation-task…

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## [Injecting information about the running job into a template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/injecting-information-about-the-running-job-into-a-template/11022)

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**Author:** [@Kevin\_Knox](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kevin_Knox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/injecting-information-about-the-running-job-into-a-template/11022 "2024-11-21T15:49:54Z")

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I’m sending my users an email, not a notification, via a task at the end of the play. I want to send them a link to the job they just ran. I would like to make that variable a part of the template. What variable do I use…

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## [Send y key via Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/send-y-key-via-ansible/11036)

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**Author:** [@philly](https://forum.ansible.com/u/philly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/send-y-key-via-ansible/11036 "2024-11-21T09:11:50Z")

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Hi, i want to add this command to my Ansible Playbook reload from working rollback-timeout 20 The Output should be like this: -\> reload from working rollback-timeout 20 Confirm Activate (Y/N) : But in Ansible i rece…

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## [Using --start-at-task in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-start-at-task-in-awx/10891)

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**Author:** [@brunojohn23](https://forum.ansible.com/u/brunojohn23)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-start-at-task-in-awx/10891 "2024-11-21T00:40:33Z")

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Hi, this is my first time on this forum, and want to start off by saying thank you for having it! I’ve been using Ansible for a few years, but am new to AWX. With Ansible, I often will use the --start-at-task option in…

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## [A platform similar to aws step functions to run ansible playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-platform-similar-to-aws-step-functions-to-run-ansible-playbooks/10953)

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**Author:** [@kiranakella](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kiranakella)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-platform-similar-to-aws-step-functions-to-run-ansible-playbooks/10953 "2024-11-20T13:25:30Z")

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We have lot of playbooks which we run in our env, we are not using Ansible Tower. Our playbooks inventory are very dynamic hence we need to know if there is a way to trigger the playbook from a web interface, if so what …

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## [\`undef()\` cannot be used on dictionary members](https://forum.ansible.com/t/undef-cannot-be-used-on-dictionary-members/10879)

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**Author:** [@pieterjanv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pieterjanv)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/undef-cannot-be-used-on-dictionary-members/10879 "2024-11-19T21:32:15Z")

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undef() behaves unexpectedly when set to a dictionary member. I expected the following code to ensure that more or less foo == {}. - hosts: localhost gather\_facts: no vars: foo: bar: baz tasks: - var…

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## [Include\_tasks and loops break parallelism](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-tasks-and-loops-break-parallelism/11006)

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**Author:** [@MalfuncEddie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MalfuncEddie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-tasks-and-loops-break-parallelism/11006 "2024-11-19T21:24:05Z")

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Situation: Multiple servers with each one having multiple databases: inventory file serverA dbs='\["db1","db2"\]' serverB dbs='\["db3","db4","db5"\]' What I want to perform task in parallel at host but sequential per …

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## [AWX: Getting Transparent SAML Logins to work](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-getting-transparent-saml-logins-to-work/11003)

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**Author:** [@nak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-getting-transparent-saml-logins-to-work/11003 "2024-11-19T16:33:34Z")

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Hello, I thoroughly followed the instruction given here 22. Setting up Enterprise Authentication — Automation Controller Administration Guide v4.5 and somehow transparent logins do work (input any AWX based URL, get tra…

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## [\[community.docker.docker\_stack\] How to use variables in inline compose definition?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-docker-docker-stack-how-to-use-variables-in-inline-compose-definition/10998)

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**Author:** [@FSeidinger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/FSeidinger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-docker-docker-stack-how-to-use-variables-in-inline-compose-definition/10998 "2024-11-19T12:25:31Z")

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I want to use the docker\_config and the docker\_stack module to update a swarm configuration used by a service. The playbook first creates a new version of the swarm configuration with the docker\_config module and then t…

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## [Windows Update error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-update-error/10873)

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**Author:** [@ansibliano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansibliano)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-update-error/10873 "2024-11-14T22:00:55Z")

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Hi. I am becoming crazy working with Windows Update. My playbook extract on windows update: tasks: - name: Create a drectory under C:\\Temp win\_file: path: C:\\Temp\\WinUpdLog state: directory…

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## [AWX, Workload Identity Federation & GCP](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-workload-identity-federation-gcp/10799)

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**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-workload-identity-federation-gcp/10799 "2024-11-19T07:43:10Z")

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I’m looking for a solution to enable AWX to authenticate against GCP keylessly. I’ve seen implementations of such using GitHub Actions and Jenkins which use Workload Identity Federation. To the best of my understanding, …

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## [Proxmox inventory no such user error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-no-such-user-error/10927)

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**Author:** [@RustyRaptor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RustyRaptor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-inventory-no-such-user-error/10927 "2024-11-18T19:08:03Z")

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My goal is to be able to generate my inventory based on the VMs available on proxmox. I am trying to use an api token. I get no such user error. I thought it was because I’m using a pam user since the docs show using a …

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## [Extract firmware version from idrac\_firmware\_info model](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extract-firmware-version-from-idrac-firmware-info-model/10935)

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**Author:** [@kou](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kou)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extract-firmware-version-from-idrac-firmware-info-model/10935 "2024-11-18T14:20:47Z")

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Hello, I have the following code to get the firmware of the idrac. --- - name: Get Installed Firmware Inventory dellemc.openmanage.idrac\_firmware\_info: idrac\_ip: "{{ idrac\_ip\_host }}" idrac\_user: "{{ idrac\_us…

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## [awx-operator only for installation and updates and remove it during operation?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-operator-only-for-installation-and-updates-and-remove-it-during-operation/10975)

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**Author:** [@cselback](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cselback)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-operator-only-for-installation-and-updates-and-remove-it-during-operation/10975 "2024-11-18T10:32:28Z")

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Hello everyone, After installing the awx-operator using Helm in Kubernetes, can I remove the “aww-operator-controller-manager” deployment or scale the associated pods to 0 without causing any issues to the remaining AWX…

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## [Real-time Capture and Display of Ansible Output Logs in HTML via Flask and Python](https://forum.ansible.com/t/real-time-capture-and-display-of-ansible-output-logs-in-html-via-flask-and-python/3378)

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**Author:** [@Bart-Roels](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bart-Roels)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/real-time-capture-and-display-of-ansible-output-logs-in-html-via-flask-and-python/3378 "2024-11-18T10:16:11Z")

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I am currently experimenting with an Ansible playbook executed from a Flask application, and I’m aiming to capture the output logs in real-time, then send them to my HTML using Socket.IO. Despite attempting options like …

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## [The maximum length for a filter value is 255 characters](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-maximum-length-for-a-filter-value-is-255-characters/10969)

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**Author:** [@igorc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/igorc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-maximum-length-for-a-filter-value-is-255-characters/10969 "2024-11-18T06:18:26Z")

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Hi all, I’m getting the following error with the latest 2.16 and 2.17\` when trying to create EC2 instance: botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred (FilterLimitExceeded) when calling the DescribeInstances ope…

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## [Extra-vars flag with file not populating variables with ansible-inventory command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extra-vars-flag-with-file-not-populating-variables-with-ansible-inventory-command/10963)

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**Author:** [@jforman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jforman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extra-vars-flag-with-file-not-populating-variables-with-ansible-inventory-command/10963 "2024-11-17T21:24:18Z")

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I’m trying to integrate my netbox installation with ansible to use it as an inventory source of truth. I’m merely trying to do the first type of integration which is to list the hosts in netbox. My command % ansible-i…

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## [Ansible\_host variable not working with community.vmware.vmware\_object\_role\_permisssion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-variable-not-working-with-community-vmware-vmware-object-role-permisssion/10923)

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**Author:** [@jswope](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jswope)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-variable-not-working-with-community-vmware-vmware-object-role-permisssion/10923 "2024-11-15T17:16:12Z")

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Trying to push a group role to esxi hosts. If I hard code the name of the host in the ansible tower template the job runs fine. However, if I use the ansible\_host variable, the job fails with an Errno 111 Connection Re…

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## ["msg": "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt: "](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-timeout-12s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/10432)

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**Author:** [@thirumalairaja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thirumalairaja)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/msg-timeout-12s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/10432 "2024-11-15T17:03:26Z")

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hi all sometime i am facing the bellow error. is there any chance to increase the become time out to 100 sec or something? i am using AWX to run my Playbooks. if yes can someone guide me on this i want to increase the…

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## [Using sudo with connection: local](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-sudo-with-connection-local/10933)

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**Author:** [@moozer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/moozer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-sudo-with-connection-local/10933 "2024-11-15T16:50:01Z")

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I will use lxc for molecule, and one of the steps is to be able to spin up lxc containers on the local host. I want them to be unprivileged, and also spun up by an unprivileged user. The latter is seems not to be an op…

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## [Format date/time variable in Jinja2 template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/format-date-time-variable-in-jinja2-template/10934)

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**Author:** [@harry\_devine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harry_devine)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/format-date-time-variable-in-jinja2-template/10934 "2024-11-15T16:22:27Z")

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I have a playbook that sets a fact for user info: name: Get User Account Info set\_fact: user\_info: “{{ user\_show.results | json\_query(‘\[\*\].json.result.result.{uid: uid\[0\], locked: krbloginfailedcount\[0\], disabled: ns…

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## [Ansible-lint shouting about apt state:latest](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-shouting-about-apt-state-latest/10928)

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**Author:** [@lilian-granqvist](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lilian-granqvist)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-shouting-about-apt-state-latest/10928 "2024-11-15T13:18:20Z")

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❯ ansible-lint --version ansible-lint 24 using ansible-core:2.16.12 ansible-compat:24.9.0 ruamel-yaml:0.18.5 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.7 Is there a way to acknowledge the warning of using state:latest without using only\_upg…

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## [Getting standard pipelines for Cisco IOS devices](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-standard-pipelines-for-cisco-ios-devices/10921)

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**Author:** [@ThorMarcos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ThorMarcos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-standard-pipelines-for-cisco-ios-devices/10921 "2024-11-15T12:38:24Z")

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Hi Guys I’m new to ansible and I’m trying to create a pipeline and all the scripts regarding the pipeline for ansible to build, test, deploy and notify but I’m a beginner, does anyone has set it up for IOS devices and co…

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## [WinRM and Kerberos. WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: Bad HTTP response returned from server. Code 500](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-and-kerberos-winrm-connection-error-bad-http-response-returned-from-server-code-500/10908)

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**Author:** [@Iwan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwan)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-and-kerberos-winrm-connection-error-bad-http-response-returned-from-server-code-500/10908 "2024-11-15T08:28:55Z")

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A few months ago, I was able to set up an ansible environment in a Virtual environment on a Ubuntu 24.04 server. I use it mainly to manage Windows Servers through WinRM with a kerberos authentication. I communicate on …

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## [What is the different between ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-minimal-rhel8 & ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-minimal-rhel8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-different-between-ansible-automation-platform-24-ee-minimal-rhel8-ansible-automation-platform-25-ee-minimal-rhel8/10836)

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**Author:** [@naga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/naga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-different-between-ansible-automation-platform-24-ee-minimal-rhel8-ansible-automation-platform-25-ee-minimal-rhel8/10836 "2024-11-15T02:44:09Z")

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Hi All, I want to know more about ansible execution environment with 24 and 25 version different, the below name I am seeing in catalog for create base image from red-hat and used to container image build process. ans…

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## [Interact with a python script running on a remote windows machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interact-with-a-python-script-running-on-a-remote-windows-machine/10907)

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**Author:** [@panos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/panos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interact-with-a-python-script-running-on-a-remote-windows-machine/10907 "2024-11-14T14:11:22Z")

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Hello, Is there any way to have a python script, located on a remote windows host, and run it from Ansible interacting (giving input) with it?

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