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## [OIDC Login Error: "Your credentials aren't allowed" with Keycloak 12.0.4. Loop during OIDC integration between AXY and Keyclaock](https://forum.ansible.com/t/oidc-login-error-your-credentials-arent-allowed-with-keycloak-12-0-4-loop-during-oidc-integration-between-axy-and-keyclaock/45326)

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**Author:** [@Fabiano\_Junior\_Alves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabiano_Junior_Alves)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/oidc-login-error-your-credentials-arent-allowed-with-keycloak-12-0-4-loop-during-oidc-integration-between-axy-and-keyclaock/45326 "2026-02-12T16:24:49Z")

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I am experiencing a redirect loop during OIDC integration between AWX and Keycloak v12.0.4. The user is redirected to Keycloak, authenticates successfully, but upon returning to AWX, the session is not established, and t…

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## [Cisco Playbook sents commands multiple times](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-playbook-sents-commands-multiple-times/45318)

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**Author:** [@Jeremy79](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeremy79)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-playbook-sents-commands-multiple-times/45318 "2026-02-12T15:48:23Z")

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I’ve got a playbook that is triggered by a Netbox Interface change and it’s almost working as expected. When the playbook runs and connected to the Cisco device if it needs to push the block of changes it will push it m…

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## [Pulp/Galaxy is not available for Testing ansible Package](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pulp-galaxy-is-not-available-for-testing-ansible-package/45206)

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**Author:** [@prabhuk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/prabhuk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pulp-galaxy-is-not-available-for-testing-ansible-package/45206 "2026-02-12T11:39:31Z")

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Hello Community! I was building and testing an ansible package: \[Link\] on IBM Power architecture (ppc64le) and in Integration tests it has dependency on image Quay, but this image is not ppc64le supported and I am unabl…

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## [Chronyd start fails post OS installation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/chronyd-start-fails-post-os-installation/45314)

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**Author:** [@mtwest](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mtwest)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/chronyd-start-fails-post-os-installation/45314 "2026-02-11T19:17:16Z")

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After installing a fresh version of RHEL9.6 on some of our DELL PowerEdge servers, I need to start up the chronyd service to do the usual time sync things. Feels like a pretty straightforward task: - name: enable and st…

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## [Upload to Galaxy from custom Git server? (not github.com)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upload-to-galaxy-from-custom-git-server-not-github-com/45319)

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**Author:** [@piffpaff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/piffpaff)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upload-to-galaxy-from-custom-git-server-not-github-com/45319 "2026-02-11T17:16:28Z")

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I moved my Ansible roles from GitHub to a self-hosted GitLab instance. Is there a way to specify a custom Git server when doing ansible-galaxy role import? It seems I cannot update my roles on https://galaxy.ansible.com …

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## [Real Ansible dependencies to managed nodes for very old and new linux nodes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/real-ansible-dependencies-to-managed-nodes-for-very-old-and-new-linux-nodes/45309)

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**Author:** [@sdettmer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sdettmer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/real-ansible-dependencies-to-managed-nodes-for-very-old-and-new-linux-nodes/45309 "2026-02-10T19:10:09Z")

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Hi, tl;dr: I have a wide range of versions of managed linux nodes, but suddenly fail to manage new linux versions. Does Ansible support many different versions, or do I need multiple Ansible versions, or appliances with…

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## [Trying to feed a list to apt for install](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-feed-a-list-to-apt-for-install/45306)

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**Author:** [@merrittr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/merrittr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-feed-a-list-to-apt-for-install/45306 "2026-02-09T19:32:31Z")

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hey i get this warning since I have 2 name: \[WARNING\]: While constructing a mapping from /ICTadmin/bin/ubuntupatchingEMAIL.yml, line 22, column 7, found a duplicate dict key (name). Using last defined value only. - na…

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## [Let's solve ansible challenge from ansible-core maintainer](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lets-solve-ansible-challenge-from-ansible-core-maintainer/45307)

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**Author:** [@kks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kks)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lets-solve-ansible-challenge-from-ansible-core-maintainer/45307 "2026-02-09T17:51:15Z")

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During his presentation at CfgMgmtCamp @nitzmahone presented challenge: “Use Jinja against setup to get a list of active NIC names on a Linux host that have no IPv6 addresses. Not impossible, but harder than it should b…

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## [Impossible to create /node/modules directory for TypeScript or Javascript code and modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/impossible-to-create-node-modules-directory-for-typescript-or-javascript-code-and-modules/45304)

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**Author:** [@a\_m](https://forum.ansible.com/u/a_m)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/impossible-to-create-node-modules-directory-for-typescript-or-javascript-code-and-modules/45304 "2026-02-09T12:21:33Z")

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hello, I need help for my symfony 6.4 project. my ansible version by pipx manager informatic linux programm is : 2.20.2 it’s impossible to execute my playbook correctly , see this : --- - hosts: servers vars\_files:…

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## [Ansible copy module fails with “Invalid cross-device link” followed by “Operation not permitted” when copying into hardened /etc directory with become](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-copy-module-fails-with-invalid-cross-device-link-followed-by-operation-not-permitted-when-copying-into-hardened-etc-directory-with-become/45287)

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**Author:** [@thirumalairaja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thirumalairaja)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-copy-module-fails-with-invalid-cross-device-link-followed-by-operation-not-permitted-when-copying-into-hardened-etc-directory-with-become/45287 "2026-02-09T12:00:04Z")

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Ansible copy module fails with “Invalid cross-device link” followed by “Operation not permitted” when copying into hardened /etc directory with become Hello, I’m encountering a failure with the Ansible copy module when…

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## [Collection python dependencies are ignored](https://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-python-dependencies-are-ignored/45301)

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**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-python-dependencies-are-ignored/45301 "2026-02-08T17:19:16Z")

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Hello, I created a collection for all my roles for the homelab and defined a requirements.yml for the ansible collections and a requirements.txt for the python packages. Unfortunately the python package dependencies ar…

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## [Passing more than one var between tasks - how is it done?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-more-than-one-var-between-tasks-how-is-it-done/45236)

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**Author:** [@clerambeau370](https://forum.ansible.com/u/clerambeau370)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-more-than-one-var-between-tasks-how-is-it-done/45236 "2026-02-08T09:52:04Z")

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Hello. This is a continuation of the post “Passing a var between tasks”. Thanks all who chimed in on that one, your help is immensely appreciated! There is no need to read that previous post, as the question is stated cl…

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## [Deprecation of ANSIBLE\_JINJA2\_EXTENSIONS - what to 'do'?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecation-of-ansible-jinja2-extensions-what-to-do/45256)

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**Author:** [@JuliaMono](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JuliaMono)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecation-of-ansible-jinja2-extensions-what-to-do/45256 "2026-02-07T11:18:37Z")

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I am running a sizable deployment of ansible with a bit of tooling around it to make things work for me. Some templates for example for network and network services gather extensive amount of data from the environment, …

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## [ Deprecation warnings with ansible-core 2.20.2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecation-warnings-with-ansible-core-2-20-2/45286)

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**Author:** [@tsgsh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tsgsh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecation-warnings-with-ansible-core-2-20-2/45286 "2026-02-06T22:40:07Z")

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I installed ansible-core 2.20.2 yesterday (I’ve been using the version provided with EL9 until now, but needed some uplevel collections to be installed). I’m getting deprecation warnings for ansible.module\_utils.common.…

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## [Migrate AWX to Helm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/migrate-awx-to-helm/45279)

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**Author:** [@shrutebattlestargala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shrutebattlestargala)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/migrate-awx-to-helm/45279 "2026-02-05T16:27:54Z")

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Late to the party - can someone help me understand what we would need to do to migrate an existing quay.io deployment to helm? I deployed our AWX cluster couple of years ago so was wondering if this switch will also star…

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## [Ansible Forum interactive user tutorial](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-forum-interactive-user-tutorial/45270)

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**Author:** [@jorgenspange](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jorgenspange)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-forum-interactive-user-tutorial/45270 "2026-02-05T12:55:48Z")

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I’m having trouble getting started with the interactive user tutorial. Find a post where it was stated that you can send a message to @discobot with start tutorial, but nothing is happening. Anyone know if discobot is …

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## [Struggling with Ansible and Cisco](https://forum.ansible.com/t/struggling-with-ansible-and-cisco/45245)

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**Author:** [@David\_Dalton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Dalton)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/struggling-with-ansible-and-cisco/45245 "2026-02-04T17:47:00Z")

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I am having issues getting Ansible to connect with my Cisco switches. I can SSH to the routers from my control node and it works fine. I can use the RAW module to send commands to the switches and it works fine. When I t…

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## [Automated Windows Server Patching with MECM & Ansible Automation Platform](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automated-windows-server-patching-with-mecm-ansible-automation-platform/45263)

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**Author:** [@IPvSean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IPvSean)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automated-windows-server-patching-with-mecm-ansible-automation-platform/45263 "2026-02-04T17:41:50Z")

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There is a new content collection for Windows MECM. This can be found on Automation hub: Hybrid Cloud Console Aubrey Trotter put together this great walkthrough demo on YouTube here: Installing the Collec…

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## [Enable ldap in our production environment getting error even though it is configured same as our test environment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/enable-ldap-in-our-production-environment-getting-error-even-though-it-is-configured-same-as-our-test-environment/45243)

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**Author:** [@rbooyer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rbooyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/enable-ldap-in-our-production-environment-getting-error-even-though-it-is-configured-same-as-our-test-environment/45243 "2026-02-04T15:06:44Z")

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Please note i had to scrub some of this log output due to security concerns. I enabled LDAP authentication with the same settings we are using in our test k8s cluster but there is some weird django errors and a mention …

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## [Galaxy.ansible.com currently down (500 errors)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-ansible-com-currently-down-500-errors/45170)

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**Author:** [@dpinhas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dpinhas)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-ansible-com-currently-down-500-errors/45170 "2026-02-04T10:24:52Z")

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Hi guys, There seem to be a problem during collections install from galaxy.ansible.com. ERROR! Error when getting collection version metadata for community.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1:1.1.5 from release\_galaxy (http…

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## [Integration testing with a single inventory configuration](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integration-testing-with-a-single-inventory-configuration/45239)

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**Author:** [@Sankar\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sankar_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integration-testing-with-a-single-inventory-configuration/45239 "2026-02-04T05:39:07Z")

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I am trying to write an integration test for custom API automation modules. here is the scenario, I have a server where my application is deployed with all the api’s (Mostly one server always). While writing integrati…

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## [Running amanda behind an apache reverse proxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-amanda-behind-an-apache-reverse-proxy/45229)

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**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-amanda-behind-an-apache-reverse-proxy/45229 "2026-02-03T21:39:56Z")

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This post started off as a plea for help, but I’ve pretty much got everything working! I thought I’d pass this along in case anyone else is trying to do the same thing. The problem is to run https://github.com/sivel/ama…

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## [Hello i need help about ana error when i'm trying to execute ansible on a switch. this is the main error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hello-i-need-help-about-ana-error-when-im-trying-to-execute-ansible-on-a-switch-this-is-the-main-error/45242)

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**Author:** [@Always\_Focus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Always_Focus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hello-i-need-help-about-ana-error-when-im-trying-to-execute-ansible-on-a-switch-this-is-the-main-error/45242 "2026-02-02T16:16:38Z")

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TASK \[Test connexion SSH basique\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: \[switch1\]: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “network os ansible.netco…

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## [Passing a var between tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-a-var-between-tasks/45233)

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**Author:** [@clerambeau370](https://forum.ansible.com/u/clerambeau370)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-a-var-between-tasks/45233 "2026-02-01T13:28:17Z")

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Hi. Here is my problem. I dont know much about Ansible. I need to write a simple playbook that will perform the following: Go to ServiceNow ticketing system, get a Change Request meeting specific parameters, pass its S…

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## [Ansible n00b needs help to transfer dockercompose.yml to Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-n00b-needs-help-to-transfer-dockercompose-yml-to-playbook/45231)

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**Author:** [@frakk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/frakk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-n00b-needs-help-to-transfer-dockercompose-yml-to-playbook/45231 "2026-01-31T15:19:29Z")

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Hello to everybody! I’m failry new to Ansible. Reading a lot (I mean, a lot) and this is just a hobby project, so I’m not an expert by any means. What I would like to acomplish is to do an Ansible Playbook automation f…

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## [Ansible Play book execution was failed with Error "Error: : Task failed: Action failed: Module result deserialization failed: No start of json char found"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-play-book-execution-was-failed-with-error-error-task-failed-action-failed-module-result-deserialization-failed-no-start-of-json-char-found/45230)

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**Author:** [@Jaganmohanaraos24](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jaganmohanaraos24)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-play-book-execution-was-failed-with-error-error-task-failed-action-failed-module-result-deserialization-failed-no-start-of-json-char-found/45230 "2026-01-31T13:42:32Z")

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Give a clear explanation (and steps to reproduce the issue where possible) I am try to install webspehere application on RHEL 10 managed host from Ansible control node hosted on Ubuntu 24.04. I am triggering workflow …

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## [Combine ansible.builtin.set\_fact and with\_items loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combine-ansible-builtin-set-fact-and-with-items-loop/45219)

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**Author:** [@Django](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Django)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combine-ansible-builtin-set-fact-and-with-items-loop/45219 "2026-01-30T22:19:14Z")

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Okay, let me briefly explain what’s on my mind right now. I have a directory where another system stores files that I need to continue working with. The following files are currently located there, for example: /srv/or…

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## [Ansible 2.19 Exceptions handling](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-19-exceptions-handling/45220)

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**Author:** [@ildjarn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ildjarn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-19-exceptions-handling/45220 "2026-01-30T16:17:04Z")

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Am I interpreting this error message wrong or is this message going against Python best practices? Error while resolving value for 'zones': The lookup plugin 'openprovider\_contacts' failed: exceptions must derive from B…

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## [Proxmox role testing with molecule](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-role-testing-with-molecule/44537)

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**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-role-testing-with-molecule/44537 "2026-01-28T10:48:25Z")

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Hello, I wrote a small role for installing a guest on proxmox and would like to test it with molecule. I would like to test it in an existing proxmox cluster. I’m wondering how to do it? It seems molecule expects some …

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## [Passing a VAR Between Playbook Tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-a-var-between-playbook-tasks/45203)

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**Author:** [@clerambeau370](https://forum.ansible.com/u/clerambeau370)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/passing-a-var-between-playbook-tasks/45203 "2026-01-28T02:13:21Z")

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Hello. The community here has been outstanding. There is always someone to help. That is very much appreciated. I have a problem. I need to pas a part of a long variable to another task withing the same playbook. Here …

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