# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1027 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1028 --- ## [Role dependency changes for 1.3/development](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-dependency-changes-for-1-3-development/13396)
**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-dependency-changes-for-1-3-development/13396 "2013-08-30T18:45:46Z")
We’ve made a small modification to the way role dependencies work. Prior to today, if multiple roles listed a common role as their dependent, the tasks in that common role would be executed more than once. The new behavi… --- ## [Prevent a service from starting and then restarting immediately afterward?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/prevent-a-service-from-starting-and-then-restarting-immediately-afterward/13391)
**Author:** [@John\_Florian](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Florian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/prevent-a-service-from-starting-and-then-restarting-immediately-afterward/13391 "2013-08-30T16:19:35Z")
I’m new to Ansible but have several years of Puppet under my belt so I’m evaluating Ansible to learn if it can resolve some very long term issues I’ve had with Puppet. For example, I’ve created a very simple NTP role lik… --- ## [Call for Submissions for AnsibleFest (October 22, SF) -- deadline is today!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-for-submissions-for-ansiblefest-october-22-sf-deadline-is-today/13394)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-for-submissions-for-ansiblefest-october-22-sf-deadline-is-today/13394 "2013-08-30T15:42:49Z")
The CFP for AnsibleFest officially closes today. We’ve got some great submissions – and while we MAY extend the deadline, no guarantees! Submit a paragraph about your proposed talk to cfp@ansibleworks.com and you can e… --- ## [register + with\_items help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-with-items-help/13392)
**Author:** [@kevin\_fernandes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kevin_fernandes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-with-items-help/13392 "2013-08-30T15:07:25Z")
Hi All. I have a simple playbook with the following play --- ## [precedence bug or is this by design?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/precedence-bug-or-is-this-by-design/13377)
**Author:** [@John\_Jarvis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Jarvis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/precedence-bug-or-is-this-by-design/13377 "2013-08-30T14:26:57Z")
Variables defined in /vars/main.yml seem to take precedence over variables passed into -e except when they are used in jinja templates. Here is a very simple example: playbook:— hosts: localhost roles: test roles/te… --- ## [AWX Cli available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-cli-available/13389)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-cli-available/13389 "2013-08-30T13:00:50Z")
Hi everyone, For those using AWX, we’ve started a new open source project as a remote CLI to AWX. To encourage code reuse in proprietary applications, the AWX-CLI project (unlike Ansible) is Apache2 licensed. So far th… --- ## [group\_vars and templates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-and-templates/13383)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Lucas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Lucas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-and-templates/13383 "2013-08-30T12:46:41Z")
Hi, I'm using a simple template to generate sshd\_config. It works well for a single operating system, but when I try to add a second it breaks. It appears that the jinja2 template is not pulling in the group\_vars for… --- ## [Parameterized handlers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parameterized-handlers/13382)
**Author:** [@Jens\_Hoffrichter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jens_Hoffrichter)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parameterized-handlers/13382 "2013-08-30T12:40:54Z")
Hi everyone, I’m looking into ansible for managing our farm of mail servers, and it looks very, very promising (as having used Puppet for another project, it is great to see the need for node setup greatly reduced … --- ## [Ansible-pull feedback/output while running?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pull-feedback-output-while-running/13388)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Rodenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alex_Rodenberg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pull-feedback-output-while-running/13388 "2013-08-30T12:30:54Z")
Is there a way to get output of my ansible-playbook when using ansible-pull ? It has a big play so it would be nice to get output of progress, I found some logging output but I was hoping just to get the output like whe… --- ## [Ansible talk at Devops Brisbane](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-talk-at-devops-brisbane/13387)
**Author:** [@willthames](https://forum.ansible.com/u/willthames)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-talk-at-devops-brisbane/13387 "2013-08-30T12:15:58Z")
I spoke at Devops Brisbane last night about configuration management development principles by example with Ansible. I don’t claim to speak for the Ansible community - my goal is to raise awareness of Ansible and sound … --- ## [ansible and AWS opsworks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-aws-opsworks/13384)
**Author:** [@Javier\_Candeira](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Javier_Candeira)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-aws-opsworks/13384 "2013-08-30T03:33:48Z")
If anybody in the list is managing AWS opsworks operations from ansible, can they share their best practices here? Thanks. Javier Candeira --- ## [hostname supplied on the cmd line](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostname-supplied-on-the-cmd-line/13386)
**Author:** [@David\_Birdsong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Birdsong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostname-supplied-on-the-cmd-line/13386 "2013-08-30T00:54:23Z")
I have a situation I’m positive is not very unique where I’d like to leverage Ansible to set the hostname of a node upon intial setup post it’s installation. The node where I call the ansible playbook from is using the p… --- ## [display reason for skipping a task](https://forum.ansible.com/t/display-reason-for-skipping-a-task/13381)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Bone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Bone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/display-reason-for-skipping-a-task/13381 "2013-08-30T00:24:26Z")
I was wondering if anyone has thought about letting ansible display the reason it’s skipping a task in playbook. For example, I often run my playbooks with ‘–check -diff’ and it would be neat to see if a task is being sk… --- ## [Ansible git/OSX: "connect() takes at most 3 arguments (7 given)"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-git-osx-connect-takes-at-most-3-arguments-7-given/13380)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Candler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Candler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-git-osx-connect-takes-at-most-3-arguments-7-given/13380 "2013-08-30T00:23:52Z")
I am trying to use ansible directly from a git checkout, on OSX 10.7.5 (which comes with python 2.7.1) I get the following error: $ git branch devel master $ cat test.inv localhost $ PYTHONPATH=lib bin/ansible lo… --- ## [Managing apt\_repository additions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-apt-repository-additions/13379)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Mandel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Mandel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-apt-repository-additions/13379 "2013-08-29T22:59:27Z")
Something I’m trying to work out how to manage, and I’m wondering how other people are doing it (I’m using the latest from Git atm). If I have something like the following: - name: Add Neo4j Repository - Debian apt\_re… --- ## [Creating a virtualenv as another user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-virtualenv-as-another-user/13375)
**Author:** [@Gregory\_Taylor1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gregory_Taylor1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-virtualenv-as-another-user/13375 "2013-08-29T01:30:03Z")
I’m wanting to create a new account, then create a virtualenv beneath said account. Assuming my new user is created, and is called ‘cbweb’, I was trying to do something like this: name: set up web app virtualenv pip: … --- ## [Rbenv in a playbook / executing a handler immediately](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rbenv-in-a-playbook-executing-a-handler-immediately/13378)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ian_Young)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rbenv-in-a-playbook-executing-a-handler-immediately/13378 "2013-08-28T21:08:31Z")
Hi all, I’m new to Ansible and am working on my first project with it. I have a question about the best way to do something. My playbook is installing Ruby through rbenv (a tool that controls the environment to permit … --- ## [role dependencies with 'diamond' pattern](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-dependencies-with-diamond-pattern/13376)
**Author:** [@Nick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-dependencies-with-diamond-pattern/13376 "2013-08-28T13:56:58Z")
Hi, A hopefully quick question about dependencies which I couldn't see answered in the current docs. Given the classic 'diamond inheritance' kind of pattern, i.e A requires B and C B requires D C requires D … --- ## [read hosts from another file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/read-hosts-from-another-file/13374)
**Author:** [@celine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/celine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/read-hosts-from-another-file/13374 "2013-08-28T12:48:30Z")
Hi, --- ## [include a playbook, but only run certain tags out of the playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-a-playbook-but-only-run-certain-tags-out-of-the-playbook/13370)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Keating](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jesse_Keating)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-a-playbook-but-only-run-certain-tags-out-of-the-playbook/13370 "2013-08-27T22:09:02Z")
Is there a syntax for this? Do I have to pass --tags to the top level playbook that I want to run out of the included playbook? -jlk --- ## [fetch module - any way to ignore md5 checks?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-module-any-way-to-ignore-md5-checks/13372)
**Author:** [@Bruce\_Pennypacker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruce_Pennypacker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-module-any-way-to-ignore-md5-checks/13372 "2013-08-27T20:58:11Z")
I’ve built a handy log fetching script using the fetch module so that our developers & QA folks can retrieve log files from production servers that they otherwise wouldn’t have access to. It works great for archived logs… --- ## [Module apt pass dpkg options](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-apt-pass-dpkg-options/13368)
**Author:** [@Rumen\_Telbizov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rumen_Telbizov)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-apt-pass-dpkg-options/13368 "2013-08-27T20:08:47Z")
Hello everyone, I have a quick question/request. I have just finished rewriting a shell script which was used to upgrade a given piece of software. Now it’s ansible playbook! The one piece of functionality that I can… --- ## [users module fails for adding groups on AIX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/users-module-fails-for-adding-groups-on-aix/13334)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Maas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Maas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/users-module-fails-for-adding-groups-on-aix/13334 "2013-08-27T15:20:34Z")
Hi All, We are using “python --version → Python 2.6.2” on our AIX machines which, we think, is the cause of this error: EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘sudo -k && sudo -H -S -p “\[sudo via ansible, key=kxlkfrzbbuhbvciginphnvycvqogund… --- ## [Gathering facts and use them in configuraton files later.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gathering-facts-and-use-them-in-configuraton-files-later/13339)
**Author:** [@Marcin\_Praczko](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marcin_Praczko)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gathering-facts-and-use-them-in-configuraton-files-later/13339 "2013-08-27T12:48:32Z")
Hi, Not quite sure about this but I think there is some bug in ansible 1.2.2 related with gathering facts and use them for config genration. We have following configuraiton PLAY1: Setup munin-node configuration on all… --- ## [Including vars file based on another variable value in roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-vars-file-based-on-another-variable-value-in-roles/13338)
**Author:** [@matt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-vars-file-based-on-another-variable-value-in-roles/13338 "2013-08-27T12:44:54Z")
Hi, In the pre-role world, we were using syntax like: var\_files: var/{{ ansible\_os\_distribution }}.yml tasks: action: {{ ansible\_pkg\_mgr }} name={{ item }} with\_items: {{ software }} this kind of thing would be us… --- ## [template IP address for ansible\_ssh\_host?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-ip-address-for-ansible-ssh-host/13364)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Lucas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Lucas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-ip-address-for-ansible-ssh-host/13364 "2013-08-27T01:39:56Z")
Hi, I want to use the IP address of the hostname in ansible\_ssh\_host in a template. Is there an easy way to get this? Details: A bunch of my hosts have multiple IP addresses and/or interfaces. I want to attach sshd … --- ## [Configuration Management](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuration-management/13365)
**Author:** [@Florin\_Dragu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Florin_Dragu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/configuration-management/13365 "2013-08-26T21:43:37Z")
I’m looking at ways to improve the way we do config management and I read really good things about Ansible. I know Ansible is very good at managing deploy time OS and env config, however, when it comes to app/code confi… --- ## [SSH login into the server using different identities](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-login-into-the-server-using-different-identities/13367)
**Author:** [@abhirama.bhat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/abhirama.bhat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-login-into-the-server-using-different-identities/13367 "2013-08-26T20:33:45Z")
Scenario: I create a new virtual machine and have an ssh user name and password for this machine. Now I want to set up this vm. I have different tasks to run on this box with the first task being adding a user and setti… --- ## [UnicodeEncodeError when running playbook using git hook post-receive](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unicodeencodeerror-when-running-playbook-using-git-hook-post-receive/13360)
**Author:** [@Rafiq\_Rahim](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rafiq_Rahim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unicodeencodeerror-when-running-playbook-using-git-hook-post-receive/13360 "2013-08-26T19:50:32Z")
Hi guys, First of all, the playbook contains tasks with name that contains Japanese UTF-8 character.Playbook ran without problem when I ran it through terminal, but I got these errors when git hook execute the playbook. … --- ## [Questions on group\_vars file syntax](https://forum.ansible.com/t/questions-on-group-vars-file-syntax/13363)
**Author:** [@howachen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/howachen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/questions-on-group-vars-file-syntax/13363 "2013-08-26T19:49:23Z")
Hi, There are two questions on group\_vars file: Is it possible to include the “ProxyCommand” in the group\_vars file instead of my ssh config? How to express multiple vars in group\_vars file , e.g. \[database\] foo sin… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1026) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1028)