# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1072 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1073 --- ## [Docs project migrated](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docs-project-migrated/11926)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docs-project-migrated/11926 "2012-09-25T12:17:58Z")
Reminder -- the docs project is now at https://github.com/ansible/ansible-docs If you have any docs changes, please submit them here to the files in the "rst/" directory. It works bascially exactly the same as before… --- ## [apt-repository not working in debian squeeze](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-repository-not-working-in-debian-squeeze/11912)
**Author:** [@Edu\_el\_Ligre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edu_el_Ligre)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-repository-not-working-in-debian-squeeze/11912 "2012-09-25T06:20:56Z")
Hi there, I got a {“failed”: true, “msg”: “Failed to find required executable add-apt-repository”} error when trying to add a repository with apt-repository module on debian squeeze. I found out add-apt-repository is ub… --- ## [Multi Tier Installation with Ansible in pull mode.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multi-tier-installation-with-ansible-in-pull-mode/11922)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multi-tier-installation-with-ansible-in-pull-mode/11922 "2012-09-24T11:46:25Z")
Yeah, the list is moderated for everyone's first post. I replied to the other one, no problem! --- ## [Different hosts profiles in pull mode](https://forum.ansible.com/t/different-hosts-profiles-in-pull-mode/11921)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/different-hosts-profiles-in-pull-mode/11921 "2012-09-24T11:45:52Z")
pull-mode out of the box doesn't really support the multi-tier awesomeness that push mode does, because push is /why/ that works so well. --- ## [ansible.github.com =\> ansible.cc](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-github-com-ansible-cc/11920)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-github-com-ansible-cc/11920 "2012-09-24T11:41:36Z")
I wanted to get the 'github.com' out of the URL, so ansible has a new domain: http://ansible.cc The doc site will continue to be run out of github, but I've had to move it to a different repo: https://github.… --- ## [Documentation strings in modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-strings-in-modules/11913)
**Author:** [@jpmens1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-strings-in-modules/11913 "2012-09-23T06:12:21Z")
Hello, as you may have gathered (particularly if you've been following issue #991 on Github :slight\_smile: we're settling on DOCUMENTATION strings for modules. I believe I'm the one who started all this, so I'd like t… --- ## [using (non-fact) hostvars specified in host ini file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-non-fact-hostvars-specified-in-host-ini-file/11890)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-non-fact-hostvars-specified-in-host-ini-file/11890 "2012-09-22T13:52:10Z")
What version of ansible are you using? (ansible --version) --- ## [Issues with service module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-service-module/11902)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-service-module/11902 "2012-09-22T12:39:14Z")
After some digging, it seems that the issue is related to the fact that I'm backgrounding the process, which seems odd as should only use service-command to start/stop the process(?) The start function in the init-sc… --- ## [Git module problem ? or maybe not...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914)
**Author:** [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-problem-or-maybe-not/11914 "2012-09-21T21:55:28Z")
Hi. I’m running a simple playbook with using the git module : name: Exporting git ansible-vagrant git repo action: git repo=git://github.com/username/ansible-vagrant.git dest=$local\_dir/ansible-vagrant version=dev a… --- ## [Reload in supervisorctl](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reload-in-supervisorctl/11918)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Wright](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Wright)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reload-in-supervisorctl/11918 "2012-09-21T18:08:29Z")
Hi Keith, Here’s an example of a simple playbook that writes the config file for supervisor and restarts the process via supervisorctl: https://github.com/mattupstate/ansible-tutorial/blob/master/devops/deploy.yml The… --- ## [Reload in supervisorctl](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reload-in-supervisorctl/11917)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reload-in-supervisorctl/11917 "2012-09-21T12:35:05Z")
@mattupstate and others, any thoughts? -- Michael --- ## [ansible-playbook does not show script output properly](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-does-not-show-script-output-properly/11916)
**Author:** [@Edgars](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edgars)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-does-not-show-script-output-properly/11916 "2012-09-21T12:30:35Z")
Hi I have some bash script which I want to run on my remote nodes. This script generates some output. When I run this script with ansible -m command, everything works fine, I can see the output from all nodes. However, … --- ## [Bug squashing time!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-squashing-time/11915)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-squashing-time/11915 "2012-09-21T01:13:05Z")
Just as a reminder, unassigned bugs in the issue tracker are fair game and can be a great way of getting to know the guts of the project... Maybe someone with an Ubuntu box wants to check out 1067? Maybe you see another… --- ## [Misc features for 0.8 -- A summary of recently merged pull requests](https://forum.ansible.com/t/misc-features-for-0-8-a-summary-of-recently-merged-pull-requests/11908)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/misc-features-for-0-8-a-summary-of-recently-merged-pull-requests/11908 "2012-09-20T20:16:05Z")
Various shiny things from lots of people, you know who you are! Thanks! Here is what I have written in the changelog (docs are all pending) and with a little bit of extra explanation for a few of them. Please help … --- ## [Variable Defaults](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-defaults/11909)
**Author:** [@Oli\_Yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oli_Yu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-defaults/11909 "2012-09-20T12:18:53Z")
So, I’ve looked at the variable precedence article here: http://ansible.github.com/playbooks2.html#understanding-variable-precedence My problem is that I’m trying to create some variable defaults within variable yaml f… --- ## [Intermittent \_delete\_remote\_files failure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/intermittent-delete-remote-files-failure/11893)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Rudenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Rudenberg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/intermittent-delete-remote-files-failure/11893 "2012-09-20T07:47:40Z")
I'm running ansible-playbook across five hosts on EC2, and on just about every run, one or more host fails with this error: fatal: \[REDACTED.ec2.internal\] =\> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodule… --- ## [Keep running playbook only if package is installed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-running-playbook-only-if-package-is-installed/11911)
**Author:** [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/keep-running-playbook-only-if-package-is-installed/11911 "2012-09-19T22:03:47Z")
Hi…yes it is me again… So I was trying to stop a playbook or skip part of it if a package was not installed, in this is case is a playbook for mac. this is my playbook base on the conditional task execution : --- ## [Ansible on OS X](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-on-os-x/11907)
**Author:** [@PePe\_Amengual](https://forum.ansible.com/u/PePe_Amengual)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-on-os-x/11907 "2012-09-19T17:58:32Z")
Hi. I’m trying to run ansible in osx, the idea is to run an ansible playbook to script the installation of Vagrant and a vagrant box that will run ansible-pull inside to deploy packages automatically using a playbook on… --- ## [Idea storm: things action modules can do (notifications, etc)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/idea-storm-things-action-modules-can-do-notifications-etc/11906)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/idea-storm-things-action-modules-can-do-notifications-etc/11906 "2012-09-18T23:58:14Z")
Tim Bielawa, Jonathan Sabo, and I have been discussing action modules that can run outside the host loop, like (as Tim originally proposed and is working on), something like: name: pause action: pause msg="Make sure… --- ## [I am missing something about playbook orchestration features?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-missing-something-about-playbook-orchestration-features/11905)
**Author:** [@Jonathan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-missing-something-about-playbook-orchestration-features/11905 "2012-09-18T22:19:52Z")
Hello everyone, Our team is trying to use Ansible to help us deploy updates of our web applications. We’ve been using Ansible since v0.4 and have a lot of Ansible infrastructure in place, so using the yum module functio… --- ## ["Why not sqlite?"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-not-sqlite/11900)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-not-sqlite/11900 "2012-09-17T23:21:16Z")
So, got asked on twitter why ansible-commander isn't using sqlite. Several reasons. (A) At some point, ansible callbacks when using commander are going to be writing a large amount of data in parallel to the database… --- ## [Ensure a directory contains only specified files?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ensure-a-directory-contains-only-specified-files/11903)
**Author:** [@John\_Kleint](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Kleint)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ensure-a-directory-contains-only-specified-files/11903 "2012-09-17T15:41:50Z")
This is probably simple, but I’m not sure of the latest and greatest way to do it. In my playbook I have a var containing a list of filenames, and I copy them to a target directory on my nodes. I’d like to make sure thos… --- ## [(developers) ansible-commander UI moving along ... anyone want to wire up REST object listing to the Angular models?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developers-ansible-commander-ui-moving-along-anyone-want-to-wire-up-rest-object-listing-to-the-angular-models/11901)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developers-ansible-commander-ui-moving-along-anyone-want-to-wire-up-rest-object-listing-to-the-angular-models/11901 "2012-09-17T00:13:51Z")
Wow, this is going pretty quick. I am tremendously impressed with how easy Bootstrap is making things, and I've made some ground in setting up Angular. I've got some basic list components set up with angular, and th… --- ## [(developers) Good UI progress! Can someone help me with my AJAX?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developers-good-ui-progress-can-someone-help-me-with-my-ajax/11899)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developers-good-ui-progress-can-someone-help-me-with-my-ajax/11899 "2012-09-16T18:15:11Z")
Hi all, Time to help a bit on the UI project! As I've mentioned, I'm not a Javascript/UI expert. For starters, I've got a very basic modal login dialog started here (loving JQuery+Bootstrap so far), and the intent … --- ## [local\_action user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-user/11898)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Palley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Palley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-action-user/11898 "2012-09-16T15:20:40Z")
From my understanding/testing the local\_action connects to 127.0.0.1 using the current playbooks user. I’m trying to understand this. In my case, I’ve got a user on my system that I’m running ansible-playbooks from an… --- ## [Copying directories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-directories/11840)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-directories/11840 "2012-09-15T15:08:03Z")
From IRC, in tasks: - local\_action: rsync \ ${inventory\_hostname} \ (local\_action is an alias for "action:" with a "delegate\_to: 127.0.0.1") --- ## [accessing a fact in a template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-a-fact-in-a-template/11896)
**Author:** [@Ali\_Asad\_Lotia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ali_Asad_Lotia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-a-fact-in-a-template/11896 "2012-09-15T15:07:07Z")
Greetings All, Thanks so much for creating such a fantastic configuration management system. After working with Ansible and getting results are quickly as I have, managing infrastructure is fun again! I'm at a bit of… --- ## [Feature RFC: allow task failures to trigger non-zero exit codes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feature-rfc-allow-task-failures-to-trigger-non-zero-exit-codes/11895)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feature-rfc-allow-task-failures-to-trigger-non-zero-exit-codes/11895 "2012-09-14T22:24:08Z")
On the contrary, it should be true that failures result in non-zero execute codes -- it's logical Unix behavior. Having this a non-default behavior guarded by the CLI flag is confusing, and increases the list of opt… --- ## [Feature RFC: allow task failures to trigger non-zero exit codes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feature-rfc-allow-task-failures-to-trigger-non-zero-exit-codes/11894)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feature-rfc-allow-task-failures-to-trigger-non-zero-exit-codes/11894 "2012-09-14T22:21:09Z")
The new command line option is not something I want. Why not just return non-zero if any host has failures? Both ansible and ansible-playbook should be included, and it shouldn't require any changes to the core. --- ## [Excluding groups issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/excluding-groups-issue/11892)
**Author:** [@Edgars](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edgars)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/excluding-groups-issue/11892 "2012-09-14T18:00:58Z")
Hi Documentation says: You can exclude groups as well, for instance, all webservers not in Phoenix: webservers:!phoenix But when I do so, I get: \[root@ansible playbooks\]# ansible -o all:!webservers -u admin -k -K… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1071) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1073)