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**Author:** [@Andreas\_Davour](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Davour)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-dependent-on-rhel-release/11766 "2012-08-06T13:59:10Z")
Simply stated. Is there a shorter and more elegant way to do the following? -------\>8----------\>8------------------ - name: Fix the MX for rhel61 action: command postconf -e "relayhost=mx.gnuf.com" only\_if:… --- ## [FW: \[Fedora Update\] \[comment\] ansible-0.5.1-1.el6](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fw-fedora-update-comment-ansible-0-5-1-1-el6/11764)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Bielawa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Bielawa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fw-fedora-update-comment-ansible-0-5-1-1-el6/11764 "2012-08-05T21:39:02Z")
The following comment has been added to the ansible-0.5.1-1.el6 update: bodhi - 2012-08-05 06:35:16 (karma: 0) This update has been pushed to stable To reply to this comment, please visit the URL at the bottom of this… --- ## [FW: \[Fedora Update\] \[comment\] ansible-0.5.1-1.fc17](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fw-fedora-update-comment-ansible-0-5-1-1-fc17/11763)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Bielawa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Bielawa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fw-fedora-update-comment-ansible-0-5-1-1-fc17/11763 "2012-08-05T21:38:34Z")
The following comment has been added to the ansible-0.5.1-1.fc17 update: bodhi - 2012-08-05 21:28:29 (karma: 0) This update has been pushed to stable To reply to this comment, please visit the URL at the bottom of thi… --- ## [allowing actions to fail?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/allowing-actions-to-fail/11762)
**Author:** [@James8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/allowing-actions-to-fail/11762 "2012-08-05T20:46:11Z")
Hi, I want to allow some actions like this one to fail: - name: no avahi-dnsconfd action: chkconfig avahi-dnsconfd off I'm sure I read this in the documentation on Friday but now I can't find the syntax. Can … --- ## [Simplicity vs. New Modules?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simplicity-vs-new-modules/11759)
**Author:** [@Time\_Less](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Time_Less)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simplicity-vs-new-modules/11759 "2012-08-04T01:25:25Z")
The general question is: how do I decide if I should make a feature request for a new module (that I may then code myself) vs. know this is functionality I should just code on a per-play basis? The supporting data: I am… --- ## [ignore errors](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ignore-errors/11761)
**Author:** [@Time\_Less](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Time_Less)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ignore-errors/11761 "2012-08-03T21:37:23Z")
I am curious about this. It seems the answer would be to create separate playbooks for each item to remove, and run each of them in serial using a wrapper script? Or a playbook wrapping these three playbooks together? A… --- ## [Naming hosts in ansible inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/naming-hosts-in-ansible-inventory/11758)
**Author:** [@Timothy\_Appnel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Timothy_Appnel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/naming-hosts-in-ansible-inventory/11758 "2012-08-03T15:00:53Z")
This is essentially what I am doing. My inventory is mostly dynamically generated so I make liberal use of variables and build a number of lists so I can loop thru them using with\_items. I probably should have dropped ba… --- ## [running a raw command?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754)
**Author:** [@James8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James8)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-a-raw-command/11754 "2012-08-03T14:21:39Z")
Hi, I'm running a raw command as in the document and I just get the ansible usages options. I tried these various commands. Is there any useful output to post here? I also tried command with a straight host name. s… --- ## [Naming hosts in ansible inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/naming-hosts-in-ansible-inventory/11752)
**Author:** [@CWS](https://forum.ansible.com/u/CWS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/naming-hosts-in-ansible-inventory/11752 "2012-08-03T11:08:53Z")
The workaround I've been using is to create a separate DNS (or /etc/hosts) entry for the tunnels. From my understanding since I implemented it there has been some work done with host aliases/labels, but I haven't had… --- ## [Start of a glossary...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-of-a-glossary/11756)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-of-a-glossary/11756 "2012-08-03T04:28:29Z")
I decided it was about time for one, though this one doesn't have any cross links or anything like that yet, here it is: http://ansible.github.com/glossary.html edits to the "rst/" directory of the docs project are wel… --- ## [Fixed some variable substitution issues, unicode help?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixed-some-variable-substitution-issues-unicode-help/11755)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixed-some-variable-substitution-issues-unicode-help/11755 "2012-08-03T01:23:33Z")
I've fixed a few misc variable substation issues reported recently. In doing so, I had to cast a string as string (not unicode) so I could split it successfully, because the templates come out as unicode objects now (wh… --- ## [What do you think of adding time-related facts?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-adding-time-related-facts/11751)
**Author:** [@Ernest0x](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ernest0x)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-adding-time-related-facts/11751 "2012-08-02T22:56:00Z")
What do you think of adding time-related vars in the ansible facts? For example, it would be convenient if someone could use $ansible\_date as suffix/prefix of a backup file in a 'backup' action. --- ## [Documentation for 0.6 up / constancy in modules / randomness … review welcome](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-for-0-6-up-constancy-in-modules-randomness-review-welcome/11745)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-for-0-6-up-constancy-in-modules-randomness-review-welcome/11745 "2012-08-02T15:24:58Z")
I have edited the doc site quite a bit to add various features to the Playbooks, Advanced Playbooks, Module Docs, and Module Dev pages. Review is \*very\* welcome, particularly to see if things make sense to a new user an… --- ## [Debugging setup problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debugging-setup-problems/11750)
**Author:** [@Andreas\_Davour](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Davour)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debugging-setup-problems/11750 "2012-08-02T14:17:15Z")
I have a playbook that looks like this: ----8\<-- playbook --8\<---- --- ## [apt module now does installs in one step, yum fixes (more pending), and a few other things](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-now-does-installs-in-one-step-yum-fixes-more-pending-and-a-few-other-things/11749)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-now-does-installs-in-one-step-yum-fixes-more-pending-and-a-few-other-things/11749 "2012-08-02T05:54:11Z")
Devel branch notes from today (last day for 0.6 features for the most part), incorporating patches from lots of folks: \* yum was busted earlier today, which I've pushed some fixes for. \* when using the apt module with … --- ## [command works through ssh but not through ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/command-works-through-ssh-but-not-through-ansible/11748)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/command-works-through-ssh-but-not-through-ansible/11748 "2012-08-01T17:12:32Z")
I’m guessing it’s just a bad init script in some form. Tried the service module? --- ## [ansible ssh jump hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-jump-hosts/11747)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-jump-hosts/11747 "2012-08-01T12:22:34Z")
First off, make sure you are using "-c ssh" Also, I'd try editing your SSH config file, which Ansible will respect. The ANSIBLE\_SSH\_ARGS thing is mostly there to override control master settings. I use paramiko most o… --- ## [Pushed some fixes for daisy chaining](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pushed-some-fixes-for-daisy-chaining/11746)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pushed-some-fixes-for-daisy-chaining/11746 "2012-08-01T12:04:31Z")
If you were trying the devel branch last night, the invalid arguments detection was breaking being able to add options to the file module from copy/template/etc. This is now fixed, at the (temporary) cost of file module… --- ## [Local command failing.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-command-failing/11742)
**Author:** [@Timothy\_Appnel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Timothy_Appnel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/local-command-failing/11742 "2012-07-31T21:36:43Z")
I think I may have unearth a subtle bug and wanted to verify it before I go digging further. Up until I update my version of Ansible to the latest code in devel yesterday morning, I had a script running via command and … --- ## [Proposal: rename sudo\_user to sudo\_to](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-rename-sudo-user-to-sudo-to/11743)
**Author:** [@Lorin\_Hochstein1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lorin_Hochstein1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-rename-sudo-user-to-sudo-to/11743 "2012-07-31T21:26:14Z")
Coming from Ubuntu-land where the root account has ssh disabled, I think of the “sudo user” as the user that has sudo privileges. However, Ansible uses “sudo\_user” to mean “user to sudo to”. What do people think of the … --- ## [All modules ported over](https://forum.ansible.com/t/all-modules-ported-over/11739)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/all-modules-ported-over/11739 "2012-07-31T02:05:50Z")
I've ported all of the modules over to the use the common module code. This should mean they are both easier to work on and faster. --Michael --- ## [Plan for 0.6 release -- feature freeze Wednesday, testing now, release Monday (approx)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/plan-for-0-6-release-feature-freeze-wednesday-testing-now-release-monday-approx/11741)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/plan-for-0-6-release-feature-freeze-wednesday-testing-now-release-monday-approx/11741 "2012-07-31T00:23:44Z")
The plan for 0.6's release is as follows: \* everyone pound on modules as much as you can, the new "common code" stuff might have made some of them have subtle bugs I'd like to get ironed out \* I'll work on upgrading … --- ## [Donation links](https://forum.ansible.com/t/donation-links/11740)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/donation-links/11740 "2012-07-31T00:20:15Z")
I don't expect anyone to do so, but I was asked today if I had a donation button, and I didn't have one. So, after thinking it over a bit, I've added one to the bottom of http://ansible.github.com/ which just goes to Pa… --- ## [I am planning on finishing the rest of the module porting other than 'virt'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-planning-on-finishing-the-rest-of-the-module-porting-other-than-virt/11738)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-planning-on-finishing-the-rest-of-the-module-porting-other-than-virt/11738 "2012-07-30T20:55:46Z")
Just wanted to let people know so we didn’t spend extra time working on the same things. There aren’t too many left. –Michael --- ## [ansible and cobbler](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-cobbler/11716)
**Author:** [@Andreas\_Davour](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Davour)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-cobbler/11716 "2012-07-30T12:59:12Z")
I am suspecting that more people than us are using both cobbler and ansible. Right now we are kind of in the process of merging more and more of our old procedures into cobbler, which leaves the question of where ansible… --- ## [Modules left to port to the new common AnsibleModule common code ... help needed, just 6 to go!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modules-left-to-port-to-the-new-common-ansiblemodule-common-code-help-needed-just-6-to-go/11734)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modules-left-to-port-to-the-new-common-ansiblemodule-common-code-help-needed-just-6-to-go/11734 "2012-07-30T06:53:51Z")
We're doing great porting modules over to the new stuff. This not only makes the code easier to read and work on, but also a lot faster. The following modules have left to be ported, and need to be ported before we d… --- ## [MySQL & PostgreSQL modules feedback -- can we standardize the arguments?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-postgresql-modules-feedback-can-we-standardize-the-arguments/11737)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-postgresql-modules-feedback-can-we-standardize-the-arguments/11737 "2012-07-29T11:28:35Z")
Generally across ansible we use "password" vs "passwd" as an argument Now, both these modules take TWO passwords, so they use a different variation, which is fine, but they don't vary it in the same way. One type of mo… --- ## [start vm, provision, boot](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-vm-provision-boot/11703)
**Author:** [@Seth\_Vidal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Seth_Vidal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/start-vm-provision-boot/11703 "2012-07-28T12:52:54Z")
I worked on this for $dayjob. I'm using it for generating builder nodes and other similar 'disposable' nodes on a local cluster of kvm/virtd servers. Obviously this is just an example but having this with a git repo of … --- ## [Ansible and sudoing to a user other than root … making it smoother?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-sudoing-to-a-user-other-than-root-making-it-smoother/11735)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-sudoing-to-a-user-other-than-root-making-it-smoother/11735 "2012-07-28T11:32:50Z")
I wanted to validate my logic on something. If you are sudoing to a user other than root, you have to transfer a module file. For legacy modules it's a module file + an arguments file, but that's simply not true if yo… --- ## [Updated module documentation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/updated-module-documentation/11736)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/updated-module-documentation/11736 "2012-07-28T00:56:48Z")
The module docs are probably the most important page in the ansible documentation, and I have yet to document all the new shiny features available in 0.6 (particularly the database modules), though this is coming. Anywa… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1076) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1078)