# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1087 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1088 --- ## [TypeError when using include](https://forum.ansible.com/t/typeerror-when-using-include/11454)
**Author:** [@Duy\_Thang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Duy_Thang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/typeerror-when-using-include/11454 "2012-04-26T12:07:15Z")
Hi, I’m newbie to ansible, and I have a problem when using include feature. I had a search in google and in mailinglist but cant find anything useful. This is my playbook.yml file: hosts: mailservice vars: userdi… --- ## [Ansible facts are now documented on the module page](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-are-now-documented-on-the-module-page/11453)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-facts-are-now-documented-on-the-module-page/11453 "2012-04-26T03:15:10Z")
If folks running 0.3 want to use ansible’s built in facts now, and end their dependency on ruby, facter, and ohai, I have documented the available facts under the “setup” module in the “modules” section http://ansible.g… --- ## [OS X module support discussion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-x-module-support-discussion/11452)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-x-module-support-discussion/11452 "2012-04-26T02:13:43Z")
Last discussion thread of the day, I promose. Lots of good fixes to OS X ansible and client modules has been pushed recently and some more is in queue. Soon, ansible will work happily to run things on OS X clients, b… --- ## [YAML inventory format discussion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-inventory-format-discussion/11449)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-inventory-format-discussion/11449 "2012-04-26T01:49:22Z")
So… some questions have been asked about the YAML inventory format. Now, I’ll prefix these questions with this. If it ever becomes complicated enough so it’s not intuitive how something works, we need to make things simp… --- ## [sudo mode on the devel branch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sudo-mode-on-the-devel-branch/11448)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sudo-mode-on-the-devel-branch/11448 "2012-04-26T01:38:10Z")
Some folks having problems with sudo have been having a lot better luck with the improvements to ‘sudo’ handling on the devel branch. This is because the version on the master branch was a gross hack :slight\_smile: I ha… --- ## [include statement fixed in master](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-statement-fixed-in-master/11447)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-statement-fixed-in-master/11447 "2012-04-26T01:34:16Z")
A problem with the "include: " feature of playbooks has been fixed in master. If you were previously using master and had errors, you will probably want to update. –Michael --- ## [Introducing Myself](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-myself/11433)
**Author:** [@Art\_Zemon1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Art_Zemon1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-myself/11433 "2012-04-25T23:41:53Z")
Hello everybody, I thought I would introduce myself. I am Art Zemon and have been doing UNIX and Linux sys admin since 1980. I am in the early stages of replacing our home grown provisioning system (and Puppet) with som… --- ## [play-book + template hangs up.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/play-book-template-hangs-up/11425)
**Author:** [@Rodney\_Quillo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rodney_Quillo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/play-book-template-hangs-up/11425 "2012-04-25T22:29:10Z")
I'm running ansible with virtualenv. $ yolk -l Jinja2 - 2.6 - active PyYAML - 3.10 - active Python - 2.6.6 - active development (/opt/local/ Library/Frameworks/Pyth… --- ## [Clarification: Pull requests for bug fixes on master welcome](https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarification-pull-requests-for-bug-fixes-on-master-welcome/11444)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarification-pull-requests-for-bug-fixes-on-master-welcome/11444 "2012-04-25T16:22:18Z")
I believe we have at least one active bug on master, dealing with the include tasks/handlers causing a traceback. I need folks fixing bugs as well as submitting features, so this is a pretty easy one to knock out. I nee… --- ## [Ansible does not support python2.5 now?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-does-not-support-python2-5-now/11445)
**Author:** [@shinningstar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shinningstar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-does-not-support-python2-5-now/11445 "2012-04-25T15:40:41Z")
The newest code seems not to support python2.5 now. In lib/ansible/ util.py, for example, it needs to import methondcaller from operator module which is new in python 2.6. Is that true? --- ## [upcoming fixes for devel branch bugs / please report method to reproduce, output, and applicable branch with all github tickets](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upcoming-fixes-for-devel-branch-bugs-please-report-method-to-reproduce-output-and-applicable-branch-with-all-github-tickets/11443)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upcoming-fixes-for-devel-branch-bugs-please-report-method-to-reproduce-output-and-applicable-branch-with-all-github-tickets/11443 "2012-04-25T12:48:11Z")
Any bugs marked in the devel branch are fair game if you would like to try to fix them. Otherwise I’ll likely get to most of these tonight. I see that we apparently have includes broken on master, so I will be cherry-pi… --- ## [How to debug shell commands](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-debug-shell-commands/11442)
**Author:** [@Art\_Zemon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Art_Zemon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-debug-shell-commands/11442 "2012-04-25T12:18:31Z")
I tried a command with the shell and it just hung: ansible -D -i server.lst cloud1.hens-teeth.net -m shell -a ‘/usr/bin/mysqlcheck -uadmin -p$(cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow) --all-databases’ No output at all. More on that… --- ## [Playbooks … what don't you think you can do now?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-what-dont-you-think-you-can-do-now/11364)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-what-dont-you-think-you-can-do-now/11364 "2012-04-25T03:39:27Z")
So in light of recent upgrades to: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/tree/master/examples/playbooks I think that nearly all things that can be done with most Puppet/Chef are decently doable from the playbook language,… --- ## [Setting up a Development Environment on OSX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-up-a-development-environment-on-osx/11441)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Read](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Read)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-up-a-development-environment-on-osx/11441 "2012-04-25T02:36:25Z")
Greetings all... I'm trying to get a dev environment set up on OSX Lion. I'm getting there slowly, but was wondering where the best place would be to document the things I've needed to do to make all the tests pass. C… --- ## [FAILED =\> failed to transfer file to /ping](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-failed-to-transfer-file-to-ping/11440)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Sankauskas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Sankauskas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-failed-to-transfer-file-to-ping/11440 "2012-04-24T21:23:50Z")
Hi, I have just installed ansible on my OSX laptop, and am running through “my first command”. Unfortunately, I am getting the following error: $ ansible -m ping all -u pas --ask-pass SSH password: Traceback (most re… --- ## [Today's development commits -- 3 interesting things to review and test](https://forum.ansible.com/t/todays-development-commits-3-interesting-things-to-review-and-test/11437)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/todays-development-commits-3-interesting-things-to-review-and-test/11437 "2012-04-24T14:53:25Z")
Today we have three VERY interesting pull requests, which I have merged into the development branch. All 3 need your help testing! I said this project is moving fast right? This is a GREAT example. The pace at wh… --- ## [Getting Started with Git](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-started-with-git/11434)
**Author:** [@Art\_Zemon1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Art_Zemon1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-started-with-git/11434 "2012-04-24T13:23:59Z")
Folks, I’m a complete git noob, never used it before this morning when I ran “git clone” and this afternoon when I poked around at github enough to submit a couple of issues. I’d love to write some code and submit it to… --- ## [Here are the open 0.4 tickets (bugs + features)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/here-are-the-open-0-4-tickets-bugs-features/11439)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/here-are-the-open-0-4-tickets-bugs-features/11439 "2012-04-24T03:01:20Z")
Want something to do? Lots of free tickets for 0.4! https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues?milestone=2&state=open If needed, some of these can be moved to the next iteration. I went ahead and set 0.4 to release on M… --- ## [The list of 0.3/0.4 features which are not currently reflected in the web docs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-list-of-0-3-0-4-features-which-are-not-currently-reflected-in-the-web-docs/11438)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-list-of-0-3-0-4-features-which-are-not-currently-reflected-in-the-web-docs/11438 "2012-04-24T02:14:58Z")
I plan on getting all of this resolved early this week, but just as a heads up, not everything in the web documentation reflects ALL of the capabilities of the current release right now. There shouldn't be any errors,… --- ## [Ansible 0.3 "Baluchitherium" released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-0-3-baluchitherium-released/11436)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-0-3-baluchitherium-released/11436 "2012-04-24T02:02:13Z")
Hi all, 0.3 escapes! Tarballs and uploaded source RPMs are coming shortly, though I've gone ahead and updated the tags for the 0.3 release. We're stable and widely used enough to not call this "0.0.3", so this rele… --- ## [Apt module upgrades](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-upgrades/11432)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-upgrades/11432 "2012-04-23T11:35:08Z")
Daniel Nerí has pushed a few updates to the apt module on the integration branch. It’s now possible to request a specific version of a package: apt pkg=foo=VERSION state=installed NOTE: I’m asking to get this syntax t… --- ## [Here's how to access facts from other hosts (advanced feature)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/heres-how-to-access-facts-from-other-hosts-advanced-feature/11430)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/heres-how-to-access-facts-from-other-hosts-advanced-feature/11430 "2012-04-22T13:01:38Z")
Suppose you are configuring a Java app server, and it was neccessary to put something like an IP address + port number of a database server in the XML configuration file for the app server. This is somewhat of an ad… --- ## [Looking for ideas for something to work on? Several good ideas in the github tracker.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-ideas-for-something-to-work-on-several-good-ideas-in-the-github-tracker/11431)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-for-ideas-for-something-to-work-on-several-good-ideas-in-the-github-tracker/11431 "2012-04-22T12:53:38Z")
Lots of good ideas here… https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/ Any ticket without someone’s icon to the right of it is unassigned and free for the taking. Just post a comment on the ticket and they can be yours. N… --- ## [Module to install public ssh keys.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-to-install-public-ssh-keys/11428)
**Author:** [@Brad\_Olson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brad_Olson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-to-install-public-ssh-keys/11428 "2012-04-22T01:09:59Z")
I use this a lot, even though I could template the key files. Feedback welcome. Code at https://github.com/bradobro/ansible/blob/sshkey/library/sshkey. Sshkey Module --- ## [Change to temp dir location handling / release plan for Monday](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-to-temp-dir-location-handling-release-plan-for-monday/11429)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-to-temp-dir-location-handling-release-plan-for-monday/11429 "2012-04-21T20:42:41Z")
A few things: (1) I’ve changed the way tempdirs are used on the remote machines when Ansible runs. Rather than using /tmp, Ansible now will use /var/tmp for root remote users (the default), or /home//.ansible/tmp for no… --- ## [ans-command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ans-command/11427)
**Author:** [@Seth\_Vidal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Seth_Vidal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ans-command/11427 "2012-04-19T21:57:07Z")
In the process of working on some other scripts I hacked this up as a test of a pretty simple ansible script. It is more or less a duplicate of func-command. http://fedorapeople.org/gitweb?p=skvidal/public\_git/scripts.g… --- ## [Debian packaging now available!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debian-packaging-now-available/11424)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debian-packaging-now-available/11424 "2012-04-19T03:30:07Z")
Henry Graham has provided some Debian packaging files, I’ve added his install notes to the packaging/debian directory on the integration branch. Since this was named ‘debian’ as a directory before (I’m not a Debian guy)… --- ## [Three easy things to test if you want to help test this next release (0.3, due Monday)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/three-easy-things-to-test-if-you-want-to-help-test-this-next-release-0-3-due-monday/11423)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/three-easy-things-to-test-if-you-want-to-help-test-this-next-release-0-3-due-monday/11423 "2012-04-19T03:19:40Z")
Things for everyone to help test to get the 0.0.3 (integration branch) release out sooner: Local facts – run the setup module, do you have any problems? Do all the facts look correct (ansible\_\*, etc). I particularly n… --- ## [No more remote python-jinja2 dependencies -- all templating now happens on the ansible control machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-more-remote-python-jinja2-dependencies-all-templating-now-happens-on-the-ansible-control-machine/11422)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-more-remote-python-jinja2-dependencies-all-templating-now-happens-on-the-ansible-control-machine/11422 "2012-04-19T02:47:26Z")
New feature – all tempting now happens on the LOCAL machine, meaning python-jinja2 is no longer a remote dependency. This should open up usage on legacy RHEL/CentOS machines that do not have the advantage of pulling pyt… --- ## [Built-in facts for use in templates and actions! (goodbye Ruby deps!)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/built-in-facts-for-use-in-templates-and-actions-goodbye-ruby-deps/11421)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/built-in-facts-for-use-in-templates-and-actions-goodbye-ruby-deps/11421 "2012-04-19T01:40:51Z")
Hi all, So I know a lot of you like to run relatively minimal nodes and often don't need a Ruby interpreter, except that (until now) if you wanted things like facter and ohai gave you, you had to run Ohai and facter … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1086) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=1088)