# Latest

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## [External providers for secrets management in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/external-providers-for-secrets-management-in-awx/30584)

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**Author:** [@sdmorel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sdmorel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/external-providers-for-secrets-management-in-awx/30584 "2019-06-20T14:11:07Z")

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Hello, I’m reading this page of the latest version of Ansible Tower about the integration with third-party secrets providers. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/administration/credential\_plugins.html I…

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## [Using results from a loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-results-from-a-loop/30609)

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**Author:** [@Adam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-results-from-a-loop/30609 "2019-06-20T12:20:19Z")

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Hi - I’m trying to use the results from the find module while also using with\_items. I can’t figure out how to extract just the paths from the first task to be able to use as input for the second task. Has anyone else d…

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## [Merge lists](https://forum.ansible.com/t/merge-lists/30612)

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**Author:** [@Punit\_Jain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Punit_Jain)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/merge-lists/30612 "2019-06-20T11:04:11Z")

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Hi, I have a fact as below: “dns\_parsed”: \[ “10.4.3.2” \] and another fact as: “actual\_config”: { “dns”: { “domains”: \[‘test.com’\], “servers”: } } I want to update actual\_config to make it: “actual\_config”: …

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## [How do i run containers from the updated AWX images?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-run-containers-from-the-updated-awx-images/30610)

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**Author:** [@Ankit2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ankit2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-run-containers-from-the-updated-awx-images/30610 "2019-06-20T09:57:39Z")

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I have made few changes in the running containers for awx (few updates and addition of new packages) and committed the changes in new images. Where can i find the commands to create and run new containers from newly crea…

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## [User Data](https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-data/30599)

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**Author:** [@Jayant\_Kaushal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jayant_Kaushal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/user-data/30599 "2019-06-20T06:55:10Z")

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I am looking at using user\_data during my aws/azure provisioning, looking at the APIs, i am able to pass a script and execute it. is the user data wrapped in cdata sections automatically, would complex scripts be valid…

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## [Failed to copy repo to /etc/yum.repos.d](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-copy-repo-to-etc-yum-repos-d/30603)

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**Author:** [@Annam\_Rafi1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Annam_Rafi1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-copy-repo-to-etc-yum-repos-d/30603 "2019-06-19T21:03:48Z")

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I tried to use the yum\_repository module to create a custom repo but I am failing to do so. I was getting a permission denied so I evaluated the permissions.

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## [Us congress hearing of maan alsaan Money laundry قضية الكونغجرس لغسيل الأموال للمليادير معن الصانع](https://forum.ansible.com/t/us-congress-hearing-of-maan-alsaan-money-laundry/30608)

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**Author:** [@fafa\_al](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fafa_al)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/us-congress-hearing-of-maan-alsaan-money-laundry/30608 "2019-06-19T19:44:22Z")

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YouTube videos of U.S. Congress money laundering hearing of Saudi Billionaire " Maan Al sanea" with bank of America and The owner of Saad Hospital and Schools in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia and the Chairm…

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## [Inputs on a big project powered by ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inputs-on-a-big-project-powered-by-ansible/30606)

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**Author:** [@Fabien\_Culpo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabien_Culpo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inputs-on-a-big-project-powered-by-ansible/30606 "2019-06-19T19:22:06Z")

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Hi, I'm in charge of deploying a software as a service to our customers. This software requires multiple vms per instance, mostly windows (ad, sql, the software application servers...) This will be hosted on VMware vS…

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## [Timeout property not working on Monit Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-property-not-working-on-monit-module/30607)

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**Author:** [@Jourdan\_West](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jourdan_West)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/timeout-property-not-working-on-monit-module/30607 "2019-06-19T18:56:36Z")

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Hello, I’m using Ansible’s Monit module, to restart a service like so: \` name: restart resque-x (monit) monit: name: resque-x state: restarted \` The issue is that it doesn’t wait for the process to restart (needs…

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## [Running specific tasks depending on subnet](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-specific-tasks-depending-on-subnet/30605)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Bidwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Bidwell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-specific-tasks-depending-on-subnet/30605 "2019-06-19T18:02:41Z")

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Does anyone know how I can run a task based off the subnet I'm in? For example, We've got an internal network that needs to pull packages through yum, but within that subnet, we need to go through a proxy to get out. …

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## [Create multiple vmware\_ tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-multiple-vmware-tags/30604)

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**Author:** [@LeDOC\_CODEL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/LeDOC_CODEL)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-multiple-vmware-tags/30604 "2019-06-19T16:01:56Z")

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Hello everyone, I would like to show you a case I don’t understand. I want create multiple vmware tags on vSphere with vmware\_tag module. Tag list is based on my Inventory I have 2 use case: First case working: ---…

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## [variable sub dict output shows undefined](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-sub-dict-output-shows-undefined/30597)

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**Author:** [@Punit\_Jain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Punit_Jain)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-sub-dict-output-shows-undefined/30597 "2019-06-19T15:21:49Z")

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Hi, I have a part of playbook task as below: name: get url data uri: uri: method: GET user: username password: password register: dns\_result no\_log: true set\_fact: dns\_content: “{{ dns\_result.content.reco…

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## [azure\_rm\_devtestlabvirtualmachnie VM Tags not functioning](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-devtestlabvirtualmachnie-vm-tags-not-functioning/30602)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Williams](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robert_Williams)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-devtestlabvirtualmachnie-vm-tags-not-functioning/30602 "2019-06-19T15:19:03Z")

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Ansible 2.8.0 Python 3.6.8 azure-mgmt-devtestlabs 3.0.0 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/azure\_rm\_devtestlabvirtualmachine\_module.html I am seeing behavior for azure\_rm\_devtestlabvirtualmachine where a…

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## [Dynamically change the order of hosts ansible runs on](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamically-change-the-order-of-hosts-ansible-runs-on/15144)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Wang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Wang)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamically-change-the-order-of-hosts-ansible-runs-on/15144 "2019-06-19T13:35:23Z")

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This might be a newbie question, but I can’t figure out how to without writing a wrapper around ansible, or invoking ansible multiple times Let’s say this is my inventory: \[some\_service\] A B C Some\_service runs in …

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## [Join two variables and store in new variable in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/join-two-variables-and-store-in-new-variable-in-playbook/30592)

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**Author:** [@Shruthilaya\_Gunda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shruthilaya_Gunda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/join-two-variables-and-store-in-new-variable-in-playbook/30592 "2019-06-19T11:18:20Z")

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I want to join two variables in ansible playbook to store in another variable to use it further in the code. I tried as below, but encountering errors debug: msg = “{{ ver1 ~ ver2 }}” set\_fact: version{{msg}} ERROR…

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## [Uninstall software using win\_package, with uninstall.exe file and without product\_id](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uninstall-software-using-win-package-with-uninstall-exe-file-and-without-product-id/30598)

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**Author:** [@Cindy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cindy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uninstall-software-using-win-package-with-uninstall-exe-file-and-without-product-id/30598 "2019-06-19T09:29:54Z")

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Good day to All. Hoping someone can help me solve my uninstall issue in my playbook. Sample Playbook: name: Uninstall existing Collabnet Auto Update win\_package: path: "C:\\Program Files\\CollabNet\\Subversion Client\\…

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## [Cisco switches IOS upgrade](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switches-ios-upgrade/30346)

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**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-switches-ios-upgrade/30346 "2019-06-19T06:24:43Z")

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Hi Team, Can anyone share the sample playbook for IOS update for cisco switches thanks,

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## [Install Windows Identity Extensions with ansible/Chocolatey](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-windows-identity-extensions-with-ansible-chocolatey/30585)

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**Author:** [@Yue](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-windows-identity-extensions-with-ansible-chocolatey/30585 "2019-06-18T18:38:14Z")

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Hello I hit a problem when trying to install Windows Identity Extensions with ansible/chocolatey. (ansible 2.8.1) I created an package for Windows Identity extensions: The .nuspec \<?xml version="1.0"?\> MicrosoftIde…

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## [ansible syntax to use "if-else" and "set"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-syntax-to-use-if-else-and-set/30470)

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**Author:** [@sahitansar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sahitansar)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-syntax-to-use-if-else-and-set/30470 "2019-06-18T18:25:20Z")

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Hi All, Im trying to choose ansible inventory host group conditionally. name: Set group set\_fact: group: | {% if c == 1 %} {% set group = ‘grp1’ %} {% elif c == 2 %} {% set group == ‘grp3’ %} {% else %} {% gr…

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## [Ansible Ovir Problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ovir-problem/30586)

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**Author:** [@Jibsan\_Joel\_Rosa\_Toi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jibsan_Joel_Rosa_Toi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ovir-problem/30586 "2019-06-18T16:11:39Z")

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Hi every one I have a problem. I’m trying to use Ansible to create Ovirt VMs, but the problem is that The role let me make the Auth, but at the time to create de VM gives me an error: An exception occurred during task e…

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## [Execute module only, if package is installed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-module-only-if-package-is-installed/30594)

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**Author:** [@Denny\_Fuchs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denny_Fuchs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-module-only-if-package-is-installed/30594 "2019-06-18T14:30:11Z")

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hi, I’m pretty new to Ansible (2.8 on Debian Stretch) and we have very simple playbook for upgrading packages, including run rkhunter / puppet / reboot etc. My problem is, that I do not have puppet an all nodes installe…

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## [Cisco ACI l3out module help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-aci-l3out-module-help/30593)

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**Author:** [@sandev\_singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sandev_singh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cisco-aci-l3out-module-help/30593 "2019-06-18T13:40:43Z")

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Hi folks, we are trying to use Ansible to automate/script many of the common ACI tasks. One use case is creating a L3out. There is an ansible module called “aci\_l3out” which helps create the l3out config, BUT it does not…

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## [Ansible tower integration with insight](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-integration-with-insight/30590)

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**Author:** [@Vino\_Thiyagu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vino_Thiyagu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-integration-with-insight/30590 "2019-06-18T09:25:57Z")

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Hello Folks, Do anyone integrated ansible tower with redhat insight recently, I have an issue after scanned the host which is already registered in insight. tower is not synced with insight. tower version - 3.4.3 insi…

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## [usage of carriage return](https://forum.ansible.com/t/usage-of-carriage-return/30588)

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**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/usage-of-carriage-return/30588 "2019-06-18T06:54:12Z")

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Hi Team Can someone explain in detail what “\\r” exactly does in below play? ios\_command: commands: command: ‘copy tftp://{{ tftp\_server\_ip }}/{{ new\_system\_image }} bootflash:’ prompt: ‘Destina…

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## [yum install through proxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-install-through-proxy/30587)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Bidwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Bidwell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-install-through-proxy/30587 "2019-06-18T05:10:13Z")

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Hi all, Is there any way to install an rpm through the yum module and direct that install through a proxy? Thanks! Chris

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## [Shell/Command module troubleshooting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shell-command-module-troubleshooting/26383)

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**Author:** [@Jon\_Langemak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jon_Langemak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shell-command-module-troubleshooting/26383 "2019-06-18T04:21:09Z")

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I suspect this is a common problem - but despite my efforts to troubleshoot and debug this on my own I havent had much luck. I have a shell script that I create through Ansible’s template module which I then wish to run…

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## [Ansible usage of puppet "facter" not working in some hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-usage-of-puppet-facter-not-working-in-some-hosts/30580)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Spear](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Spear)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-usage-of-puppet-facter-not-working-in-some-hosts/30580 "2019-06-17T23:30:13Z")

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Hi all, I have an environment setup where we have puppet applying configuration management, and ansible is used to make approved one-off changes. As part of a playbook, we pull the facter\_installed\_rpms fact into a var…

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## [Need to find out System hardware details for windows machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-find-out-system-hardware-details-for-windows-machine/30576)

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**Author:** [@nandha\_kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nandha_kumar1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-find-out-system-hardware-details-for-windows-machine/30576 "2019-06-17T18:39:32Z")

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Hi Team, Can anyone please tell me,how to find out the system hardware details like CPU,Memory and all for windows machine via ansible Thanks, Nandhakumar

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## [VMware Inventory - hostname contains VM name + UUID](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-inventory-hostname-contains-vm-name-uuid/30565)

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**Author:** [@Sam2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-inventory-hostname-contains-vm-name-uuid/30565 "2019-06-17T14:59:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using AWX vCenter plugin to get list of hosts in vCenter, and I am facing two issues: 1- it takes like 7 hours to complete the Sync 2- The hostname is: VM NAME + UUID and it is not flying for me beca…

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## [\[WARNING\]: flush\_handlers task does not support when conditional](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-flush-handlers-task-does-not-support-when-conditional/30547)

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**Author:** [@Arbab\_Nazar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arbab_Nazar1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/warning-flush-handlers-task-does-not-support-when-conditional/30547 "2019-06-17T14:16:26Z")

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I have really simple role, in which I have these tasks: \`

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