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## [changed\_when in a loop gets lost](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changed-when-in-a-loop-gets-lost/30574)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_Matz1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Matz1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changed-when-in-a-loop-gets-lost/30574 "2019-06-17T14:12:49Z")

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Anyone know why the changed\_when is not reflected in the output initially? Only in the summary? Here’s the code: name: disk space check debug: msg: “{{ item.mount }} failed check for {{ item.block\_available \* 4/1024…

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## [ansible winrm : the specified credentials were rejected by the server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-winrm-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/23726)

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**Author:** [@Hamdi\_Ben\_Zekri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hamdi_Ben_Zekri)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-winrm-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/23726 "2019-06-17T14:02:59Z")

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Hi, I’m using ansible on centos 7 guest on virtualBox using a bridged network with a windows host they can both ping each other. (windows address: 192.168.1.2, centos7 address: 192.168.1.3) I’m using a basic winrm con…

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## [Win\_copy with become and SMB2 -\> Limit transfer speed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-copy-with-become-and-smb2-limit-transfer-speed/30582)

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**Author:** [@ground7612](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ground7612)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-copy-with-become-and-smb2-limit-transfer-speed/30582 "2019-06-17T12:59:01Z")

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Hey All Quick question with regards to using win\_copy with become and SMB2 protocol (Windows File Server to Windows Targets). QoS is implemented, but not in the whole environment. There is no option currently to limit…

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## [Error when i use shell: ./mon\_script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-when-i-use-shell-mon-script/30562)

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**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-when-i-use-shell-mon-script/30562 "2019-06-17T11:40:28Z")

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Hi, I have one script deployment.sh, when i play this next task, i have one message error : name: “Execut script deployment.sh” shell: ./deployment.sh delegate\_to: localhost The next is message error : failed: \[my…

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## [High CPU when running playbook to disable virtual servers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-when-running-playbook-to-disable-virtual-servers/30577)

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**Author:** [@Sharon\_Day](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sharon_Day)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-cpu-when-running-playbook-to-disable-virtual-servers/30577 "2019-06-17T03:43:39Z")

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I recently run an Ansible playbook to disable several virtual servers on the LTM F5. I noticed that when I was running the playbook CPU on the F5 was up to about 97% while the playbook was running and it made the GUI int…

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## [The Ansible module documentation is now available as a RESTful API!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-ansible-module-documentation-is-now-available-as-a-restful-api/30581)

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**Author:** [@Anthony\_Rowlands](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anthony_Rowlands)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-ansible-module-documentation-is-now-available-as-a-restful-api/30581 "2019-06-16T20:06:35Z")

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We needed the complete Ansible module documentation in JSON format, so we wrote some code to parse all of the documentation fields from the Python modules, and served it up as a public API. This data completely free and…

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## [umount: /tmp: target is busy - payload files?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/umount-tmp-target-is-busy-payload-files/30569)

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**Author:** [@Georg\_Grossmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Georg_Grossmann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/umount-tmp-target-is-busy-payload-files/30569 "2019-06-16T17:56:43Z")

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Hi! I am using a playbook \`from github created by Reiner Nippes to setup a nextcloud server. I changed quite some things to be able to run it on OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Before running the playbook, /etc/fstab looks like t…

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## [troubleshooting ansible win problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshooting-ansible-win-problem/30546)

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**Author:** [@william.dossett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/william.dossett)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshooting-ansible-win-problem/30546 "2019-06-15T19:13:45Z")

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Hi, (sorry, this turned out rather long) I had windows updates running using an ansible playbook. I was using domain account, become, runas etc all working pretty well for the last 9 months… Then I upgraded ansible r…

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## [How to Backup/Restore AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-backup-restore-awx/30572)

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**Author:** [@P.Cookson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P.Cookson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-backup-restore-awx/30572 "2019-06-14T13:04:46Z")

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Hi I’ve installed AWX 4.0.0 using the instructions available here: https://github.com/MrMEEE/awx-build/blob/master/installguide.md This uses virtualenv rather than docker. I don’t seem able to identify some clear ins…

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## [how to exclude directories when I use ansible fetch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570)

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**Author:** [@fmontaldo3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fmontaldo3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570 "2019-06-14T13:03:21Z")

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HI folks: I need to extract two files for a windows servers. I made the following playbook:

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## [How to stop|start|restart AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-stop-start-restart-awx/30571)

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**Author:** [@P.Cookson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P.Cookson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-stop-start-restart-awx/30571 "2019-06-14T13:02:25Z")

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Hi I’ve installed AWX 4.0.0 using the instructions available here: https://github.com/MrMEEE/awx-build/blob/master/installguide.md This uses virtualenv rather than docker. I understand that I could restart related se…

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## [Variable registration is getting skipped in zypper module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-registration-is-getting-skipped-in-zypper-module/30567)

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**Author:** [@Bobby\_Hood](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bobby_Hood)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-registration-is-getting-skipped-in-zypper-module/30567 "2019-06-13T23:31:58Z")

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I’m using the zypper and apt modules to update remote hosts. I don’t know if I’m missing something or it’s a bug, but registering a variable in the zypper module is getting skipped. It works fine in the apt module. na…

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## [CSV file formatting using ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/csv-file-formatting-using-ansible/30563)

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**Author:** [@Kethan\_R](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kethan_R)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/csv-file-formatting-using-ansible/30563 "2019-06-13T19:58:41Z")

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Recently i wrote a playbook to pull the data from Loadbalancer server. Output is saving in 1st row of each column. output has : data separated with spaces, Tabs and : I want to apply delimit option only on tabs spaces…

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## [Containerized Ansible SSH-ing to Windows DockerHost](https://forum.ansible.com/t/containerized-ansible-ssh-ing-to-windows-dockerhost/30551)

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**Author:** [@Taylor\_Jackwood](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Taylor_Jackwood)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/containerized-ansible-ssh-ing-to-windows-dockerhost/30551 "2019-06-13T19:26:32Z")

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Afternoon! I am attempting to set up an Ansible Docker container for managing both other containers running in Docker, as well as my host machine (Running Windows 10). Using Ansible 2.8, I’m attempting to get the SSH c…

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## [AWX VMware Inventory Problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30568)

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**Author:** [@Sam2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30568 "2019-06-13T17:51:00Z")

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thanks Scott, Yes I can do that, but I thought it will be much easier for me if I can modify the existing plugin (or the script behind), so the output will be VM name without the UUID. I was hoping many people faced the…

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## [WINDOWS MODULE TO DOWNLOAD PATCHES](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-module-to-download-patches/30559)

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**Author:** [@The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/The_Vandyy_Vines)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-module-to-download-patches/30559 "2019-06-13T17:26:50Z")

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Hello All , I really need help to know that is there any module in ansible to download only the windows patches from WSUS server ? thanks

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## [AWX VMware Inventory Problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30566)

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**Author:** [@Sam2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vmware-inventory-problems/30566 "2019-06-13T15:55:10Z")

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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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## [include\_vars: Option for preserving existing variables from being overwritten](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-option-for-preserving-existing-variables-from-being-overwritten/27261)

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**Author:** [@patrick.fink](https://forum.ansible.com/u/patrick.fink)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-vars-option-for-preserving-existing-variables-from-being-overwritten/27261 "2019-06-13T15:22:47Z")

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Hi all, in our project we are delivering a set of playbooks and roles to our customer on a regular basis. Our goal here is that the customer should not change our playbooks and roles and that he is able to configure & o…

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## [vars precedence](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-precedence/27823)

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**Author:** [@dead\_gardens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dead_gardens)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-precedence/27823 "2019-06-13T15:08:22Z")

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Hello there! I’m having issues with vars precedence, hope you can help me here. I’m currently using geerlingguy.ansible-role-postgresql as a dependency of my own postgresql role. Is define as a dependency in meta and I…

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## [ansible-test refuses to run, citing Python 2.7 is not supported](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-refuses-to-run-citing-python-2-7-is-not-supported/30554)

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**Author:** [@evanmc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/evanmc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-refuses-to-run-citing-python-2-7-is-not-supported/30554 "2019-06-13T14:25:45Z")

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I can’t seem to get ansible-test to work with Python 2.7. Any ideas? ansible-test sanity -vvv --docker --python 2.7 --test validate-modules … omitted … OME=/root LC\_ALL=en\_US.UTF-8 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bi…

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## [HOw to send email withe the Two register variables.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-send-email-withe-the-two-register-variables/30552)

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**Author:** [@Raj\_Martha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj_Martha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-send-email-withe-the-two-register-variables/30552 "2019-06-13T13:46:29Z")

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Hi All, i am trying to send an one email after the playbook is done, but some how i am getting the errors, i have tow tasks, and the out put of that tasks i defined as two set\_facts, but some reason it is not working if…

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## [Loop through external API with multiple offsets](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-through-external-api-with-multiple-offsets/30555)

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**Author:** [@innatenew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/innatenew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-through-external-api-with-multiple-offsets/30555 "2019-06-13T11:41:54Z")

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Hello Folks, I have a requirement to loop through an REST API, to get data, and I would like to use ANSIBLE YAML. The API itself only renders 400 entries(limit) at a time and hence to get the entire data set will need …

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## [Stopping at first change](https://forum.ansible.com/t/stopping-at-first-change/30558)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Smith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/stopping-at-first-change/30558 "2019-06-13T10:21:43Z")

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Hi, Is there a way, without modifying the playbooks, to make ansible-playbook stop at/after the first change but carry on through any tasks that don't make changes? My intent is to run it in --check and --diff mode a…

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## [Newbie - Inventory Query](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-inventory-query/30557)

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**Author:** [@P.Cookson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/P.Cookson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-inventory-query/30557 "2019-06-13T10:16:10Z")

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Hi all Can Ansible AWX 4.0.0 (inc Ansible 2.8.0) source inventory from Spacewalk 2.8 (Red Hat Satellite 5)? Within INVENTORIES → test → SOURCES → CREATE INVENTORY SOURCE, the SOURCE drop-down list only contains Red Hat…

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## [I can't edit jira issue with ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-cant-edit-jira-issue-with-ansible/30513)

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**Author:** [@Rodrigo\_Rapozo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rodrigo_Rapozo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-cant-edit-jira-issue-with-ansible/30513 "2019-06-13T07:33:52Z")

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Hello I’m trying to edit a jira issue but I receive 404 I don’t know why I think that could be because the field hosts is required, but I don’t have ssh to the server and I put other host just to pass. Any ideia?

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## [Loop through external API with multiple offsets](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-through-external-api-with-multiple-offsets/30556)

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**Author:** [@innatenew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/innatenew)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-through-external-api-with-multiple-offsets/30556 "2019-06-13T06:18:01Z")

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Hello Folks, I have a requirement to loop through an REST API, to get data, and I would like to use ANSIBLE YAML. The API itself only renders 400 entries(limit) at a time and hence to get the entire data set will need …

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## [conditionally give value to src of win\_copy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditionally-give-value-to-src-of-win-copy/30514)

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**Author:** [@Deepak\_Asawa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepak_Asawa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditionally-give-value-to-src-of-win-copy/30514 "2019-06-13T06:05:06Z")

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Hi, name: copy\_phoenix\_folder win\_copy: src: phoenix\_x86 when: “{{ ansible\_architecture }} == 32-bit” src: phoenix\_x64 when: “{{ ansible\_architecture }} == 64-bit” dest: c:\\ I have written above code but scr wil…

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## [loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop/30541)

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**Author:** [@starflighter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/starflighter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop/30541 "2019-06-13T05:38:49Z")

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Hi all, how can I write with\_first\_found as loop? I can’t find an example at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting\_guides/porting\_guide\_2.5.html#migrating-from-with-x-to-loop Can you give me an example? Than…

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## [Display breaks up with multiple bytes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/display-breaks-up-with-multiple-bytes/30553)

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**Author:** [@user68](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user68)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/display-breaks-up-with-multiple-bytes/30553 "2019-06-12T22:09:42Z")

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When Ansible is executed with many bytes such as Japanese, the line feed position shifts as follows. \` TASK \[common : 日本語\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

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## [2019-Jun-06 devel branch and random hangs using winrm?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2019-jun-06-devel-branch-and-random-hangs-using-winrm/30509)

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**Author:** [@bob](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bob)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2019-jun-06-devel-branch-and-random-hangs-using-winrm/30509 "2019-06-12T21:39:38Z")

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Upgraded ansible to $ ansible --version ansible 2.9.0.dev0 config file = /Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/playbooks.git/celadonsystems.com/ansible.cfg configured module search path = \[u’/Users/tanner/.ansible/plugi…

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