# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=468 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 469 --- ## [Ansible-2.8.0b1 available for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-0b1-available-for-testing/30115)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-0b1-available-for-testing/30115 "2019-04-15T20:42:27Z")
Hi all- we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.8.0b1 is now available for testing! How do you get it? --- ## [Change a dictionary within a loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-a-dictionary-within-a-loop/30113)
**Author:** [@Spiro\_Mitsialis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spiro_Mitsialis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/change-a-dictionary-within-a-loop/30113 "2019-04-15T18:28:38Z")
I am trying to edit ansible\_facts created by network-engine inside a loop but cannot figure out the syntax. I have a bunch of VLANs as a dict. --- ## [Connect two AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connect-two-awx/30098)
**Author:** [@egavi1984](https://forum.ansible.com/u/egavi1984)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connect-two-awx/30098 "2019-04-15T17:42:11Z")
Hi everyone, I have an AWX installed in each data center and I need to link those two AWS to be able to execute their tasks. Someone can explain me how can I do this please? DATA CENTER I DATA CENTER II AWX\_DC1 AWX\_DC… --- ## [Ansible regex\_replace and replace](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-regex-replace-and-replace/30112)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-regex-replace-and-replace/30112 "2019-04-15T17:01:13Z")
Hi all, I have two task : name: “Utilisation du replace dans un fichier” set\_fact: mon\_fichier: “{{ lookup(‘file’, ‘/home/ansible/file.txt’) | replace(‘\\n’, ’ ') }}” and name: “Utilisation du regex\_replace dans u… --- ## [Project Sync fails when project is created with SCM type as "mercurial"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/project-sync-fails-when-project-is-created-with-scm-type-as-mercurial/29697)
**Author:** [@RC1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RC1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/project-sync-fails-when-project-is-created-with-scm-type-as-mercurial/29697 "2019-04-15T06:58:32Z")
Title - Project Sync fails when project is created with SCM type as “mercurial” Execution Steps :1. Login to AWX dashboard with admin user Click on the project panel to create a project ‘test\_job’. Select SCM Typ… --- ## [Unable to create SCM Type Manual](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-scm-type-manual/27474)
**Author:** [@Dinesh\_Vashisht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dinesh_Vashisht)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-scm-type-manual/27474 "2019-04-15T06:49:56Z")
Hello Team, While creating new project with SCM TYPE: Manual getting the following error: WARNING: There are no available playbook directories in /var/lib/awx/projects. Either that directory is empty, or all of the con… --- ## [how to access hosts variable in ansible tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-access-hosts-variable-in-ansible-tasks/30111)
**Author:** [@Kunalsing\_Thakur](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kunalsing_Thakur)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-access-hosts-variable-in-ansible-tasks/30111 "2019-04-14T18:54:53Z")
hosts: test.example.com, test1.example.com gather\_facts: false tasks: name: checking uptime for {{ ansible\_hostname }} command: uptime when: ( “slave” in uriresult.content ) --- ## [Loop problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-problem/30110)
**Author:** [@Sergio\_Fernandez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sergio_Fernandez)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/loop-problem/30110 "2019-04-14T13:10:07Z")
Hi, I am using Ansible along with HashiCorp’s Vault to store sensible data. I will be weekly sending a Secret\_ID to each server, in order for them to get a token. With this token, they can access the contents of the Va… --- ## [Invoke roles with different variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invoke-roles-with-different-variables/30109)
**Author:** [@John\_Gateley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Gateley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invoke-roles-with-different-variables/30109 "2019-04-13T16:41:52Z")
Hello, I have a role “runit\_service” that creates a runit service based on variables (service\_name, script etc.) I have two roles that depend on runit\_service: role\_a and role\_b. The intent is to create two runit\_servi… --- ## [New User First Issue discrepancy between ansible & tower](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-user-first-issue-discrepancy-between-ansible-tower/30107)
**Author:** [@joel.fisak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/joel.fisak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-user-first-issue-discrepancy-between-ansible-tower/30107 "2019-04-13T13:46:43Z")
Ansible works, a single playbook “helloworld.yml” works via cmd line. Yet in tower it doesn’t. My hosts file is very simple (just 1 IP). ansible\]$ cat hosts This is the default ansible ‘hosts’ file. --- ## [The non-existence of local facts means Ansible cannot check the existence of a local fact](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-non-existence-of-local-facts-means-ansible-cannot-check-the-existence-of-a-local-fact/30078)
**Author:** [@Andy\_Wang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Wang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-non-existence-of-local-facts-means-ansible-cannot-check-the-existence-of-a-local-fact/30078 "2019-04-13T13:38:23Z")
I have a playbook that checks the existence of a local fact, but not every hosts have this local fact. On servers where it does not exist my playbook fails with: “msg”: "The conditional check ‘ansible\_local\[‘my\_fact’\]\[… --- ## [tasks or roles not played](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tasks-or-roles-not-played/30072)
**Author:** [@philipe.xavier.guino](https://forum.ansible.com/u/philipe.xavier.guino)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tasks-or-roles-not-played/30072 "2019-04-13T07:00:08Z")
Hello, I am new on ansible and learning. I encounter a problem, when I launch my playbook, only the task gathering fact is played. If I pass it to no, nothing is played. command line without inventory : ansible-playbo… --- ## [beta1 delayed until Monday](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beta1-delayed-until-monday/30108)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beta1-delayed-until-monday/30108 "2019-04-12T22:20:29Z")
We've spent all day working on timeouts and failures in web services that we're testing against so we're not going to have time to get beta1 out the door before people have to leave work today. New estimate for beta1… --- ## [Conditionally execute a task if directory exists?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditionally-execute-a-task-if-directory-exists/13057)
**Author:** [@Sebastiaan\_Pouyet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sebastiaan_Pouyet)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditionally-execute-a-task-if-directory-exists/13057 "2019-04-12T19:12:39Z")
Hi all, I’ve searched the group and the ansible documentation, but haven’t been able to find a clear answer. I want to conditionally upload a monit config file in a nginx playbook, but only when the monnit conf directo… --- ## [regex\_replace](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regex-replace/30105)
**Author:** [@Luca\_Cazzaniga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luca_Cazzaniga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regex-replace/30105 "2019-04-12T15:29:41Z")
hi all I don’t get why the following regexp replacement matches vars: monit\_pkgname: “prefixmonit-5.25.3-1” tasks: name: debug debug: msg: “{{ monit\_pkgname\_release }}” vars: monit\_pkgname\_release: “{{ (monit\_pk… --- ## [Best way to define variables based on facts for a role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-way-to-define-variables-based-on-facts-for-a-role/30103)
**Author:** [@Bruno\_Cochofel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruno_Cochofel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-way-to-define-variables-based-on-facts-for-a-role/30103 "2019-04-12T15:04:18Z")
Hi, I’m trying to write a role that has different template file if the server is virtual os physical. What’s the best way to filter this? Thanks, Bruno --- ## [junos replace pattern](https://forum.ansible.com/t/junos-replace-pattern/30096)
**Author:** [@Michal\_Szczesniak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michal_Szczesniak)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/junos-replace-pattern/30096 "2019-04-12T08:40:28Z")
Hi, Is there any way using junos modules in ansible to send “replace pattern” command to Juniper device? I stucked on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Michal --- ## [Problem with linux debian Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-linux-debian-ansible/30095)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-linux-debian-ansible/30095 "2019-04-12T07:24:01Z")
Hi all, I have Debian linux 8.11 (jessie) with Ansible. My problem is that i have two repertory : repertoire repertoire? The repertory repertoire? it was created since windows so there is surely the character ^M wh… --- ## [Amazon EC2 inventory sync takes a huge time for each \`Deleted host\` when](https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-ec2-inventory-sync-takes-a-huge-time-for-each-deleted-host-when/30093)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Radu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Radu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-ec2-inventory-sync-takes-a-huge-time-for-each-deleted-host-when/30093 "2019-04-12T04:44:58Z")
Hello, We’re using AWX with EC2 inventory for a while (currently AWX 3.0.1.0 but we went through pretty much all previous versions). We have Overwrite and Update On Launch for the update options of the source. It work… --- ## [Ansible-2.8.0beta1 delayed one day](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-0beta1-delayed-one-day/30100)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-0beta1-delayed-one-day/30100 "2019-04-12T00:53:43Z")
Just a heads up that beta1 will be delayed. There aren't any blockers to getting it out, just a lot of things that have to be performed in serial and we've run out of time to get it out today. It will likely be out … --- ## [How to cast stat.mtime (float) to readable date-time](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-cast-stat-mtime-float-to-readable-date-time/30099)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Griffiths](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jim_Griffiths)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-cast-stat-mtime-float-to-readable-date-time/30099 "2019-04-11T19:30:54Z")
I need to display the date-time that a file was last updated. The value can be obtained with stat on the file: name: Get file stats stat: path=“{{ path\_of\_file }}” register: reg debug: msg: “Timestamp of {{path}}… --- ## [Issue with portgroup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-portgroup/30097)
**Author:** [@Alaeddine\_JOUINI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alaeddine_JOUINI)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-portgroup/30097 "2019-04-11T09:33:56Z")
Hi , i have an issue with portgroup my code --- ## [Ansible issue with Windows and Chocolatey 0.10.13](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-issue-with-windows-and-chocolatey-0-10-13/29984)
**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Belrose](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillaume_Belrose)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-issue-with-windows-and-chocolatey-0-10-13/29984 "2019-04-11T09:10:13Z")
Hi all, I use Ansible to deploy Chocolatey packages on Windows Server 2016 machines (hosted on Amazon EC2). Yesterday, I re-created a brand new cluster for training purposes and I attempted to re-deploy my applications … --- ## [pip install docker-compose](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-install-docker-compose/30084)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Meyer1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Meyer1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-install-docker-compose/30084 "2019-04-10T20:29:38Z")
I seem to be having an issue when trying to run this playbook for building AWX. When I go to run the ansible playbook I get the following error: \` “ok: \[localhost\] =\> (item=environment.sh)”, “ok: \[localhost\] =\> (item… --- ## [Use Ansible template to pull out AWS AZ and subnet ID from a list of subnets.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-template-to-pull-out-aws-az-and-subnet-id-from-a-list-of-subnets/30089)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Button](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Button)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-template-to-pull-out-aws-az-and-subnet-id-from-a-list-of-subnets/30089 "2019-04-10T13:59:36Z")
Been scratching my head with this one. Even digging into the jmespath docs, but really stuck. http://jmespath.org/specification.html#map I have a bunch of subnets, which I get back with :- name: Cluster create | Get… --- ## [Scaling AWX in a docker-compose/rancher installation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/scaling-awx-in-a-docker-compose-rancher-installation/30046)
**Author:** [@pahl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pahl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/scaling-awx-in-a-docker-compose-rancher-installation/30046 "2019-04-10T10:39:42Z")
Helllo, as we were using rancher for managing our dockerized services we also used it for setting up AWX. Fortunately there is an AWX template in the rancher community catalog which is mainly based on the docker-compose… --- ## [Windows server luns path checks availability.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-luns-path-checks-availability/30088)
**Author:** [@a.srini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/a.srini)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-luns-path-checks-availability/30088 "2019-04-10T10:35:22Z")
Hi All, I am seeking for an help from the experts in this forum, if someone can help me and suggest on my task. I would like to create a play book for windows servers (2008 R2 standard/2012 Standard/ 2016 Standard) tha… --- ## [How to capture/filter stdout\_lines](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-capture-filter-stdout-lines/30087)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Meyer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sebastian_Meyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-capture-filter-stdout-lines/30087 "2019-04-10T05:46:56Z")
Stdout\_lines that I get contains strings , json in different lines. I want to capture the last line and copy those contents to a a new Json file. How do I capture the last line from the registered variable. I tried t… --- ## [help me - error: Filespec must match the canonical format: \[\[namespace/\]pod:\]file/path](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me-error-filespec-must-match-the-canonical-format-namespace-pod-file-path/30081)
**Author:** [@Balaji1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balaji1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-me-error-filespec-must-match-the-canonical-format-namespace-pod-file-path/30081 "2019-04-10T05:31:18Z")
Hello All, Need your help on below issue. I am trying to run kubernetes command on a remote host using ansible. This command works when directly run on a remote host. ======\> kubectl cp /etc/passwd bus-service/ssh-ju… --- ## [Ansible having an issue when we pass dictionary as extra variable on centos machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-having-an-issue-when-we-pass-dictionary-as-extra-variable-on-centos-machine/30086)
**Author:** [@Krishna\_G](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Krishna_G)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-having-an-issue-when-we-pass-dictionary-as-extra-variable-on-centos-machine/30086 "2019-04-09T22:03:00Z")
Local Machine: Ansible version: 2.4.1.0python version = 2.7.10 Remote Redhat Machine: Ansible version: 2.7.7 Python: 2.7.5 i have ansible running on my local machine(MAC), when i pass extra varibale as map it’s read… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=467) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=469)