# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=478 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 479 --- ## [Get item with file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-item-with-file/29818)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-item-with-file/29818 "2019-03-05T10:37:29Z")
Hy all, I have one file with this content: 1,user1,host1,appli1 2,user2,host2,appli2 3,user1,host1.appli3 This task works : - set\_fact: indice: “{{ item.split(‘,’)\[0\] }}” with\_lines: cat /home/ansible/ssh\_manager… --- ## [Defining complex data (cascaded arrays) in yaml has problems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defining-complex-data-cascaded-arrays-in-yaml-has-problems/29817)
**Author:** [@Ralf\_Weber](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ralf_Weber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defining-complex-data-cascaded-arrays-in-yaml-has-problems/29817 "2019-03-05T10:29:20Z")
Moin! For a recent project I needed to have a data structure with nested arrays, however I could not get it to work using yaml syntax. When using the following playbook: - hosts: all tasks: - name: Set some t… --- ## [Help on terminal and cliconf plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-on-terminal-and-cliconf-plugin/29824)
**Author:** [@rpachi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rpachi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-on-terminal-and-cliconf-plugin/29824 "2019-03-05T08:53:42Z")
Hi Experts, I am unable to create terminal and cliconf plugin for my company. Can some one help me in creating it. I can arrange a call. Thanks in advance. Thanks, Rajas --- ## [Windows ansible Kerberos user privileges.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-ansible-kerberos-user-privileges/29816)
**Author:** [@Flavio\_Gobber](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Flavio_Gobber)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-ansible-kerberos-user-privileges/29816 "2019-03-05T06:19:08Z")
Hello, I am starting to use the ansible to manage server Joined to a domain. I have started the test using a domain user account members of Domain Users but with the use member of local administrators on target. When … --- ## [Combine values from multiple lists](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combine-values-from-multiple-lists/29780)
**Author:** [@Ryan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ryan1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combine-values-from-multiple-lists/29780 "2019-03-05T02:15:14Z")
How would I go about printing the values from three lists, so that each line contains elements from each list? For instance, I can print the values from the lists using: msg: “Memory: {{ memoryLocator.stdout\_lines }}… --- ## [using when something \> variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-when-something-variable/29822)
**Author:** [@Spiro\_Mitsialis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spiro_Mitsialis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-when-something-variable/29822 "2019-03-04T20:14:58Z")
I have a playbook that performs a command on a router and then parses the output. So far no problem. I’m then trying to check if any of the variables back from the parser are \>= threshold. The threshold is defined as a … --- ## [Concatenate registered variable , variables in vara and strings](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-registered-variable-variables-in-vara-and-strings/29821)
**Author:** [@pnagaraj7656](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pnagaraj7656)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-registered-variable-variables-in-vara-and-strings/29821 "2019-03-04T17:51:16Z")
I'm trying to concatenate registered variable from a previous task , external variable with a string ( ex: -stringhere) in a task. I'm not getting the syntax to do it. I tried below and it didn't work. Command : echo … --- ## [AWX and Git](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-and-git/29787)
**Author:** [@Jean-Yves\_LENHOF](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jean-Yves_LENHOF)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-and-git/29787 "2019-03-04T17:43:17Z")
Hi, Today we use ansible “engine” to deploy our roles to servers. We have two git repositories : one for the inventory and variables (to keep an history) one for all roles (on some other projects we have a git reposi… --- ## [How to use the different parameter for each host in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-different-parameter-for-each-host-in-playbook/29805)
**Author:** [@Devesh\_singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Devesh_singh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-different-parameter-for-each-host-in-playbook/29805 "2019-03-04T15:08:49Z")
Hi, Could you please anyone help me to complete below request. We need to excute the one playbook on 10 hosts and each task in playbook should use the different-2 parameter on each host. Could you please how we can pe… --- ## [How to delete the same line in a file ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-delete-the-same-line-in-a-file/29806)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-delete-the-same-line-in-a-file/29806 "2019-03-04T12:17:40Z")
Hy all, I have this file with this content : premiere line deuxieme line premiere line premiere line How to delete the same line in this file ? I want this file : premiere line deuxieme line Thank you guy !! … --- ## [When Condition check is not working in a list as expected.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-condition-check-is-not-working-in-a-list-as-expected/29798)
**Author:** [@Pandu\_jh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pandu_jh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-condition-check-is-not-working-in-a-list-as-expected/29798 "2019-03-04T11:12:15Z")
When Condition check is not working in a list as expected. My requirement is Playbook should not fail If all the three mentioned variables have “no\_share” value. But it’s failing not sure what causing this issue. d… --- ## [How to save the O/P of ansible playbook into a file in windows enviroment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-save-the-o-p-of-ansible-playbook-into-a-file-in-windows-enviroment/29815)
**Author:** [@shyam.rpms](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shyam.rpms)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-save-the-o-p-of-ansible-playbook-into-a-file-in-windows-enviroment/29815 "2019-03-04T11:10:32Z")
Hi All, I have a playbook, using REST API getting the details of a process in JSON format. I want to save that JSON o/p to a file in windows environment. Can any one please help me. sample playbook: --- ## [vmware delete old snapshot](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-delete-old-snapshot/29796)
**Author:** [@itforumsubs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/itforumsubs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-delete-old-snapshot/29796 "2019-03-04T04:49:05Z")
Hi all, May I ask how do you handle deleting old snapshots in vmware? vmware\_guest\_snapshot module seems to be based on the name on the snapshot to manage. Im thinking of how to get the name of the snapshot based on th… --- ## [Except Module in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/except-module-in-ansible/29786)
**Author:** [@Deepak\_Sharma1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepak_Sharma1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/except-module-in-ansible/29786 "2019-03-03T22:40:09Z")
Hi All, I am using except module to install one TIBCO products , name: Start Streambase installation expect: echo: yes chdir: /opt/tibco//{{ env }}/install command: ./TIB\_sb-cep\_{{ tib\_streambase\_version }}\_linux\_… --- ## [How to assign to an object with arbitrary characters in key](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-assign-to-an-object-with-arbitrary-characters-in-key/29813)
**Author:** [@Oleg\_Semyonov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oleg_Semyonov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-assign-to-an-object-with-arbitrary-characters-in-key/29813 "2019-03-03T13:48:48Z")
I have a list of objects with names like this: ‘obj-0001’, ‘obj-0002’ and need to set\_stats with some data about these objects in the following structure: “data”: { “obj-0001”: { “a”: 1, “b”: 2 }, “obj-0002”: { “a”: 3… --- ## [Ansible Modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-modules/29807)
**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Zenobio](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sebastian_Zenobio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-modules/29807 "2019-03-02T13:23:56Z")
Hi guys! I wrote a small code inside modules and all is good. The only problem that I have, is when I want to print some message on the tasks (informational). For example: if I have a for inside my code I want that on… --- ## [Ansible CloudFormation module parameters file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cloudformation-module-parameters-file/29811)
**Author:** [@Raveendran\_Kumaravel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raveendran_Kumaravel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-cloudformation-module-parameters-file/29811 "2019-03-02T04:15:44Z")
Hi, I tested invoking Ansible CloudFormation module from a playbook. by passing required cloudformation parameters. Just wondering is it possible to pass parameter file to a cloudformation module inside playbook Similar … --- ## [How to reference previous play's hostname and host\_vars in a jinja2 template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-reference-previous-plays-hostname-and-host-vars-in-a-jinja2-template/29810)
**Author:** [@Bharath\_Kumar2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bharath_Kumar2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-reference-previous-plays-hostname-and-host-vars-in-a-jinja2-template/29810 "2019-03-02T03:38:51Z")
Hello Ansible experts, I am having a ‘hostgroup’ with a ‘host\_var’ associated with each host of the ‘hostgroup’. Play 1 which targets the ‘hostgroup’, will create files on the target servers using the associated ‘host\_va… --- ## [how could I use python 3 for ansible command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-could-i-use-python-3-for-ansible-command/29809)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Yu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-could-i-use-python-3-for-ansible-command/29809 "2019-03-02T01:36:45Z")
I have two versions of python installed. If I don’t run the scl command, I will use python 2.7, but when I use scl command, it swith to use python 3. What is the difference between these two methods? When I try to see w… --- ## [Get indice in file if caracter present](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-indice-in-file-if-caracter-present/29792)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-indice-in-file-if-caracter-present/29792 "2019-03-01T23:02:22Z")
Hy all, I have one file with this content: 1,user1,host1,appli1 2,user2,host2,appli2 My problem is that i want an task who look if {{ ansible\_user}},{{inventory\_hostname}} == “user1,host1” He must return ID of this … --- ## [expect with duplicated responses](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-with-duplicated-responses/29808)
**Author:** [@John\_Harmon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Harmon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-with-duplicated-responses/29808 "2019-03-01T22:08:56Z")
When using the following (first time using expect) I have many responses with the same prompt. I took care of the first 20 of them as you can see below, however, the same prompt comes up again later during the install. I… --- ## [Hostvars to pull specific variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostvars-to-pull-specific-variables/29795)
**Author:** [@Jeffrey\_Agnitsch](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeffrey_Agnitsch)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostvars-to-pull-specific-variables/29795 "2019-03-01T14:45:23Z")
Hello, I am trying to use hostvars to get an inventory hostname and a specific variable. The goal of this is to get from the app group, get each unique servers client\_name. The below command works for just the first lin… --- ## [how to convert textarea in ansible tower survey into a list of dictionary in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-convert-textarea-in-ansible-tower-survey-into-a-list-of-dictionary-in-playbook/29725)
**Author:** [@Xiangli\_Li](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xiangli_Li)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-convert-textarea-in-ansible-tower-survey-into-a-list-of-dictionary-in-playbook/29725 "2019-03-01T14:44:47Z")
Hello, I am new to ansible tower, and I am trying to migrate my playbooks into ansible tower environment. in my playbook, I have variable like db\_list: { dbid: 1, dbname: abc} { dbid: 2, dbname: xyz} in tower surve… --- ## [Ansible Ad-hoc Command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ad-hoc-command/29804)
**Author:** [@Bipin\_Guragain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bipin_Guragain)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ad-hoc-command/29804 "2019-03-01T14:34:32Z")
Hi All I am new to Ansible and started using it for a while. I have one question on Ansible Ad-hoc command using a shell module with a passed args ‘chdir’. I am having a problem using the argument ‘chdir’ in Ansible CLI… --- ## [How to store ansible running log separately without touching log\_path and ANSIBLE\_LOG\_PATH](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-store-ansible-running-log-separately-without-touching-log-path-and-ansible-log-path/29803)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Peter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Qin_Peter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-store-ansible-running-log-separately-without-touching-log-path-and-ansible-log-path/29803 "2019-03-01T07:17:58Z")
Hi All, I am new to Ansible and I have requirement about ansible running log. Could anyone help? Thanks. I am talking about running log, not the playbook log. eg: 2019-02-28 01:39:59,819 p=23627 u=peterqi | PLAY \[cre… --- ## [Defning cloudwatch metric alarm which uses metric math using ansible ec2\_metric\_alarm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defning-cloudwatch-metric-alarm-which-uses-metric-math-using-ansible-ec2-metric-alarm/29800)
**Author:** [@Sachin\_Doiphode](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sachin_Doiphode)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defning-cloudwatch-metric-alarm-which-uses-metric-math-using-ansible-ec2-metric-alarm/29800 "2019-03-01T06:34:04Z")
I’m using ansible’s ec2\_metric\_alarm for creating CloudWatch metrics alarms. now, I have some metrics defined which uses metric math, I’m trying to define alarms for those using ec2\_metric\_alarm but I cannot find a way. … --- ## [creating a vm using ovf and vmdk files](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-vm-using-ovf-and-vmdk-files/29801)
**Author:** [@Sahar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sahar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-vm-using-ovf-and-vmdk-files/29801 "2019-02-28T22:06:09Z")
\*\*I'm trying to create VM using the following ansible module. To create it, I see "ovf" as attributes that I can use the path to the ovf files, but I don't see any attribute to let me use my vmdk files.\*\* \*\*Do you know … --- ## [Guidelines for writing cross platform roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/guidelines-for-writing-cross-platform-roles/29797)
**Author:** [@Elan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Elan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/guidelines-for-writing-cross-platform-roles/29797 "2019-02-28T20:05:21Z")
Recently I have been watching some ansible conference recordings and reading about best practices and I have a question. How do you write your playbooks/roles to for cross platform use and be able to not to turn your sp… --- ## [Vault encrypting password over the network or just locally](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault-encrypting-password-over-the-network-or-just-locally/29763)
**Author:** [@mboncalo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mboncalo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vault-encrypting-password-over-the-network-or-just-locally/29763 "2019-02-28T13:29:20Z")
Hi, I'm trying to secure my ansible playbook and one of the steps is securing the password. I know that I can store the password encrypted inside ansible vault and than use directly from the vault and send it over th… --- ## [Skip import playbook using when condition.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/skip-import-playbook-using-when-condition/29793)
**Author:** [@Pandu\_jh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pandu_jh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/skip-import-playbook-using-when-condition/29793 "2019-02-28T12:45:00Z")
If there are no hosts added to add host, subsequent plays should be skipped. Please let me know how to provide when condition for this - name: hosts: rchadm01 vars\_files: - var.yml tasks: - name: … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=477) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=479)