# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=497 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 498 --- ## [win\_chocolatey using unc path in source](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-chocolatey-using-unc-path-in-source/29264)
**Author:** [@Serge\_Zajac](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_Zajac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-chocolatey-using-unc-path-in-source/29264 "2018-12-14T21:48:18Z")
Hi cheers, I’m not able to use a share or unc path in the source parameter of win\_chocolatey module The same is running if you use choco directly with cinst -y myPack --source “\\myserver\\myshare” I’ve opened an issue … --- ## [Need to extrapolate variable listed in host\_vars that is pulled form another variable file.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-extrapolate-variable-listed-in-host-vars-that-is-pulled-form-another-variable-file/29267)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Brewer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Brewer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-extrapolate-variable-listed-in-host-vars-that-is-pulled-form-another-variable-file/29267 "2018-12-14T19:22:56Z")
I am working on a project where we need to be able to hand out a yml file that will be filled in, and that will be the input for the server specific and custom information. In this configuration, we need to configure pie… --- ## [AWS Dynamic Inventory ec2.py cache doesn't work?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-dynamic-inventory-ec2-py-cache-doesnt-work/29258)
**Author:** [@Alb0t](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alb0t)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-dynamic-inventory-ec2-py-cache-doesnt-work/29258 "2018-12-14T17:46:43Z")
Every time I run this plugin, it takes at least a minute to get anything back. Each time it is execute I can see a new cache being built inside ~/.ansible/tmp. Has anyone else had this problem? $ time ./ec2.py --refresh… --- ## [Copy with\_fileglob Regex doesn't work](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-with-fileglob-regex-doesnt-work/29263)
**Author:** [@Phillip](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phillip)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-with-fileglob-regex-doesnt-work/29263 "2018-12-14T15:56:37Z")
Hi All I searched for a solution but everything I found didn’t helped. We catch up all pub.key files from servers when we connect and then we would like to deploy them to the correct enviroment. Here the config: nam… --- ## [using regex in replace module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-regex-in-replace-module/29256)
**Author:** [@danish09](https://forum.ansible.com/u/danish09)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-regex-in-replace-module/29256 "2018-12-14T10:13:07Z")
Hey there, I am using ansible 2.6.4. In on the projects I was working on, I had to search for 2 different words in the same file and replace them as necessary. Used replace module 2 times for this. Below is the playbook… --- ## [best practice to sync a lot of file in different server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practice-to-sync-a-lot-of-file-in-different-server/29116)
**Author:** [@cava\_cavamagie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cava_cavamagie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practice-to-sync-a-lot-of-file-in-different-server/29116 "2018-12-14T09:30:40Z")
i have the necessity to copy a large number of file in a large number of server and to check periodically now i use a task like this name: Synchronization of src on the control machine to dest on the remote hosts usr/… --- ## [recurring problem: missing output on jobs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recurring-problem-missing-output-on-jobs/29261)
**Author:** [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recurring-problem-missing-output-on-jobs/29261 "2018-12-14T07:22:03Z")
hi All, I recently migrated to AWX 2.1.0, but this problem has been showing itself intermittently before, too (running 1.7.something). Occasionally, jobs run, but show no output in the web interface. At some time, whi… --- ## [Inventory folder structure verification](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-folder-structure-verification/25783)
**Author:** [@john.laham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/john.laham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-folder-structure-verification/25783 "2018-12-14T04:54:00Z")
Hi all, first time posting, so apologies if I miss something. I’m working on organizing an inventory folder for a multistage environment and would like verification on whether the way I expect to work is true, or if I’m… --- ## [Become root using become\_exe such as sesu](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-root-using-become-exe-such-as-sesu/29260)
**Author:** [@Mitch\_Resch](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mitch_Resch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-root-using-become-exe-such-as-sesu/29260 "2018-12-13T23:02:12Z")
Hi, I’m working on a job template in Tower that needs to be run as root. On our target hosts, we have it setup so you must use the command “sesu” to become root. Currently, I’m using become\_exe in the ansible.cfg file t… --- ## [Ansible 2.5.14, 2.6.11, and 2.7.5 are available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-14-2-6-11-and-2-7-5-are-available/29259)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-14-2-6-11-and-2-7-5-are-available/29259 "2018-12-13T22:35:32Z")
Hi all, Ansible 2.5.14, 2.6.11, and 2.7.5 were released today. These releases include a fix for a reported security vulnerability, CVE-2018-16876 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=1657330 as well as other g… --- ## [how can pass nohup log print to target server for jar/java process using playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-pass-nohup-log-print-to-target-server-for-jar-java-process-using-playbook/29243)
**Author:** [@4Register\_Tony](https://forum.ansible.com/u/4Register_Tony)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-pass-nohup-log-print-to-target-server-for-jar-java-process-using-playbook/29243 "2018-12-13T17:11:56Z")
when i was trying to pass nohup command via playbook, the target servers would not print nohup log. is here any tips to solve it? thanks in advance. --- ## [Host-event (full output of a task)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-event-full-output-of-a-task/29257)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Radu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Radu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-event-full-output-of-a-task/29257 "2018-12-13T16:43:39Z")
Hi there, We’re having a couple instances of AWX 1.0.6.41 in our aws envs\*\*.\*\* In the scope of some post-mortem investigations, I’ve noticed that the host-event information (that pop-up you get by clicking on the the o… --- ## [High memory usage when running multiple ansible playbooks on localhost](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-memory-usage-when-running-multiple-ansible-playbooks-on-localhost/29244)
**Author:** [@pradeep.hk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pradeep.hk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/high-memory-usage-when-running-multiple-ansible-playbooks-on-localhost/29244 "2018-12-13T11:45:46Z")
I have a requirement to run lots of playbooks parallely on localhost. When I run 100 playbooks parallely (a simple one that executes the a shell command - date) , I see that it consumes lot of resources (memory ~ 7GiB … --- ## [vmware\_guest - Modify Multiple VM's](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-modify-multiple-vms/29255)
**Author:** [@Shaun\_Glass](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shaun_Glass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-modify-multiple-vms/29255 "2018-12-13T09:40:14Z")
Good Day, How would one compose a list of VM’s to make changes against. I have the following which works for a single machine : - hosts: 127.0.0.1 tasks: - name: Change NIC Configuration delegate\_to: localhost vmwa… --- ## [How to delete aws user?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-delete-aws-user/29254)
**Author:** [@istisno](https://forum.ansible.com/u/istisno)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-delete-aws-user/29254 "2018-12-13T09:07:46Z")
I’m trying to delete aws user like this: name: Delete AWS users iam: name: userName iam\_type: user state: absent It gives following error: Failed to delete login profile: BotoServerError: 404 Not Found … --- ## [How to get PR for new module approved?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-pr-for-new-module-approved/29252)
**Author:** [@Alb0t](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alb0t)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-pr-for-new-module-approved/29252 "2018-12-13T06:51:13Z")
Greetings! I decided to create a new module to solve a maintenance requirement with ansible that used to be a literal nightmare. I was wondering if I did anything wrong in my PR, labels/ansibullbot/otherwise, or if I ju… --- ## [Fetch job details through playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-job-details-through-playbook/29250)
**Author:** [@Kash](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetch-job-details-through-playbook/29250 "2018-12-12T18:52:48Z")
Currently, in my implementation this is how i am getting the credential info of the running job name: Get cred details tower\_job\_list: status: running query: {“playbook”: “playbook.yml”} tower\_config: ~/.tower\_cli.… --- ## [AWX Vulnerabilities on packages](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vulnerabilities-on-packages/29053)
**Author:** [@Mauro\_Aragunde](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauro_Aragunde)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-vulnerabilities-on-packages/29053 "2018-12-12T17:55:44Z")
Hello Folks, I am trying to install AWX from Dockerhub in the company that I work for and we need to follow a process of vulnerability scan before we can import the docker images on the company. The reports of the scan … --- ## [Error: Capset failed: Operation not permitted - not privileged AWX in OpenShift](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-capset-failed-operation-not-permitted-not-privileged-awx-in-openshift/29248)
**Author:** [@Mauro\_Aragunde](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauro_Aragunde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-capset-failed-operation-not-permitted-not-privileged-awx-in-openshift/29248 "2018-12-12T17:49:28Z")
Hello Folks, In my team we have been working to install AWX in the OpenShift instance, and now that we were able to install it, we are getting the following error when executing a playbook (for example the SCM update) 1… --- ## [Currently Workflow job execution log - logrotate](https://forum.ansible.com/t/currently-workflow-job-execution-log-logrotate/29223)
**Author:** [@Nilesh\_Jaiswal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nilesh_Jaiswal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/currently-workflow-job-execution-log-logrotate/29223 "2018-12-12T17:11:33Z")
Hi Team, Currently all the log output is been dumped into ansible.log file. I was looking to capture the current log stdout for AWX console output, I wanted know if AWX has log rotate mechanism, so as to capture curren… --- ## [\`ansible -m ping\` does not honor ansible.cfg's remote\_user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-m-ping-does-not-honor-ansible-cfgs-remote-user/29246)
**Author:** [@Yassen\_Damyanov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yassen_Damyanov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-m-ping-does-not-honor-ansible-cfgs-remote-user/29246 "2018-12-12T16:47:42Z")
Hi all, Trying to ping a host prepared to accept the ping as a remote user root, I get: \` $ ansible -m ping master -vvv ansible 2.7.4 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = \[‘/home/y… --- ## [2018-12-19: Big PR Review Part 2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2018-12-19-big-pr-review-part-2/29247)
**Author:** [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2018-12-19-big-pr-review-part-2/29247 "2018-12-12T16:26:06Z")
Hi, Given the success of the first “Big PR Review”, we are doing another on Wednesday 19th December in #ansible-community on Freenode Ansible is a very popular project by any metric. Our awesome community contributes l… --- ## [Cloudera Installation Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloudera-installation-playbook/29245)
**Author:** [@Linux\_Tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Linux_Tech)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cloudera-installation-playbook/29245 "2018-12-12T15:10:54Z")
Hi, Could someone tell me Which moule and palys will use to install cloudera.? --- ## [Simple Ad Hoc commands results in many UNREACHABLE hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simple-ad-hoc-commands-results-in-many-unreachable-hosts/29241)
**Author:** [@Sloan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sloan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simple-ad-hoc-commands-results-in-many-unreachable-hosts/29241 "2018-12-12T15:05:59Z")
I have about 200 servers in my hosts file. I can ssh to those servers without entering a password. ssh and no errors or trouble. When i attempt to run a simple Ad Hoc uptime command more that 50% of the servers show up a… --- ## [Display high-level summary of --diff output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/display-high-level-summary-of-diff-output/29238)
**Author:** [@nikobelia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nikobelia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/display-high-level-summary-of-diff-output/29238 "2018-12-12T12:19:37Z")
Hi Ansible list, A quick question about using Ansible effectively in a CI/CD context: I’m wondering about the best way to set up jobs that runs a playbook with --check --diff flags, and gives a concise report of what wo… --- ## [Inventory group of groups dont' work](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-group-of-groups-dont-work/29239)
**Author:** [@Alberto\_Eusebi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alberto_Eusebi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-group-of-groups-dont-work/29239 "2018-12-12T10:24:48Z")
Hello, I’m using AWX 2.1.0. I have an inventory like this: \` \[groupA\] host1 host2 \[groupB\] host3 host4 \[groupAB:children\] groupA groupB \` I would use “groupAB” in “limit” field on a template but jobs return … --- ## [with\_first\_found documentation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-first-found-documentation/29242)
**Author:** [@Baraka\_Baraka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Baraka_Baraka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-first-found-documentation/29242 "2018-12-12T09:27:51Z")
Hi! I am looking for a description what “with\_first\_found” does how it works. I googled and searched the ansible documentation and I can figure it out but guessing is not good way I think. So where can I find a detailed… --- ## [Casting a variable as an integer](https://forum.ansible.com/t/casting-a-variable-as-an-integer/29236)
**Author:** [@Stuart\_Longland](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stuart_Longland)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/casting-a-variable-as-an-integer/29236 "2018-12-12T08:30:09Z")
Hi all, I ran into a problem yesterday trying to set up a AWS instance via an Ansible playbook. I'm running Ansible 2.7.1 on Gentoo (AMD64). I have a host variable, \`volume\_size\`, which is the size of the volume in … --- ## [Ansible client host in windows 2016 server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-client-host-in-windows-2016-server/29237)
**Author:** [@Tharindu\_Weerakoon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tharindu_Weerakoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-client-host-in-windows-2016-server/29237 "2018-12-11T22:39:58Z")
Dears, Anyone has recommended document of link for configure ansible in win 2016 with selfsign cert. Tharindu --- ## [Ansible log verbosity in ansible.cfg](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-log-verbosity-in-ansible-cfg/29151)
**Author:** [@Jad\_Baz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jad_Baz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-log-verbosity-in-ansible-cfg/29151 "2018-12-11T19:17:50Z")
We can specify a log\_path in ansible.cfg which instructs Ansible to log to a certain file. Is there a way to specify the verbosity of that logging as well? (The default is not verbose). Logging verbosity is not affecte… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=496) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=498)