# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=498 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 499 --- ## [please help: how does the lxc connection plugin work?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/please-help-how-does-the-lxc-connection-plugin-work/28626)
**Author:** [@olapodrido](https://forum.ansible.com/u/olapodrido)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/please-help-how-does-the-lxc-connection-plugin-work/28626 "2018-12-11T19:00:53Z")
Hi! Apologies: I am a relatively new with Ansible. Ansible controls several hosts which run LXC containers (no LXD involvement). I can install these containers just fine. But how do I configure them internally, like in… --- ## [Apache config test and send signal to restart apache if syntax check is passed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apache-config-test-and-send-signal-to-restart-apache-if-syntax-check-is-passed/29240)
**Author:** [@Himanshu\_Maity](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Himanshu_Maity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apache-config-test-and-send-signal-to-restart-apache-if-syntax-check-is-passed/29240 "2018-12-11T18:55:19Z")
Hi, I’m trying to run two commands in a single line, which will validate the syntax of apache configuration copied from template file and send a signal to reload the apache if it’s passed. Right now, my configuration l… --- ## [having issues with finding AMI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/having-issues-with-finding-ami/29214 "2018-12-11T18:21:15Z")
ami\_search\_string: “amznamazon-ecs-optimized” ec2\_ami\_find: name: “{{ ami\_search\_string }}” region: “{{ region }}” virtualization\_type: hvm owner: aws-marketplace sort: creationDate sort\_order: descending sort\_en… --- ## [AWX Tower callback - No matching host could be found but tower console is working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-tower-callback-no-matching-host-could-be-found-but-tower-console-is-working/28473)
**Author:** [@devulapalli8](https://forum.ansible.com/u/devulapalli8)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-tower-callback-no-matching-host-could-be-found-but-tower-console-is-working/28473 "2018-12-11T13:21:35Z")
I have setup inventory and job template and the call back is returning “No matching host could be found” but actually the tower console I could see host listed in the inventory and even attempted synch and even I could a… --- ## [run tasks based on variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-tasks-based-on-variable/29196)
**Author:** [@Bill\_Nolf](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Nolf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-tasks-based-on-variable/29196 "2018-12-11T03:20:57Z")
I have the following vars: vms test1 name: test1 disk\_size: size: 10 size: 20 test2 name: test2 disk\_size: size: 10 I need to be able to set tasks on test1 and then the same set on test2. Is there a way to d… --- ## [dig lookup exception: 'list' object has no attribute 'startswith'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dig-lookup-exception-list-object-has-no-attribute-startswith/29234)
**Author:** [@rjwagner.dba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rjwagner.dba)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dig-lookup-exception-list-object-has-no-attribute-startswith/29234 "2018-12-10T18:58:58Z")
Hey all- I’m having more problems w/ the dig lookup. If I statically define a list of hosts to lookup as a variable, it works. But if I return the list of hosts from another script, it fails. Here’s a simple example: \` … --- ## [Security scan of AWX identifies it as RH Tower](https://forum.ansible.com/t/security-scan-of-awx-identifies-it-as-rh-tower/29218)
**Author:** [@dmakovey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dmakovey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/security-scan-of-awx-identifies-it-as-rh-tower/29218 "2018-12-10T16:57:38Z")
Hi, running AWX we've been subject to regular security scan which identified AWX instance as a RedHat Tower Instance. Which is not bad, except it took AWX instance version (2.1.0) and assumed it was RedHat Tower 2.1.0 … --- ## [Cannot get python to see psycopg2 on OSx](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-python-to-see-psycopg2-on-osx/29231)
**Author:** [@Barry\_Kaplan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Barry_Kaplan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-python-to-see-psycopg2-on-osx/29231 "2018-12-10T15:17:09Z")
I’ve been pounding my head on this for a few hours now. Nothing I do can get python to import psycopg2. Consider: \` name: Setup mysql databases hosts: localhost connection: local become: no tags: \[database, post… --- ## [import error: No module named plugins.action.normal](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-error-no-module-named-plugins-action-normal/29221)
**Author:** [@jnaughton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jnaughton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-error-no-module-named-plugins-action-normal/29221 "2018-12-10T15:12:09Z")
Hi All, When we attempt to use Ansible on a bare metal server running centos 6.5, single python2.7 the “juniper\_junos\_config:” module gives us this error “import error: No module named plugins.action.normal”. This works… --- ## [Help with Variables and command/shell module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-variables-and-command-shell-module/29233)
**Author:** [@Robert2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robert2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-variables-and-command-shell-module/29233 "2018-12-10T15:08:19Z")
All, I have a playbook that reads in a vars\_file and creates new users and then runs the chage command to force them to change their password on first/next login. Here is the playbook. --- ## [Dynamic Inventory for Windows EC2 Instances](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-inventory-for-windows-ec2-instances/29232)
**Author:** [@Pawan\_Sawalani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pawan_Sawalani)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-inventory-for-windows-ec2-instances/29232 "2018-12-10T12:45:25Z")
Hi All, I am trying to use EC2 external inventory script (ec2.py/ec2.ini) for AWS instances. All my AWS EC2 instances are Windows hosts. When I run below command: \` ansible ec2 -i /etc/ansible/ec2.py -m win\_ping \` … --- ## [Is anyone using human-readable callback plugin? (human\_log.py)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-anyone-using-human-readable-callback-plugin-human-log-py/17791)
**Author:** [@david.neudorfer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/david.neudorfer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-anyone-using-human-readable-callback-plugin-human-log-py/17791 "2018-12-10T10:09:56Z")
Using this callback plugin has been great for reading the logs but with a recent update I started getting double output and my logs are beginning to get unmanageable. Is anyone else using this callback plugin and experie… --- ## [playbook with ansible-vault](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-with-ansible-vault/29230)
**Author:** [@Michele\_Salerno](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michele_Salerno)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-with-ansible-vault/29230 "2018-12-09T23:25:07Z")
I have this file https://github.com/NinuxBasilicata/nnxx-bind-server/blob/master/roles/bind/defaults/main.yml if i paste this https://github.com/NinuxBasilicata/nnxx-bind-server/blob/88ffdda928a425be374bb898827b6679bef6… --- ## [Run a task only on remote host if this hosts a specific database](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-a-task-only-on-remote-host-if-this-hosts-a-specific-database/29229)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Marquardt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christian_Marquardt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-a-task-only-on-remote-host-if-this-hosts-a-specific-database/29229 "2018-12-09T17:15:06Z")
Hello, I’m looking for ideas on how I can realize the following: I wan’t to change some database parameters on a specific database. I’ve several ideas but I’m not sure how to realize this. For example: Having local … --- ## [Problems notifying handlers in another role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-notifying-handlers-in-another-role/29227)
**Author:** [@Andy\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-notifying-handlers-in-another-role/29227 "2018-12-08T17:20:07Z")
Hello, Say I have a playbook a bit like this: - hosts: some\_group roles: - { role: app, } - hosts: all roles: - { role: configure, } That second role "configure" do… --- ## [Adding Virtualbox guest to user's Virtualbox Manager](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-virtualbox-guest-to-users-virtualbox-manager/29226)
**Author:** [@Sorin\_Srbu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sorin_Srbu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-virtualbox-guest-to-users-virtualbox-manager/29226 "2018-12-08T14:44:54Z")
Hi all, Is it possible for Ansible to add a vm-guest to a user’s Virtualbox Manager list of available virtual machines? I have the vbox and vdi files, and have had Ansible successfully push them to a folder writable by… --- ## [Retrieve InstanceId of the newly created EC2 instance](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-instanceid-of-the-newly-created-ec2-instance/29224)
**Author:** [@Pawan\_Sawalani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pawan_Sawalani)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-instanceid-of-the-newly-created-ec2-instance/29224 "2018-12-08T14:22:29Z")
Hi All, I am trying to retrieve the Instance ID of the newly created EC2 instance. But I get below error: \` ok: \[localhost\] =\> { “stack\_details.stackoutputs.InstanceId”: “VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!” } \` Below is th… --- ## [Build file from two other files](https://forum.ansible.com/t/build-file-from-two-other-files/29225)
**Author:** [@Andy\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Smith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/build-file-from-two-other-files/29225 "2018-12-08T13:48:51Z")
Hi, I feel I must be missing something very obvious here, but I can't find it, so here we go. Let's say I've got a role's tasks/main.yml that includes some other tasks on a loop: - include\_tasks: distribute\_thing.ym… --- ## [Service restart in Windows Operating system using playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/service-restart-in-windows-operating-system-using-playbooks/29209)
**Author:** [@Suma\_P](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Suma_P)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/service-restart-in-windows-operating-system-using-playbooks/29209 "2018-12-08T10:00:24Z")
Hi Team , I am trying to restart the spooler service in windows remotely by creating playbooks in RHEL Operating system .its trowing below error.kindly suggest me to resolve this issue. playbook content : --- ## [Creating REST API for Ansible core to invoke playbook execution from external platoform](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-rest-api-for-ansible-core-to-invoke-playbook-execution-from-external-platoform/29222)
**Author:** [@Bikram](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bikram)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-rest-api-for-ansible-core-to-invoke-playbook-execution-from-external-platoform/29222 "2018-12-08T00:18:35Z")
Dear All, I have some use cases to create a REST API for Ansible core so that I can call the API from other platforms( say, remedy) to run the playbook. I am thinking to build with flash+python. I would appreciate it … --- ## [How to tell ansible to do conditional execution based on status of hosts in invetory file.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-tell-ansible-to-do-conditional-execution-based-on-status-of-hosts-in-invetory-file/29211)
**Author:** [@onenessboy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/onenessboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-tell-ansible-to-do-conditional-execution-based-on-status-of-hosts-in-invetory-file/29211 "2018-12-07T22:07:05Z")
Dear Experts, I have a host file like something below: \` \[servers\] 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.5 1.2.3.6 \` and also i have a script called test like ansible servers -m -shell "docker ps" Now as per my understanding the scrip… --- ## [Ansible-lint new release 4.0.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-new-release-4-0-0/29220)
**Author:** [@acrosby](https://forum.ansible.com/u/acrosby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-new-release-4-0-0/29220 "2018-12-07T18:46:11Z")
On Monday 17 Dec 2018 we plan to release ansible-lint 4.0.0 This is the first release since Ansible became the maintainer, see Oct 22nd mailing list post for details. The changes are summarized in the repository roadma… --- ## [Ansible-lint new release 4.0.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-new-release-4-0-0/29219)
**Author:** [@acrosby](https://forum.ansible.com/u/acrosby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-new-release-4-0-0/29219 "2018-12-07T18:46:07Z")
On Monday 17 Dec 2018 we plan to release ansible-lint 4.0.0 This is the first release since Ansible became the maintainer, see Oct 22nd mailing list post for details. The changes are summarized in the repository roadma… --- ## [SSL termination for docker-compose deploy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-termination-for-docker-compose-deploy/29217)
**Author:** [@dmakovey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dmakovey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssl-termination-for-docker-compose-deploy/29217 "2018-12-07T16:49:53Z")
Hi, I've found open issue on SSL termination for AWX: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/1549 however there seems to be no traction on it. It is hard for me to believe community is running AWX over HTTP (vs HTTPS… --- ## [AWX Proxy Config](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-proxy-config/29152)
**Author:** [@Tuco\_Ramirez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tuco_Ramirez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-proxy-config/29152 "2018-12-07T15:30:38Z")
Hi I just set up an AWX instance and trying to get ready. It is a Centos 7.5 x64 virtual machine and I 've configured it with a proxy \[1\]. But seems like awx\_task container don’t get Environmental Variables. When I try… --- ## [Ansible variables between playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-variables-between-playbooks/29216)
**Author:** [@Revanth\_Gopu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Revanth_Gopu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-variables-between-playbooks/29216 "2018-12-07T14:08:25Z")
I have a requirement to create directories in UNIX based on group of windows hosts. Plan is to create a playbook1 which runs against windows inventory and set a list/array using set\_stats module and utilize this variable… --- ## [\<127.0.0.1\> using connection plugin network\_cli (was local)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/127-0-0-1-using-connection-plugin-network-cli-was-local/29212)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Zhitomirski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Zhitomirski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/127-0-0-1-using-connection-plugin-network-cli-was-local/29212 "2018-12-07T05:04:38Z")
Hi! I’ve started writing a new module for managing one Aruba Cloud provider https://github.com/mz0/ansible/blob/329b9c199f/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/aruba\_smart/aruba\_smart\_vm.py and modeled my module on the digital\_o… --- ## [\[Ansible\] - PsExec model](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-psexec-model/28209)
**Author:** [@Felipe\_Mahatma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Felipe_Mahatma)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-psexec-model/28209 "2018-12-07T02:59:14Z")
Hi, I’m trying to use this new module (PsExec without WinRM connection type) from Ansible 2.6 and going through the documentation I don’t see any example on how I should configure the connection to use PSEXEC and since … --- ## [Host upgrade order in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-upgrade-order-in-playbook/29215)
**Author:** [@David\_Nillesen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Nillesen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-upgrade-order-in-playbook/29215 "2018-12-07T00:41:20Z")
We’re trying to build a playbook to update our servers OS packages as part of regular maintenance. What I’d like is to be able to execute the playbook and have it just run the tasks to completion, in as parallel a manne… --- ## [Scheduled Jobs not running after restart](https://forum.ansible.com/t/scheduled-jobs-not-running-after-restart/29213)
**Author:** [@vnick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vnick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/scheduled-jobs-not-running-after-restart/29213 "2018-12-06T16:32:39Z")
Running AWX version 1.0.7.2. A couple of weeks ago, the system running the AWX Web and Task containers hung and I had to restart everything. Since then, none of the scheduled jobs are running - I can run them manually fr… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=497) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=499)