# Latest

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## [AWX as endpoint](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-as-endpoint/28894)

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**Author:** [@The\_Vandyy\_Vines](https://forum.ansible.com/u/The_Vandyy_Vines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-as-endpoint/28894 "2018-10-30T15:49:20Z")

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I need to make AWX ready to be able to receive any XML requests from any other webservices so that the manual tasks can be requested remotely. Present version for AWX: awx-1.0.2.0-3 Ansible 2.5.5 Thanks for help in ad…

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## [run ansible for single server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-for-single-server/28895)

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**Author:** [@Kavya\_bhandari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kavya_bhandari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-for-single-server/28895 "2018-10-30T14:52:56Z")

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how to run the play-boo for one server through command ansible-playbook

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## [Would like to download GoCD extension for LDAP Authorization Plugin using Ansible get\_url module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/would-like-to-download-gocd-extension-for-ldap-authorization-plugin-using-ansible-get-url-module/28898)

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**Author:** [@Alok\_Gupta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alok_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/would-like-to-download-gocd-extension-for-ldap-authorization-plugin-using-ansible-get-url-module/28898 "2018-10-30T14:39:19Z")

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From https://extensions.gocd.org/, I am trying to download LDAP Authorization Plugin using ansible ‘get\_url’ module however, its not downloading the “gocd-ldap-authorization-plugin-2.1.0-62.jar” file. Any suggestions wi…

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## [Joining Linux server to the Active directory Domain.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/joining-linux-server-to-the-active-directory-domain/28893)

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**Author:** [@fahad.riaz1718](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fahad.riaz1718)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/joining-linux-server-to-the-active-directory-domain/28893 "2018-10-30T13:42:53Z")

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Fahad Riaz \<fahad.riaz1718@gmail.com\> 3:50 PM (4 minutes ago) to ansible-project I am working on a project and part of it includes joining the Linux server to the Active Directory domain. I’ve tried …

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## [Ansible playbook for creating mysql user not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-for-creating-mysql-user-not-working/28896)

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**Author:** [@Arjun\_Ani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arjun_Ani)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-for-creating-mysql-user-not-working/28896 "2018-10-30T09:57:03Z")

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When running mysql\_user module in ansible it is showing the below error. ansible version - 2.6 mysql version - 5.6 yaml syntax :- - name: Test | mysql mysql\_user: name=test password=test host=localhost state=presen…

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## [Custom Windows Module Failing with Ansible 2.6.4 when using become](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-windows-module-failing-with-ansible-2-6-4-when-using-become/28877)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Hall](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Hall)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-windows-module-failing-with-ansible-2-6-4-when-using-become/28877 "2018-10-30T09:46:29Z")

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Hi all, First timer here. So the details of the issue are: Using Ansible 2.6.4 Playbook that runs my custom windows module (wrapping Service Fabric functionality to create and expand Service Fabric standalone cluster…

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## [Incorrect timezone for Windows Server?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/incorrect-timezone-for-windows-server/28885)

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**Author:** [@Ameya\_Agashe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ameya_Agashe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/incorrect-timezone-for-windows-server/28885 "2018-10-29T23:52:01Z")

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Hey Guys, I have added a timezone task and maybe its buggy or maybe my logic is not quiet right. It is referring to Easter timezone instead of Daylight Timezone, yaml block below: - name: Set timezone to ‘A.U.S. Easter…

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## [Ansible netconf is not working with Cisco IOS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-netconf-is-not-working-with-cisco-ios/28878)

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**Author:** [@Krishna\_Kotha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Krishna_Kotha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-netconf-is-not-working-with-cisco-ios/28878 "2018-10-29T17:51:07Z")

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Hello, I am trying to use Netconf\_config model on Cisco switch catalyst 9300. I am getting following error message. You can see the playbook and the running the palybook. I tried with different options like changing t…

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## [RDS module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rds-module/28891)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_Knights1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Knights1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rds-module/28891 "2018-10-29T16:42:11Z")

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What’s the difference between the rds module vs the rds\_instance module? It seems like they do the same thing. I assumed that rds\_instance is a replacement for rds since it’s only been added in Ansible 2.7 but I don’t se…

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## [Use a loop with\_items into a body command of uri ansible module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-a-loop-with-items-into-a-body-command-of-uri-ansible-module/28888)

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**Author:** [@Alberto\_Jimenez\_Loza](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alberto_Jimenez_Loza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-a-loop-with-items-into-a-body-command-of-uri-ansible-module/28888 "2018-10-29T13:22:45Z")

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I use a loop with\_items, but I want to put the variable into a body of a json and it doesn´t works. name: Associate subscriptions ak-{{tenant}}-RHEL\_7 uri: url: “https://xxxxxxxx/katello/api/activation\_keys/{{ak\_id\[0…

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## [Fail gracefully if no hosts match](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fail-gracefully-if-no-hosts-match/28886)

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**Author:** [@Gonzalo\_Servat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gonzalo_Servat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fail-gracefully-if-no-hosts-match/28886 "2018-10-29T12:17:53Z")

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Hi All I’ve got an Ansible playbook that I’m running against a custom inventory group I’ve created. The issue is that this group may or may not be empty. I only want Ansible to exit non-zero if it ran against a host (or…

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## [git update](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-update/28858)

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**Author:** [@SUMIT\_SAHAY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SUMIT_SAHAY)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-update/28858 "2018-10-29T11:11:18Z")

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Hi All, I have one use case where if the new user is created in the server then ansible playbook update the file /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file in version control. The ansible script check the difference and update t…

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## [Ansible for windows cloud machines](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-windows-cloud-machines/28887)

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**Author:** [@Kavya\_bhandari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kavya_bhandari)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-windows-cloud-machines/28887 "2018-10-29T04:07:46Z")

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Hi have started using ansible and it has made the job easy . i could use it for all physical windows server. could you please tell me how to use ansible for the cloud instance . it has no proper domain since it is cloud …

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## [Need help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/28882)

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**Author:** [@Sathya\_Narayanan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sathya_Narayanan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help/28882 "2018-10-28T18:16:10Z")

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Hi All, I am new to ansible and I would like to understand or get some ideas about how to use ansible to maintain standard operating system environment. For example : I would like to have ansible to check all my existi…

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## [Problem when dynamically constructing dict variables with string list as values](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-when-dynamically-constructing-dict-variables-with-string-list-as-values/28884)

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**Author:** [@Lu\_Liu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lu_Liu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-when-dynamically-constructing-dict-variables-with-string-list-as-values/28884 "2018-10-28T14:56:48Z")

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SUMMARY When dynamically creating a dict var with a list as its value, it’s working when the list elements are int but will fallback to a string when the list elements are strings. ISSUE TYPE Not sure if this is a bug …

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## [Us congress hearing of maan alsaan Money laundry قضية الكونغجرس لغسيل الأموال للمليادير معن الصانع](https://forum.ansible.com/t/us-congress-hearing-of-maan-alsaan-money-laundry/28883)

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**Author:** [@user96](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user96)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/us-congress-hearing-of-maan-alsaan-money-laundry/28883 "2018-10-27T20:54:12Z")

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YouTube videos of U.S. Congress money laundering hearing of Saudi Billionaire " Maan Al sanea" with bank of America and The owner of Saad Hospital and Schools in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia and the Chairm…

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## [Ansible windows patch trouble: Need help for Win Patch Automation using Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-patch-trouble-need-help-for-win-patch-automation-using-ansible/27617)

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**Author:** [@ansible4windows](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible4windows)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-patch-trouble-need-help-for-win-patch-automation-using-ansible/27617 "2018-10-27T14:44:34Z")

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Hello, I am facing some problems in setting up patch automation in my organization. For a quick walk through: We have 5 domains for the purpose of Production, Staging, Testing and Application. I am working on machines …

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## [Windows: kerberos: the specified credentials were rejected by the server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-kerberos-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/28880)

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**Author:** [@Subhi\_Andrews](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Subhi_Andrews)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-kerberos-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/28880 "2018-10-27T12:41:47Z")

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I am using the following ansible settings: ansible\_user: ‘myuser’ ansible\_password: ‘mypass’ ansible\_port: 5986 ansible\_connection: winrm ansible\_winrm\_transport: kerberos ansible\_winrm\_server\_cert\_validation: igno…

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## [Difference in ec2 module and ec2\_instance module.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-in-ec2-module-and-ec2-instance-module/28788)

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**Author:** [@Madushan\_Chathuranga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Madushan_Chathuranga)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difference-in-ec2-module-and-ec2-instance-module/28788 "2018-10-27T12:25:54Z")

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Hi All, What is the difference between ec2 module and ec2\_instance module. Why there are two modules to create an ec2. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/ec2\_instance\_module.html https://docs.ansible.com/ans…

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## [Upgrading from 1.0.6.11 to 2.0 using tower-cli](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrading-from-1-0-6-11-to-2-0-using-tower-cli/28852)

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**Author:** [@nrk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nrk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrading-from-1-0-6-11-to-2-0-using-tower-cli/28852 "2018-10-26T19:42:26Z")

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Hi all, We are testing the upgrade procedure using the tower-cli. We followed the steps listed below: Setup a new instance of AWX pointing to a new database Create an export from our production instance Import the ass…

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## [How to develop an Ansible agent for another OS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-develop-an-ansible-agent-for-another-os/28862)

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**Author:** [@k3ck3c](https://forum.ansible.com/u/k3ck3c)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-develop-an-ansible-agent-for-another-os/28862 "2018-10-26T19:32:14Z")

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Hello I am looking for some docs explaining how to develop an agent for another Operating System I noticed in /usr/local/python2.7/dist-packages:ansible/modules-utils/facts/hardware some files like aix.py sunos.py …

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## [Install old version of AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-old-version-of-awx/28871)

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**Author:** [@Larry\_Bakun](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Larry_Bakun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-old-version-of-awx/28871 "2018-10-26T16:53:50Z")

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How can I install an old version of AWX? Our production environment is on 1.0.8.0 and dev instance is on 1.0.7.2. I’ve attempted to upgrade the dev instance to be the same as our production but got 2.0.1 instead… I have …

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## [issue with stopping the playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-stopping-the-playbook/28873)

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**Author:** [@itssitaram9](https://forum.ansible.com/u/itssitaram9)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-stopping-the-playbook/28873 "2018-10-26T13:03:13Z")

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hello, I have playbook that imports multiple sub play books. Basically, i want the main playbook to shut down the servers sequentially… main play book:

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## [getting error  \[WARNING\]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-warning-unable-to-parse-etc-ansible-hosts-as-an-inventory-source/28875)

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**Author:** [@baktavar\_baba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/baktavar_baba)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-warning-unable-to-parse-etc-ansible-hosts-as-an-inventory-source/28875 "2018-10-25T23:27:45Z")

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Hi i installed Ansible on MacOS and getting below errors ansible all -m ping \[WARNING\]: Unable to parse /etc/ansible/hosts as an inventory source \[WARNING\]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is availa…

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## [Ansible-2.7.1 is released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-7-1-is-released/28874)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-7-1-is-released/28874 "2018-10-25T22:10:06Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the general release of Ansible 2.7.1 is now available! How do you get it?

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## [ansible 2.8.0.dev0 (devel 0661f2f213): ansible-playbook has only the text ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-0-dev0-devel-0661f2f213-ansible-playbook-has-only-the-text-ansible/28870)

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**Author:** [@cyril\_thankappan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cyril_thankappan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-8-0-dev0-devel-0661f2f213-ansible-playbook-has-only-the-text-ansible/28870 "2018-10-25T18:21:11Z")

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Hi After following the installation steps in https://www.linvirtshell.com/2017/12/step-by-step-installation-of-ansible.html i am finding the below executables having only the text ansible ansible-vault ansible-pull …

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## [ansible yaml question for retries module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yaml-question-for-retries-module/28866)

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**Author:** [@rajeev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rajeev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-yaml-question-for-retries-module/28866 "2018-10-25T15:41:46Z")

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Hello, I have a use case where I need drop a long running command(x1) on a remote host and then track its status via another command(x2). I have tried doing that using async with Poll “0” for x1 command , and then run …

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## [Ansible using winn command](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-using-winn-command/28869)

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**Author:** [@nadim\_mansour](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nadim_mansour)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-using-winn-command/28869 "2018-10-25T14:58:17Z")

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Hello, when I try to run the following command : " C:\\tmp\\ODAC121021\_x64\\setup.exe -silent -responseFile C:\\tmp\\client.rsp " on windows server through command line or power shell it runs well and install odic(oracle cli…

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## [awx loginuser variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-loginuser-variable/28863)

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**Author:** [@Me\_Mo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Me_Mo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-loginuser-variable/28863 "2018-10-25T14:00:21Z")

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hi i want to use the user that startet the template in a playbook. is there any ansible\_variable which stored the user-id? th@nx

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## [become not working in 2.7?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-not-working-in-2-7/28868)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Mester](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Mester)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/become-not-working-in-2-7/28868 "2018-10-25T13:52:32Z")

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Hi All, Im working with a role that I need to switch from root to an unprivledged user to execute a shell script. I have become and become\_user as part of the task but it appears its still running as root. I tried runni…

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