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## [Help with looping lvm filesystem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-looping-lvm-filesystem/28813)

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**Author:** [@Zia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Zia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-looping-lvm-filesystem/28813 "2018-10-17T21:25:57Z")

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Hi All, Looking for some help with looping while creating multiple filesystems with different sizes and mount points. There are too many volumes, filesystems and mount points that need to be created for one vol group. …

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## [Ansible playbook errors: multiple tasks in a single playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-errors-multiple-tasks-in-a-single-playbook/28786)

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**Author:** [@Surya\_Ahuja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Surya_Ahuja)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-errors-multiple-tasks-in-a-single-playbook/28786 "2018-10-17T20:17:43Z")

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I am a noob at ansible, and I am trying to learn it to automate log collection for our lab. My yaml file is right below: Executing this gives me an error near the second set of tasks. I am searching everyhwere but what a…

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## [AWX UI not automatically refreshing jobs\\workflows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-ui-not-automatically-refreshing-jobs-workflows/28812)

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**Author:** [@Josh\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_B)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-ui-not-automatically-refreshing-jobs-workflows/28812 "2018-10-17T17:44:42Z")

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Hello everyone. So lately it seems my AWX UI is not refreshing while running jobs, templates, syncs, you name it. In order to refresh, I have to hit F5 several, several times to see the progress. Is this a known issue? …

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## [Ansible module to seach aws cloud watch logs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-to-seach-aws-cloud-watch-logs/28810)

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**Author:** [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-module-to-seach-aws-cloud-watch-logs/28810 "2018-10-17T16:19:43Z")

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Why are you spamming the developer list with user question? Since you have posted you question on the user list you know that list exist so there is no excuse for this kind of behavior.

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## [Pause](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause/28805)

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**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Jeanne](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillaume_Jeanne)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause/28805 "2018-10-17T15:04:57Z")

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Hey, I’m using the pause module twice in my playbook (one about 1à seconds and the other about 90 secs). My problem is that when the short pause is done, it continues as it should. But after the 90 secs pause it’s aski…

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## [Trying to copy script from local to remote and run](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-copy-script-from-local-to-remote-and-run/28769)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Bidwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Bidwell)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-to-copy-script-from-local-to-remote-and-run/28769 "2018-10-17T15:01:01Z")

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Hey all, me again! So I’ve got this playbook that should run fine but it dies at trying to copy. Now I don’t know if it’s because it can’t find it locally having the problem copying it remotely. Here it is: cat check\_fo…

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## [Ansible AWS Modules for CloudWatch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-aws-modules-for-cloudwatch/28808)

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**Author:** [@Madushan\_Chathuranga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Madushan_Chathuranga)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-aws-modules-for-cloudwatch/28808 "2018-10-17T11:37:43Z")

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Hi All, Is there an ansible module available to search aws cloud watch logs and events. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/cloudwatchlogs\_log\_group\_facts\_module.html#cloudwatchlogs-log-group-facts-module This…

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## [check the patch version](https://forum.ansible.com/t/check-the-patch-version/28774)

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**Author:** [@alexis\_calvayrac](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alexis_calvayrac)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/check-the-patch-version/28774 "2018-10-17T11:29:00Z")

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Hello, I currently have a playbook that retrieves information from a Cisco machine in a text file. Then I run a scipt bash run by ansible to check the patch version. The problem is that this way of doing things does not…

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## [host A unreachable so Host B is target ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-a-unreachable-so-host-b-is-target/28807)

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**Author:** [@maryam\_da](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maryam_da)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-a-unreachable-so-host-b-is-target/28807 "2018-10-17T11:23:15Z")

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hi i have two hosts and i need to run my playbook only on one of them. i.e host A is always the target, unless it is not reachable. in this case, host B will be the target. but the point is that if host A is reachable …

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## [Pause module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause-module/28803)

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**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Jeanne](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillaume_Jeanne)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pause-module/28803 "2018-10-17T09:35:02Z")

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Hello team ! I have a little issue with the pause module, in fact if I do a small pause like 10 sec : it works perfectly. But if I start to pause for like 90 sec it will ask me the passphrase again for my ssh connectio…

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## [Help using two options for a value for a template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-using-two-options-for-a-value-for-a-template/28800)

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**Author:** [@gabriel.eidlin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gabriel.eidlin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-using-two-options-for-a-value-for-a-template/28800 "2018-10-16T19:03:51Z")

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Hi guys, Here is why im triying to do: im generating passwords and registering the output in a variable like this name: Generate Server Password raw: Secret=$(az keyvault secret show --name AdminPassword --vault-nam…

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## [Working with Ansible Galaxy Roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/working-with-ansible-galaxy-roles/28799)

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**Author:** [@Matt\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Davies)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/working-with-ansible-galaxy-roles/28799 "2018-10-16T17:51:03Z")

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Hi Everyone There’s about 10 developers working on our ansible codebase, configuring approx 20 VM’s, it’s going to grow rapidly. We’ve just started working with ansible galaxy roles and I was wondering if anyone has an…

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## [Help with blockinfile module running against Proxmox](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-blockinfile-module-running-against-proxmox/26792)

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**Author:** [@saicrazyfire](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saicrazyfire)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-blockinfile-module-running-against-proxmox/26792 "2018-10-16T17:22:42Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to create containers in Proxmox via ansible and I’ve gotten most of it working. I’m leveraging LXC containers to host Docker containers (since they’re more lightweight, and easier to create). In order to …

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## [AWS\_EC2 plugin keyed\_groups suffix option](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ec2-plugin-keyed-groups-suffix-option/28790)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_Knights1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Knights1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-ec2-plugin-keyed-groups-suffix-option/28790 "2018-10-16T16:54:21Z")

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Is there any way to specify a suffix for the keyed\_groups option in the aws\_ec2 inventory plugin? I’m looking at migrating from Ansible 2.4 to 2.6 and would like to switch from the old ec2 dynamic inventory script. Howev…

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## [Problem: regex should find the end of the line - take the next new line](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-regex-should-find-the-end-of-the-line-take-the-next-new-line/28797)

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**Author:** [@Shlomit\_Afgin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shlomit_Afgin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-regex-should-find-the-end-of-the-line-take-the-next-new-line/28797 "2018-10-16T15:14:00Z")

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Hi, I have \` name: update file1 with 0 in the end if it missing replace: backup: yes dest: /tmp/file1 regexp: ‘^(start of line.\*\[^0\])$’ replace: ‘\\1 0’ \` This add 0 to lines that start with “start of line”. I…

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## [template error: AnsibleUndefinedVariable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-error-ansibleundefinedvariable/28798)

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**Author:** [@christian.tremel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/christian.tremel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-error-ansibleundefinedvariable/28798 "2018-10-16T13:36:59Z")

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hi, i have a simple template which is driving me nuts, as it throws an bland error. what in blazes does that mean? the template: \` {{ ansible\_managed }} driftfile /etc/ntp.drift tracefile /etc/ntp.trace {% if inve…

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## [not able to install program](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-install-program/28787)

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**Author:** [@Ronnie10](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ronnie10)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-install-program/28787 "2018-10-16T13:22:08Z")

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Hi there, I am new to ansible, and trying to install httpd using ansible in my test setup. My control machine is Mac, the test server is Centos, I have created user with passwordless sudo right. When I try to run my p…

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## [shut unused cisco switch interfaces](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shut-unused-cisco-switch-interfaces/28789)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Aljawad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ahmed_Aljawad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shut-unused-cisco-switch-interfaces/28789 "2018-10-16T11:52:50Z")

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Is there is any way i can loop on all the devices interfaces and shut all the Down Down ports ?

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## [Is there free gui interface or easy way to check  Ansible's log](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-free-gui-interface-or-easy-way-to-check-ansibles-log/28795)

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**Author:** [@Shlomit\_Afgin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shlomit_Afgin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-free-gui-interface-or-easy-way-to-check-ansibles-log/28795 "2018-10-16T10:26:56Z")

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Hi, I’m in a middle of building Ansible on our system. I would like to run it every day to check few servers. Is there any good way to follow the Ansible’s logs to check failed? Is there any free GUI I can use with An…

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## [Unable to change regional settings on Windows Server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-change-regional-settings-on-windows-server/28796)

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**Author:** [@Ameya\_Agashe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ameya_Agashe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-change-regional-settings-on-windows-server/28796 "2018-10-16T09:23:45Z")

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Hi Guys, I want to change regional settings post-Windows Server Provisioning, namely “Display language” and “Input Language” for a) Current User, b) Welcome Screen, and c) New user to “English Australia” I have the …

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## [Unable to Sync all the instances from the AWS to the Ansible Tower](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-sync-all-the-instances-from-the-aws-to-the-ansible-tower/28792)

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**Author:** [@Raj2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-sync-all-the-instances-from-the-aws-to-the-ansible-tower/28792 "2018-10-16T03:13:16Z")

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I have around 30 Server Instances in AWS all having only the Private IP. In the ansible tower, I have used AWS access key and secret key and thus configured the credentials in the tower. When I start creating a new inv…

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## [Unable to sync all the AWS instances into the Ansible Tower Inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-sync-all-the-aws-instances-into-the-ansible-tower-inventory/28791)

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**Author:** [@Raj2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-sync-all-the-aws-instances-into-the-ansible-tower-inventory/28791 "2018-10-16T03:12:18Z")

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I have around 30 Server Instances in AWS all having only the Private IP. In the ansible tower, I have used AWS access key and secret key and thus configured the credentials in the tower. When I start creating a new inv…

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## [YAML line breaks (newlines) when performing lookups of files or templates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-line-breaks-newlines-when-performing-lookups-of-files-or-templates/28781)

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**Author:** [@Dmitriy\_Panteleyev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dmitriy_Panteleyev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yaml-line-breaks-newlines-when-performing-lookups-of-files-or-templates/28781 "2018-10-16T03:01:29Z")

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I’ve been banging my head against this for two days. Maybe I’m missing something. When fetching a YAML file or template with lookup function, all the newlines are not preserved, but converted to ‘\\n’. This does not happe…

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## [Ansible playbook for host rebooted and started unexpectedly and send an alert](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-for-host-rebooted-and-started-unexpectedly-and-send-an-alert/28785)

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**Author:** [@akhtar.riaz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akhtar.riaz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-for-host-rebooted-and-started-unexpectedly-and-send-an-alert/28785 "2018-10-15T10:24:15Z")

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Hi All, I am looking for ansible play book example to send alert to premetheus after a host has rebooted and re-started unexpeditly. Any help would be greatly appreciate it. Thanks Riaz

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## [hi team..i need one help my requirement is that i wrote one play book to start the tomcat](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hi-team-i-need-one-help-my-requirement-is-that-i-wrote-one-play-book-to-start-the-tomcat/28750)

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**Author:** [@anjalidev5757](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anjalidev5757)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hi-team-i-need-one-help-my-requirement-is-that-i-wrote-one-play-book-to-start-the-tomcat/28750 "2018-10-15T03:46:09Z")

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hi team…i need one help my requirement is that i wrote one play book to start the tomcat application automatically in client machine …but the thing is that when i execute the playbook in master machine it is successfully…

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## [ERROR! 'win\_updates' is not a valid attribute for a Play. Pls suggest](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-updates-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-pls-suggest/28782)

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**Author:** [@Abhishek\_Mishra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhishek_Mishra)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-updates-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-pls-suggest/28782 "2018-10-14T22:14:52Z")

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ERROR! ‘win\_updates’ is not a valid attribute for a Play My yaml file

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## [What is the meaning behind Playbooks Names!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-behind-playbooks-names/28784)

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**Author:** [@harishreddy2992](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harishreddy2992)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-behind-playbooks-names/28784 "2018-10-14T20:03:56Z")

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Hi All, Have a doubt regarding giving a name to the playbook. Is there any specific reason for naming playbooks as following: 0.0-playbook-name.yml 0.1-playbook-name.yml 0.2-playbook-name.yml In the above names, wh…

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## [How to check exit status of an application in windows ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-check-exit-status-of-an-application-in-windows/28783)

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**Author:** [@Shyam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shyam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-check-exit-status-of-an-application-in-windows/28783 "2018-10-14T14:05:04Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to check the exit status of an application in windows through playbook like Linux ? Thanks and regards, Shyam.

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## [Packer to automate windows builds with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packer-to-automate-windows-builds-with-ansible/28780)

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**Author:** [@Rahamath](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahamath)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packer-to-automate-windows-builds-with-ansible/28780 "2018-10-13T16:18:11Z")

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Hello, i am trying to autonate windiws server build with Packer and virtual box. While using ansible provisioner in packer, how amd where to mention the ip address of newly launched VM in virtual box. I read that ansible…

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## [WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: the specified credentials were rejected by the server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/28761)

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**Author:** [@Johar\_K\_Kwan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johar_K_Kwan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winrm-connection-error-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/28761 "2018-10-13T08:54:33Z")

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Hi All, I faced below error on 1 of my windows machine. this windows machine is joined domain. ansible -i inventory winoct -m win\_ping -vvvvvvv ansible 2.6.1 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module s…

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