# Latest

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## [Error installing AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-installing-awx/28507)

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**Author:** [@arnab\_sen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arnab_sen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-installing-awx/28507 "2018-09-05T18:17:36Z")

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I am getting below error while installing AWX: TASK \[local\_docker : Activate postgres container\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [how to use import roles in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-import-roles-in-playbook/28498)

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**Author:** [@tim\_huang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tim_huang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-import-roles-in-playbook/28498 "2018-09-05T16:28:44Z")

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Hi, I’m working on the ansible to automate some tasks for the Cisco network switches, and I have created roles for ciscoios. I’m trying to use import roles in my playbook to run “check\_ip\_address” task rather than just…

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## [Automating Oracle installation using Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automating-oracle-installation-using-ansible/28503)

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**Author:** [@Sandeep\_Kandhway](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sandeep_Kandhway)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/automating-oracle-installation-using-ansible/28503 "2018-09-05T15:34:22Z")

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Hi Team, I’m planning to automate oracle 12cR1 installation through Ansible so that from one central host we can clone the complete oracle installation to multiple hosts(physical host). Can you please provide some guid…

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## [VmWare define multiple values in variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-define-multiple-values-in-variable/28504)

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**Author:** [@Branko\_Durkic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Branko_Durkic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-define-multiple-values-in-variable/28504 "2018-09-05T13:04:58Z")

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Hello there, I’m wondering is it possible to define multiple values in a variable? Example of variable main.tf \` cluster: Cluster\_01 Cluster\_02 \` Example of role main.yml \`

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## [Roles are ran multiple times if both referenced as dependency and from playbook (issue 22169) - still buggy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-are-ran-multiple-times-if-both-referenced-as-dependency-and-from-playbook-issue-22169-still-buggy/28502)

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**Author:** [@Kay\_Masslow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kay_Masslow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-are-ran-multiple-times-if-both-referenced-as-dependency-and-from-playbook-issue-22169-still-buggy/28502 "2018-09-05T09:45:42Z")

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Hello, Ansible issue 22169 - Roles are ran multiple times if both referenced as dependency and from playbook is claimed to be fixed but the bug is still present in Ansible 2.6.3. I posted a “working” example " but canno…

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## [install modules with setup.py](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-modules-with-setup-py/28501)

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**Author:** [@profhase85](https://forum.ansible.com/u/profhase85)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-modules-with-setup-py/28501 "2018-09-05T09:38:24Z")

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Hi all, is anyone know of a way how to install modules (singleFile) in a python standard manner? I have written (and tested) a module. I would like to have a setup.py in the Way that ansible running in the same Inter…

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## [\[ansible tower\]how to pass EXTRA VARIABLES into the powershell script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-how-to-pass-extra-variables-into-the-powershell-script/28500)

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**Author:** [@LB1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/LB1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-how-to-pass-extra-variables-into-the-powershell-script/28500 "2018-09-05T04:00:58Z")

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when i launch template with EXTRA VARIABLES tag: ‘201809051153’, the powershell ps1 cannot invoke the tag. In following environment, by cat 111.txt, it is not display ‘201809051153’, but ‘{ tag }’. platform: ansible to…

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## [Ansible Tower Windows SSH Support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495)

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**Author:** [@RajaGopalan\_Shanmuga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RajaGopalan_Shanmuga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-windows-ssh-support/28495 "2018-09-05T01:24:31Z")

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When would we have SSH Support for Windows instead WinRM , WinRM is not allowed in our enterprise. Thanks Raja UPMC

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## [Drift management at Scale](https://forum.ansible.com/t/drift-management-at-scale/28474)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Spencer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ben_Spencer)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/drift-management-at-scale/28474 "2018-09-05T00:06:52Z")

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We are working the trying to prove out/confirm that Ansible (via AWX/Tower) is able to replace out current drift management system. Technically it is seems very likely as the functionality is there. One of the hurdles we…

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## [Ansible hangs on Windows cleanmgr.exe](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hangs-on-windows-cleanmgr-exe/28395)

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**Author:** [@SurferL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SurferL)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hangs-on-windows-cleanmgr-exe/28395 "2018-09-04T20:37:23Z")

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Using Ansible 2.6.2, I’ve set cleanmgr.exe /sagerun:3 to everything possible manually on the Windows 10 machine. In my playbook I have the following task: name: windows | disk cleanup win\_shell: “cmd.exe /c cleanmgr.…

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## [mysql\_db does not "see" MySQL-python module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-db-does-not-see-mysql-python-module/28497)

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**Author:** [@Barry\_Kaplan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Barry_Kaplan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mysql-db-does-not-see-mysql-python-module/28497 "2018-09-04T20:00:25Z")

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I have \` tasks: name: Install the Python MySQLB module pip: name=mysql-python name: Create grafana database tags: \[mysql\] mysql\_db: state: present name: “{{ vault\_grafana\_db\_name }}” login\_host: “{{ data\_rd…

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## [Ansible Galaxy -\> william-yeh.oracle-java not found](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-william-yeh-oracle-java-not-found/28496)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Alvizu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Alvizu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-william-yeh-oracle-java-not-found/28496 "2018-09-04T18:50:14Z")

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Hi, I am using ansible-galaxy and a requirements.yml file. I have CI set up to do linting. My CI build today - it last successfully ran 6 days ago. I think the group name of my dependencies changed, but now I can’t get …

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## [Ansible output from csv file to html table](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-output-from-csv-file-to-html-table/28425)

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**Author:** [@Saravanan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saravanan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-output-from-csv-file-to-html-table/28425 "2018-09-04T16:41:48Z")

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All, Ansible output of a playbook is csv file format. This needs to be converted to html table and send as mail body output within Ansible playbook. Can someone share the task detail to convert csv file to html table.

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## [Need help with set\_fact at playbook level.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-set-fact-at-playbook-level/28494)

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**Author:** [@tabletpfb2018](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tabletpfb2018)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-set-fact-at-playbook-level/28494 "2018-09-04T16:25:45Z")

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Hi all, I have a playbook that receives a paramer and based in this we need to set a second variable to stablich the number of instances running. I have used set\_fact several times in task and roles such as: set\_fact…

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## [Changing an extra-vars variable to something else if it gets passed as a blank](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changing-an-extra-vars-variable-to-something-else-if-it-gets-passed-as-a-blank/28482)

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**Author:** [@JS11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JS11)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/changing-an-extra-vars-variable-to-something-else-if-it-gets-passed-as-a-blank/28482 "2018-09-04T14:05:19Z")

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I would like to change the variable format, if it gets passed as a blank. When running the playbook: \` ansible-playbook -vvv -i host deploy.yml --extra-vars “dal\_version=” \` Which has a task (where I want to change …

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## [Using groupby\_custom\_field\_excludes with the vmware inventory script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-groupby-custom-field-excludes-with-the-vmware-inventory-script/28493)

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**Author:** [@Thibaut\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thibaut_V)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-groupby-custom-field-excludes-with-the-vmware-inventory-script/28493 "2018-09-04T13:29:25Z")

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Hello ! I’m working with the vmware inventory script, in the vmware\_inventory.ini i’m trying to use the “groupby\_custom\_field\_excludes” filter but i can’t make it work, i didnt found examples on google, do you have some…

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## [Ansible Pull Configuration to get the status of each node](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pull-configuration-to-get-the-status-of-each-node/28478)

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**Author:** [@SUMIT\_SAHAY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SUMIT_SAHAY)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pull-configuration-to-get-the-status-of-each-node/28478 "2018-09-04T13:06:56Z")

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Hello Everyone, I want to know is there any configuration available in ansible so that we can track the status of playbook for each node while using ansible-pull. I want to run ansible-pull for 100 of nodes, and if ans…

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## [Need help with win\_package \[msi file with TRANSFORMS\]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-win-package-msi-file-with-transforms/28288)

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**Author:** [@Julien](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julien)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-win-package-msi-file-with-transforms/28288 "2018-09-04T08:52:38Z")

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Hello, I have some trouble with win\_package module, i’m trying to install a msi package with a deployment file, so i’ve wrote this task: - name: win\_package: path: C:\\tmp\\The msi package.msi arguments: - /passive -…

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## [This topic needs a title](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/28492)

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**Author:** [@Vemula\_Sivanagasai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vemula_Sivanagasai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-topic-needs-a-title/28492 "2018-09-03T16:32:39Z")

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I’am unable to view SCM credentials after the creation. Where it would go wrong possibly? Thanks, Siva

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## [How to define workflow templates on specific host/group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-define-workflow-templates-on-specific-host-group/28491)

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**Author:** [@user25](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user25)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-define-workflow-templates-on-specific-host-group/28491 "2018-09-03T13:22:49Z")

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Hi, My goal is to define a set of workflow templates, each running on a different host/group. I don’t want to define a set of different job templates that do the same tasks for each host/group. I failed to define the …

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## [ecs\_taskdefinition networking between to containers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ecs-taskdefinition-networking-between-to-containers/28280)

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**Author:** [@ofir](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ofir)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ecs-taskdefinition-networking-between-to-containers/28280 "2018-09-03T09:03:16Z")

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Hi, is there planning to add to ecs\_taskdefinition module NETWORK SETTINGS like in aws console?i am missing to main options in there, link and hostname

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## [Good Meraki Playbook example](https://forum.ansible.com/t/good-meraki-playbook-example/28490)

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**Author:** [@Duane\_Larson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Duane_Larson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/good-meraki-playbook-example/28490 "2018-09-02T22:10:14Z")

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Hey, Sorry for the newbie question but I just started looking into Ansible today and from the documentation I don’t get a good idea of how I would use the Meraki modules that come with the 2.7 and 2.8 versions of Ansibl…

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## [openssl genrsa require password in ansible script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openssl-genrsa-require-password-in-ansible-script/28487)

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**Author:** [@Pradeep\_Drall](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pradeep_Drall)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openssl-genrsa-require-password-in-ansible-script/28487 "2018-09-02T16:50:56Z")

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when I run below mentioned commands to generate RSA and csr in linux prompt , its require a password (Enter pass phrase for pradeep.key) and mention there “abc” password. Please do let me know how to capture this passwor…

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## [oddity with command arguments](https://forum.ansible.com/t/oddity-with-command-arguments/28489)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/oddity-with-command-arguments/28489 "2018-09-02T08:24:44Z")

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I am using the command module to run an AWS CLI command. The command has an argument in it that takes a space-delimited set of parameters, like this: –subnets-mappings this that theother When I issue the command on the…

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## [openssl genrsa require password in ansible script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openssl-genrsa-require-password-in-ansible-script/28488)

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**Author:** [@Pradeep\_Drall](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pradeep_Drall)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openssl-genrsa-require-password-in-ansible-script/28488 "2018-09-01T23:06:37Z")

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when I run below mentioned commands to generate RSA and csr in linux prompt , its require a password (Enter pass phrase for pradeep.key) and mention there “abc” password. Please do let me know how to capture this passwor…

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## [various files in various places on various hosts.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/various-files-in-various-places-on-various-hosts/28477)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_Uckun](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Uckun)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/various-files-in-various-places-on-various-hosts/28477 "2018-09-01T10:55:03Z")

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I am learning ansible and as an exercise I thought I would script my laptops. I have a mac laptop and a linux laptop and would like to see if I can script both of them using the same ansible repo. I know this is going to…

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## [unicode, json...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unicode-json/28486)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unicode-json/28486 "2018-09-01T06:15:54Z")

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I have an AWS CLI command that returns this (I’ve truncated it): changed: \[localhost\] =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: \[“aws”, “elbv2”, “create-load-balancer”, “–name”, “ADFS-ext-nlb”, “–type”, “network”, “–subnet-mappings”,…

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## [Ansible-2.7.0 beta 1 is now available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-7-0-beta-1-is-now-available/28485)

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**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-7-0-beta-1-is-now-available/28485 "2018-09-01T03:05:10Z")

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Hi all -- we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.7.0 beta1 is now available! How do you get it?

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## [How to use a pull request for a bug fix?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-pull-request-for-a-bug-fix/28484)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-a-pull-request-for-a-bug-fix/28484 "2018-09-01T02:27:10Z")

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I’ve run into this bug (elb\_network\_lb not properly supporting subnet\_mappings): https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42977 There is a fix available at: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42979 … but I don’…

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## [boto3 gone AWOL?!?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/boto3-gone-awol/28483)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/boto3-gone-awol/28483 "2018-09-01T02:19:42Z")

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My Ansible playbooks are failing with this message: fatal: \[localhost\]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Python modules "botocore" or "boto3" are missing, please install both”} But boto3 and botocore ARE installed…

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