# Latest

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## [AWX using local roles rather than requirements.yml, unlocking the vault](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-using-local-roles-rather-than-requirements-yml-unlocking-the-vault/27499)

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**Author:** [@anthony.cleaves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anthony.cleaves)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-using-local-roles-rather-than-requirements-yml-unlocking-the-vault/27499 "2018-05-10T08:43:20Z")

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Hello, I was curious if anyone had any advice here. We use lots of roles we have made ourselves, they are all stored in the same project as the inventories. So I have managed to trick AWX into using them, by placing a s…

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## [AWS Kinesis Stream](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-kinesis-stream/27498)

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**Author:** [@Sanjeewan\_Choudhary](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sanjeewan_Choudhary)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-kinesis-stream/27498 "2018-05-10T07:31:35Z")

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Hello All, Anyone worked on kinesis stream AWS framework , I trying to log collector agent for Window machine ,anyone has any idea?

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## [Import excel file values to ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-excel-file-values-to-ansible/24261)

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**Author:** [@groupfiles14](https://forum.ansible.com/u/groupfiles14)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-excel-file-values-to-ansible/24261 "2018-05-10T07:24:35Z")

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i have an excel file with 2 columns and multiple rows of data, , basically like a key value pair, i want to import those as it is into win\_Regedit for creating registry entries, how can i do it? i want the column1 row1 t…

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## [Why do I have to split up this set\_fact into multiple? or am I doing something incorrect?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-do-i-have-to-split-up-this-set-fact-into-multiple-or-am-i-doing-something-incorrect/27487)

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**Author:** [@MarcG](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MarcG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-do-i-have-to-split-up-this-set-fact-into-multiple-or-am-i-doing-something-incorrect/27487 "2018-05-10T07:09:04Z")

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Hi can someone please explain why the following two seperate 'set\_fact’s work. name : combine network and wildcard set\_fact: net\_mask: “{{ ‘{{network}}/{{wildcard}}’ }}” when: ansible\_network\_os == ‘asa’ name : de…

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## [Custom Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-module/27497)

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**Author:** [@SUMIT\_SAHAY](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SUMIT_SAHAY)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-module/27497 "2018-05-10T06:51:06Z")

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Hi All, I am trying to create the custom module, can anyone help me on this? Looking forward for reply… Thanks & Regards Sumit Sahay

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## [Ansible loop query](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-loop-query/27496)

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**Author:** [@Aman\_Kaushik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aman_Kaushik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-loop-query/27496 "2018-05-10T05:59:05Z")

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Hello Team, Below is my playbook & variable for Ansible. Could you please check and help with my query. Playbook name: GIN\_MNG Routing lineinfile: line: set routing-instances GIN\_MNG routing-options static route {{…

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## [ALB module coming soon?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alb-module-coming-soon/27493)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alb-module-coming-soon/27493 "2018-05-09T22:10:25Z")

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Does anyone know if an AWS application load balancer module is coming soon? I’ve seen a few requests for one when googling, but no indication of a new module. Hmmm? Regards, K.

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## [Noob question - inventory and group\_vars](https://forum.ansible.com/t/noob-question-inventory-and-group-vars/27489)

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**Author:** [@Lee\_Drew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lee_Drew)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/noob-question-inventory-and-group-vars/27489 "2018-05-09T20:10:06Z")

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So far I’ve found out that if I have an inventory file (E.G inventory.yml) within a playbook folder, and a file named web.yml in group\_vars I can do a win\_ping without issues when the inventory file contains a group name…

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## [Capturing information from nodes without Python](https://forum.ansible.com/t/capturing-information-from-nodes-without-python/27492)

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**Author:** [@Matt\_Hickok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Hickok)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/capturing-information-from-nodes-without-python/27492 "2018-05-09T17:25:45Z")

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Hello, Let me preface this with ‘I have no idea what I’m doing’. So I am trying to figure out how to gather facts from Linux devices which do not have Python installed. I think this means the setup module cannot run so…

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## [Convert an XML to JSON using ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/convert-an-xml-to-json-using-ansible/27482)

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**Author:** [@Madushan\_Chathuranga](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Madushan_Chathuranga)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/convert-an-xml-to-json-using-ansible/27482 "2018-05-09T13:54:22Z")

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Hi, Is there a filter or any work around to convert an XML to JSON using ansible? Thanks.

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## [SAML integration with gsuite](https://forum.ansible.com/t/saml-integration-with-gsuite/27488)

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**Author:** [@Choon\_Ming\_Goh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Choon_Ming_Goh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/saml-integration-with-gsuite/27488 "2018-05-09T13:49:00Z")

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Hi, I’m currently using AWX 1.0.4.130 and I’m trying to implement SAML with it. I’ve configured the IDP as simple as it can be with the metadata from google SAML Enabled IDP: \` { “google”: { “url”: “https://account…

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## [Unable to install through dpkg in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-through-dpkg-in-ansible/27465)

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**Author:** [@Bishwajit\_Samanta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bishwajit_Samanta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-through-dpkg-in-ansible/27465 "2018-05-09T13:03:36Z")

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Hi, I am trying to install a .deb Package through Ansible, it is not getting installed. Error:-

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## [Alteon Rest Api](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alteon-rest-api/27490)

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**Author:** [@mamadouadaba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mamadouadaba)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alteon-rest-api/27490 "2018-05-09T10:13:52Z")

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Hello there, I would like to get config of the Radware alteon vadc through Rest API. Since I want to access directly without using vdirect, I inialized a module. But the fact is I don’t know the tree being the api in …

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## [Unable to Ping Ansible Hosts in Inventory from Azure Cloudshell](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-ansible-hosts-in-inventory-from-azure-cloudshell/27475)

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**Author:** [@Carlton\_Patterson1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Carlton_Patterson1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-ansible-hosts-in-inventory-from-azure-cloudshell/27475 "2018-05-09T06:47:05Z")

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Hello Community, I have created a Centos host in Azure and added the hosts to my Ansible inventory, however whenever I attempt to ping the host with ansible, from Azure Cloud Shell I get the error shown in image. How…

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## [Deprecation warnings](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecation-warnings/27486)

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**Author:** [@Mathias\_Buresch](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mathias_Buresch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecation-warnings/27486 "2018-05-09T05:46:00Z")

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Hey there, I am running Ansible 2.5.2 now. Already with version 2.4 I got some deprecation warning and so on. Do I have to adjust all roles by myself or is there a magic script which can find those issues and fix them …

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## [Variable disappears...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-disappears/27484)

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**Author:** [@David\_Villasmil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Villasmil)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-disappears/27484 "2018-05-08T22:01:10Z")

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Hello all, I’ve got a playbook that does: name: Get db cluster endpoint shell: “aws --region=us-east-1 rds describe-db-clusters --db-cluster-identifier {{ cluster }}-kam-db” register: aws\_cluster\_res set\_fact: …

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## [What is recommended version???](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479)

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**Author:** [@Lee\_Drew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lee_Drew)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-recommended-version/27479 "2018-05-08T21:52:04Z")

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Hi - I’m completely new to Ansible (and not too familiar with Linux). What is the recommended Ansible version? If I download via apt-get or pip by default it is downloading the latest version (2.5.2) - isn’t this a dev …

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## [gce.py - toggling between GCE projects](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gce-py-toggling-between-gce-projects/27485)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Bubb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Bubb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gce-py-toggling-between-gce-projects/27485 "2018-05-08T16:53:16Z")

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Hello - We are using gce.py / gce.ini in our inventory and it works nicely. One glitch is that I have not found a great way to toggle between projects so I simlink to the gce.ini file I need: ls -lia /etc/ansible/hos…

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## [if-elseif-if](https://forum.ansible.com/t/if-elseif-if/27462)

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**Author:** [@ali.khawaja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ali.khawaja)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/if-elseif-if/27462 "2018-05-08T13:57:02Z")

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i am trying to set a variable based on the value of a variable in the config file but unable to do so. here’s my config file: sql\_ver: “2012” # available sql versions are: 2008 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 sp\_ver: “2010” # av…

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## [Is there any way to parse a list of values in a variable using a Survey in a AWX Job Template?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-parse-a-list-of-values-in-a-variable-using-a-survey-in-a-awx-job-template/27483)

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**Author:** [@David\_VA](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_VA)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-parse-a-list-of-values-in-a-variable-using-a-survey-in-a-awx-job-template/27483 "2018-05-08T13:51:51Z")

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Dear all, I’m programming a Jboss role to manage the deployment of any Jboss node. The role is included using a playbook wich parses some ‘interface’ variables to the role, in order to make them independent of the role. …

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## [Question about hosts and playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-hosts-and-playbooks/27468)

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**Author:** [@Edmund\_Cheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edmund_Cheng)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-hosts-and-playbooks/27468 "2018-05-08T04:47:35Z")

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Hi, I recently started ansible and have a question: Lets say we have like 100 playbooks running against a few hundred hosts, perhaps some playbooks are running against different groups as defined in the ansible host f…

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## [elb\_application\_lb  http/2 attribute](https://forum.ansible.com/t/elb-application-lb-http-2-attribute/27477)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Pechner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Pechner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/elb-application-lb-http-2-attribute/27477 "2018-05-08T01:04:49Z")

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Did the snake bite me, or is enabling the http/2 attribute not there yet?

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## [Extracting data from ec2 output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extracting-data-from-ec2-output/27476)

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**Author:** [@David\_Villasmil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Villasmil)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extracting-data-from-ec2-output/27476 "2018-05-07T18:06:37Z")

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hello all, After executing ec2 create, with “with\_sequence”, i need to retrieve each instance’s “id”, “dns\_name” and “tags”-\>“Name”. the response is as follows: \` \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /home/admin/.an…

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## [How can I add Bitbucket SCM to an AWX Project?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-add-bitbucket-scm-to-an-awx-project/27470)

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**Author:** [@Dinesh\_Vashisht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dinesh_Vashisht)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-add-bitbucket-scm-to-an-awx-project/27470 "2018-05-07T15:16:58Z")

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Or is there a way to manually create/import Ansible playbooks?

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## [how to re-use a role in a single playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-re-use-a-role-in-a-single-playbook/27472)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-re-use-a-role-in-a-single-playbook/27472 "2018-05-07T12:19:37Z")

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I have a very simple role called “make\_vpc” that creates an EC2 VPC. It takes as inputs three variables: region, vpc\_name and vpc\_cidr\_block. In my playbook I can just set those variables, call the role, and I get a VPC…

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## [count ignore\_errors as failed in play recap.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/count-ignore-errors-as-failed-in-play-recap/27471)

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**Author:** [@mxj](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mxj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/count-ignore-errors-as-failed-in-play-recap/27471 "2018-05-07T11:28:50Z")

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Hi, can someone help me is it possible to count ignore\_errors as failed in play recap ? as below sample. it supposed to have 4 Failed. Thanks, Mujahiddin Janapi PLAY \[all\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Why playbook take wrong values for group variables?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-playbook-take-wrong-values-for-group-variables/27404)

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**Author:** [@user30](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user30)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-playbook-take-wrong-values-for-group-variables/27404 "2018-05-06T20:30:51Z")

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Hi, favorite I have a problem with groups variables. Example: I have two inventory groups group\_A and group\_B, and also have the same name files in group\_vars: inventories/ hosts.inv \[gro…

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## [no subnet id in ec2\_vpc\_subnet?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-subnet-id-in-ec2-vpc-subnet/27467)

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**Author:** [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-subnet-id-in-ec2-vpc-subnet/27467 "2018-05-06T18:32:25Z")

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The doco for ec2\_vpc\_subnet shows no ID attribute for a subnet, except in the return value. I tried a few obvious variants with no luck, just in case it had just been omitted from the doco. Without an ID attribute, am I…

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## [Can ayone findout what wil be the issue cannot able to create nat](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ayone-findout-what-wil-be-the-issue-cannot-able-to-create-nat/27466)

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**Author:** [@karthick\_selvam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/karthick_selvam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ayone-findout-what-wil-be-the-issue-cannot-able-to-create-nat/27466 "2018-05-06T11:17:34Z")

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## [trying vagrant + ansible for windows server target. cant win\_ping](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-vagrant-ansible-for-windows-server-target-cant-win-ping/27444)

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**Author:** [@pixel\_fairy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pixel_fairy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-vagrant-ansible-for-windows-server-target-cant-win-ping/27444 "2018-05-06T00:52:03Z")

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host: ubuntu-16.04 vagrant: 2.0.4 vagrant-hostmanager (1.8.8) vagrant-libvirt (0.0.43) vagrant-mutate (1.2.0) vagrant-sshfs (1.3.1) there is a virtualbox version of the same windows box. used pip to update winrm (a…

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