# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=575 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 576 --- ## [Testing for new psexec module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/testing-for-new-psexec-module/26960)
**Author:** [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/testing-for-new-psexec-module/26960 "2018-03-12T03:09:14Z")
Hi All I’ve been working on an Ansible module that allows you to run a command on a Windows host remotely without the need for WinRM and in the end I’ve created a module called psexec to do this. If any Windows admins (… --- ## [Unable to clone a playbook: awx waits forever](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-clone-a-playbook-awx-waits-forever/26959)
**Author:** [@Mario\_Giammarco](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mario_Giammarco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-clone-a-playbook-awx-waits-forever/26959 "2018-03-12T00:29:26Z")
Hello, I am an awx newbie. I have tried to install it many times with docker and docker compose. I have tried latest version and 1.0.4 and 1.0.3 and others. I configure credentials and git scm in my project cloning f… --- ## [Two different version of ansible gives two different outputs for same ansible playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/two-different-version-of-ansible-gives-two-different-outputs-for-same-ansible-playbook/26958)
**Author:** [@Mahendra\_Raghuwanshi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mahendra_Raghuwanshi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/two-different-version-of-ansible-gives-two-different-outputs-for-same-ansible-playbook/26958 "2018-03-11T10:33:12Z")
\- hosts: Ebonding become: yes become\_method: sudo tasks - name: Clearing cache of Server4 file: path=/weblogic/bea/user\_projects/domains/tmp state=absent become: yes become\_use… --- ## [Is it possible to use S3 Ansible module on on-premise S3 Scality storage ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-s3-ansible-module-on-on-premise-s3-scality-storage/26957)
**Author:** [@Coolman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Coolman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-s3-ansible-module-on-on-premise-s3-scality-storage/26957 "2018-03-10T21:35:03Z")
Hello there, We have a S3 storage on on-premise cloud. I try to use the S3 Ansible module but it does not work : the S3 Ansible module seems to try to call AWS S3 instead of my on-premise S3 storage (despite parameters… --- ## [Examples of diverse inventories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/examples-of-diverse-inventories/26956)
**Author:** [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/examples-of-diverse-inventories/26956 "2018-03-10T20:35:36Z")
Dear fellow Ansiblizers, I’m working on some ideas related to Ansible Inventory, and am looking on diverse examples of how one structures his inventory. I have some ideas of myself on how to manage the Inventory, but w… --- ## [expect model not working accoring to plan](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-model-not-working-accoring-to-plan/26943)
**Author:** [@DOkuwa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DOkuwa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expect-model-not-working-accoring-to-plan/26943 "2018-03-10T19:29:12Z")
Hi all, It is me again with config on boxes I am using the expect module it is working but not doing what I want it to do This is the code name: backup of juniper using expect hosts: juniper connection: local task… --- ## [GitHub username change isn't reflected on galaxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/github-username-change-isnt-reflected-on-galaxy/26954)
**Author:** [@Venkatesh\_Reddy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Venkatesh_Reddy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/github-username-change-isnt-reflected-on-galaxy/26954 "2018-03-10T14:39:19Z")
Hi Team, Currently i am facing issue in repository sync between Galaxy and GitHub. Initially when i created my Galaxy account using my GitHub account i had username as ‘venkicnu’, but later i changed my GitHub username… --- ## [Survey and Auto Filled Fields](https://forum.ansible.com/t/survey-and-auto-filled-fields/26951)
**Author:** [@Brent\_Clark](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/survey-and-auto-filled-fields/26951 "2018-03-10T01:37:59Z")
Howdy everyone, Wondering if you could direct me to what I am looking for. When you launch a template and the job starts, one of the details of the job, is “Launched By” and the username of the user. If you click on th… --- ## [Permission denied while copy with sudo (Related to issue 2837)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/permission-denied-while-copy-with-sudo-related-to-issue-2837/13158)
**Author:** [@Vincent\_Hardion](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vincent_Hardion)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/permission-denied-while-copy-with-sudo-related-to-issue-2837/13158 "2018-03-10T00:28:54Z")
Hi everybody, Another newbie in Ansible … And I have a problem of permission with the copy task… Problem when I launch the playbook : ansible-playbook -k -K -i dev all.yml -vvv … failed: \[acomputer.se\] =\> {“failed”… --- ## [Is there an easy way, or tool, to check what versions of Ansible a role is compatible with?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-or-tool-to-check-what-versions-of-ansible-a-role-is-compatible-with/26952)
**Author:** [@David\_Reagan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Reagan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-or-tool-to-check-what-versions-of-ansible-a-role-is-compatible-with/26952 "2018-03-09T23:56:39Z")
Is there an easy way or tool to check what versions of Ansible a role is compatible with? I have several roles I’m considering adding to Ansible Galaxy. I’d like to have as accurate of a version requirement as I can. Bu… --- ## [must be stored as a dictionary/hash](https://forum.ansible.com/t/must-be-stored-as-a-dictionary-hash/26950)
**Author:** [@sanjanith\_reddy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sanjanith_reddy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/must-be-stored-as-a-dictionary-hash/26950 "2018-03-09T23:26:59Z")
Hi All, I’m trying to launch an EC2 instance via a playbook. My playbook contents are like this: --- ## [Use Ansible to audit server configs across life-cycle environments?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-to-audit-server-configs-across-life-cycle-environments/26946)
**Author:** [@Len\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Len_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-ansible-to-audit-server-configs-across-life-cycle-environments/26946 "2018-03-09T17:41:31Z")
Does Ansible provide the ability to effectively provide a diff of configuration files of server components across lifecycle environments? I have a requirement to be able to tell if my JVM’s and AppServers have the same c… --- ## [Arris Modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/arris-modules/26947)
**Author:** [@Juraj\_Papic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juraj_Papic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/arris-modules/26947 "2018-03-09T17:35:19Z")
Hello, Has anyone worked with Arris network with Ansible? Thanks. --- ## [Ansible task failing on error " VARIABLE NOT DEFINED"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-task-failing-on-error-variable-not-defined/26945)
**Author:** [@Zulkifal\_Sahibzada](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Zulkifal_Sahibzada)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-task-failing-on-error-variable-not-defined/26945 "2018-03-09T16:55:47Z")
Hi list, I am new to this Ansible world. I am using a playbook from sandersv32/cis rhel-7-ansible section-5.2.2 which is giving me an error "VARIABLE NOT DEFINED’. Here is the task I am running -name: 5.2.2 Enable audit… --- ## [Unable to run two commands simultaneously](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-two-commands-simultaneously/26944)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-run-two-commands-simultaneously/26944 "2018-03-09T16:19:27Z")
I’m trying to figure out where I’m going wrong here. I have two raw commands to run, one of which concatenates and copies two files into one and the other just overwrites another file and I’m getting a syntax error on th… --- ## [Sample code of "nested loops" with a "When condition"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sample-code-of-nested-loops-with-a-when-condition/26893)
**Author:** [@Raj5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raj5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sample-code-of-nested-loops-with-a-when-condition/26893 "2018-03-09T13:26:55Z")
Can some one provide the sample code if any with When condition? Thanks and Regards Shekar --- ## [Ansible 2.5.0 Release Candidate 2 is available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-0-release-candidate-2-is-available/26942)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-0-release-candidate-2-is-available/26942 "2018-03-09T07:58:04Z")
Hi all- we’re happy to announce that Release Candidate 2 of Ansible 2.5.0 is now available! How do you get it? --- ## [Ansible 2.5.0 Release Candidate 2 is available](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-0-release-candidate-2-is-available/26941)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-5-0-release-candidate-2-is-available/26941 "2018-03-09T07:57:37Z")
Hi all- we’re happy to announce that Release Candidate 2 of Ansible 2.5.0 is now available! How do you get it? --- ## [determining network os type?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/determining-network-os-type/26940)
**Author:** [@MarcG](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MarcG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/determining-network-os-type/26940 "2018-03-09T06:21:52Z")
Hi, There are various network modules for iOS,EOS, etc etc… What I was wondering is there a way to determine a hosts base os type so that the correct network module can be called? I have seen some sites reference ‘ansi… --- ## [Content from multiple hosts to one file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/content-from-multiple-hosts-to-one-file/26921)
**Author:** [@belajzus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/belajzus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/content-from-multiple-hosts-to-one-file/26921 "2018-03-09T05:40:29Z")
Hi to all, I need to generate some file, and inside that file is some content from multiple hosts. I’ve done that using template module, so I generate one file on every host, delegate that to localhost, and with assemb… --- ## [Howto read variables from an vaut encrypted file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-read-variables-from-an-vaut-encrypted-file/26926)
**Author:** [@neccross9](https://forum.ansible.com/u/neccross9)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-read-variables-from-an-vaut-encrypted-file/26926 "2018-03-08T22:13:08Z")
Hi all, the following task may sound easy but actually it fails all the time … I want to store my password in a variable and put it into an ansible-vault encrypted file. The content of this file will look like this: \`… --- ## [networking not idempotent](https://forum.ansible.com/t/networking-not-idempotent/26938)
**Author:** [@mark.tovey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mark.tovey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/networking-not-idempotent/26938 "2018-03-08T21:45:33Z")
I am experimenting with the networking modules in Ansible to try to understand how we can use Ansible to manage our network devices. To that end, I have written a simple playbook to apply an ACL to a router. It works wel… --- ## [Copy module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-module/26914)
**Author:** [@Malcolm\_Hussain-Gamb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Malcolm_Hussain-Gamb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-module/26914 "2018-03-08T17:55:24Z")
I'm using ansible to build a package in Jenkins and the make an rpm. The copy function takes 20+ minutes to copy a few files. Using the command function takes under a second. The synchronize function is generally unusa… --- ## [Retrieve EC2 Tags via Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-ec2-tags-via-ansible/26937)
**Author:** [@Anurag\_Sernapally](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anurag_Sernapally)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-ec2-tags-via-ansible/26937 "2018-03-08T15:35:51Z")
Hi All, I have an requirement to execute specific ansible task based on the ec2 tags thats been injected in the instance. I am using ansible version 2.2. Can someone let me know how can I get the list of ec2 tags? Belo… --- ## [Cannot get password from a vault file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-password-from-a-vault-file/26936)
**Author:** [@JiElPe-Fr38](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JiElPe-Fr38)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-password-from-a-vault-file/26936 "2018-03-08T15:35:13Z")
Dear all, I am really stucked with this problem. I have a vault file which is referenced within ansible.cfg and its password is stored in a file referenced on the command line through --vault-password-file. This seems… --- ## [cannot get remote\_user in a callback plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-remote-user-in-a-callback-plugin/26935)
**Author:** [@Igor\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Igor_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-remote-user-in-a-callback-plugin/26935 "2018-03-08T14:16:05Z")
Hi all, I am developing a callback plugin to print messages to hipchat when playbook starts and finishes, and some additional info like who is running the playbook. To get the username I tried 2 ways: cli.options.rem… --- ## [When hostnames have hyphens in them](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-hostnames-have-hyphens-in-them/26933)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Sobey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Sobey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-hostnames-have-hyphens-in-them/26933 "2018-03-08T13:50:12Z")
Hi all, I’ve come across an issue which might be a showstopper for me; either way I wouldn’t mind some advice. My aim is to lookup in a vaulted file the name of a variable that is based around the hostname of the serve… --- ## [os\_nova\_flavor does not update a flavor if it already exists...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-nova-flavor-does-not-update-a-flavor-if-it-already-exists/21183)
**Author:** [@Thiago\_Martins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thiago_Martins)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-nova-flavor-does-not-update-a-flavor-if-it-already-exists/21183 "2018-03-08T06:53:24Z")
Guys, I’m trying to update the default OpenStack flavors, by using “os\_nova\_flavor” but, it does not update the flavors settings if it already exists… Is there any way to force it to update the flavors? A workaround i… --- ## [Using the wait\_for module to check ports from one windows host to another windows host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-the-wait-for-module-to-check-ports-from-one-windows-host-to-another-windows-host/26929)
**Author:** [@marcalfa1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marcalfa1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-the-wait-for-module-to-check-ports-from-one-windows-host-to-another-windows-host/26929 "2018-03-08T05:38:30Z")
Not sure if i’m using the wait\_for module correctly on two windows host. I’m getting the error below when trying to check if a port is open from a source windows host to a target windows host. Wondering if i’m using the… --- ## [psycog2 is installed but postgresql\_user gives error that psycog2 is required](https://forum.ansible.com/t/psycog2-is-installed-but-postgresql-user-gives-error-that-psycog2-is-required/26928)
**Author:** [@gearoidibm](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gearoidibm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/psycog2-is-installed-but-postgresql-user-gives-error-that-psycog2-is-required/26928 "2018-03-07T22:45:30Z")
psycog2 has beeen installed using ansible pip module. The postgresql\_user module fails with a message saying psycog2 is required. pip list shows that psycog2 is installed on the managed system. ansible 2.4.3, python 2… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=574) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=576)