# Latest

**URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=607

[Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md)

**Page:** 608

---

## [Windows 2008 R2 - WinRM and disabling TLS 1.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-2008-r2-winrm-and-disabling-tls-1-0/20348)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Chris\_Carlson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Carlson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-2008-r2-winrm-and-disabling-tls-1-0/20348 "2017-11-14T03:57:46Z")

</div>

Recently, I’ve undertaken the task of PCI Compliance for several servers I manage. One of the recurring recommendations is to disable TLS 1.0 in favor of TLS 1.1/1.2. The good news… Disabling TLS 1.0 on a group of serve…

---

## [HowTo run tasks only after a snapshot was successfully taken?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-run-tasks-only-after-a-snapshot-was-successfully-taken/25972)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Jorg\_Kastning](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jorg_Kastning)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-run-tasks-only-after-a-snapshot-was-successfully-taken/25972 "2017-11-13T20:22:25Z")

</div>

Hi @all, let me explain my scenario first, before I come to my question. We run most of our linux servers as virtual machines in VMware vSphere Clusters. I would like to use a playbook that takes a snapshot from a vm b…

---

## [Is it possible to copy a file to a newly created ec2 instance in the same playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-file-to-a-newly-created-ec2-instance-in-the-same-playbook/26010)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Jeff\_Parrish](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Parrish)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-a-file-to-a-newly-created-ec2-instance-in-the-same-playbook/26010 "2017-11-13T18:23:48Z")

</div>

I’m trying to start a marketplace instance and secure it all in the same playbook. That requires copying some files and running a provisioning script. I’d prefer to keep all that in a single playbook, to reduce chances o…

---

## [Windows 10 Ubuntu | Ansible issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-10-ubuntu-ansible-issue/25994)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Stephen\_John\_Smoogen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_John_Smoogen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-10-ubuntu-ansible-issue/25994 "2017-11-13T17:38:16Z")

</div>

Hi there, I succesfully installed ansible on windows 10 ubuntu. Everything works... from ubuntu. However, calling a playbook via windows does not work: bash -c "~/test.sh" ERROR! the playbook:x.ymlcould not be foun…

---

## [How to copy files from multiple directories with ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-copy-files-from-multiple-directories-with-ansible/25971)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Dev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-copy-files-from-multiple-directories-with-ansible/25971 "2017-11-13T07:40:14Z")

</div>

Hello everyone, I have the following structure: dir1 ├── a1 │ └── one.jar ├── a2 │ └── target │ └── two.jar ├── a3 │ └── subdir │ └── target │ ├── three.jar │ ├── four.jar │ ├── five.jar │ └── six.war └── …

---

## [How to append to list vars](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-append-to-list-vars/25884)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-append-to-list-vars/25884 "2017-11-13T06:12:32Z")

</div>

Hi I have a few use cases where I define a list in group\_vars/all.yml, for instance a list of users: users: - allen - bob - chris - dick So this list applies to all hosts in my case. But for a specific h…

---

## [ansible2.4 can not run dockerd(binary) in backgroud](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible2-4-can-not-run-dockerd-binary-in-backgroud/25989)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@twinmegami\_arara](https://forum.ansible.com/u/twinmegami_arara)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible2-4-can-not-run-dockerd-binary-in-backgroud/25989 "2017-11-13T05:34:48Z")

</div>

ANSIBLE VERSION 2.4.1.0 OS / ENVIRONMENT centos 7 in vagrant SUMMARY install docker script function docker\_install() { echo "docker install" if \[ ${sysOS} == "Linux" \] then if \[ ! -f /tmp/install\_docker\_flag \]; then …

---

## [E-mail Playbook Results of Ansible Run](https://forum.ansible.com/t/e-mail-playbook-results-of-ansible-run/26000)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Jon\_Adcock](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jon_Adcock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/e-mail-playbook-results-of-ansible-run/26000 "2017-11-12T14:45:05Z")

</div>

I’ve setup an Ansible (v2.4) playbook that configures/checks for compliance with a list of (STIG-based) security checks. I have this playbook scheduled in cron to run weekly but I really want to get an e-mail reporting o…

---

## [group\_vars still needs for vars: in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-still-needs-for-vars-in-playbook/26004)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-still-needs-for-vars-in-playbook/26004 "2017-11-12T14:42:35Z")

</div>

You still need to provide the provider, how else is the module going to know where to connect? The difference is only where you specify cisco\_asa, the task asa\_config should be equal in both cases.

---

## [Ansible UML Diagram](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-uml-diagram/26001)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@santa117](https://forum.ansible.com/u/santa117)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-uml-diagram/26001 "2017-11-11T22:24:43Z")

</div>

Does anyone have an Ansible UML diagram with the main components of Ansible? I’m working on a project for school and I chose Ansible as the open source software to dissect and maybe if someone has a UML diagram already …

---

## [ansible  group\_vars still needs for vars: in playbook ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-vars-still-needs-for-vars-in-playbook/25999)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Federico\_Olivieri](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Federico_Olivieri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-vars-still-needs-for-vars-in-playbook/25999 "2017-11-11T17:46:26Z")

</div>

Hi all, I moved host variables from inventory to group\_vars/all: In one example I have seen on a book seems that, once moved the variable from playbook to group\_vars, it is possible to remove vars: section from playboo…

---

## [vmware\_guest module and template cloning vs vm update weirdness on NIC addition](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-module-and-template-cloning-vs-vm-update-weirdness-on-nic-addition/25998)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Bruno](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruno)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-module-and-template-cloning-vs-vm-update-weirdness-on-nic-addition/25998 "2017-11-11T11:56:14Z")

</div>

Hi all, Ansible version used : 2.4.1.0 I am experiencing some strange behaviour using vmware\_guest to create a new VM from a template, compared to updating a previously createdVM : I am trying to create a VM from a te…

---

## [Ansible 2.3.3 RC3 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-3-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/25997)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jimi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jimi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-3-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/25997 "2017-11-11T00:07:18Z")

</div>

Hi all, we’re happy to announce that RC3 for 2.3.3 is now available for testing. How do you get it?

---

## [Service not starting on one server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/service-not-starting-on-one-server/25965)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@John\_Harmon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Harmon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/service-not-starting-on-one-server/25965 "2017-11-10T22:35:05Z")

</div>

I have a playbook that configures ldap for linux servers via sssd. It runs against OEL 6, 7 and RHEL 6. One OEL sssd is enabled and running when the playbook is done; however, on RHEL6 the service is only enabled and not…

---

## [When installing Ansible from source, how can I make setup.py install to a certain directory instead of the build directory?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-installing-ansible-from-source-how-can-i-make-setup-py-install-to-a-certain-directory-instead-of-the-build-directory/25996)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ZillaYT](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ZillaYT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/when-installing-ansible-from-source-how-can-i-make-setup-py-install-to-a-certain-directory-instead-of-the-build-directory/25996 "2017-11-10T17:54:50Z")

</div>

I was asked to install Ansible from source, so I am though I know I can “pip install ansible” On a RHEL6.x VM. I have Python 2.7.14 and pip 9.0.1 installed. So I downloaded the tarball and extracted it in /path/ansible-…

---

## [Is it possible to set the "hostname" in Ansible's console output?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-the-hostname-in-ansibles-console-output/25967)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Ryan\_Fisher](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ryan_Fisher)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-the-hostname-in-ansibles-console-output/25967 "2017-11-10T17:51:56Z")

</div>

I’m creating a dynamic inventory using ec2.py (which is working great, thanks!). One minor annoyance I’m running into is that the console output that shows changes is labeled with the instances private IPs (as set by hos…

---

## [Facing  OSError: \[Errno 30\] Read-only file system: '/usr/bin/dumb-init'\\n", while running dumb-init task in Ansible-Container Build](https://forum.ansible.com/t/facing-oserror-errno-30-read-only-file-system-usr-bin-dumb-init-n-while-running-dumb-init-task-in-ansible-container-build/25991)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ManiGandan\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ManiGandan_T)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/facing-oserror-errno-30-read-only-file-system-usr-bin-dumb-init-n-while-running-dumb-init-task-in-ansible-container-build/25991 "2017-11-10T15:42:45Z")

</div>

Container.yml : version: ‘2’ settings: conductor\_base: alpine:3.4 services: ansible.node-container: roles: node\_container ports: ‘3001:3001’ user: node Command Used : sudo ansible-container --debug build Mai…

---

## [docker\_container unable to convert etc\_hosts to dict](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-unable-to-convert-etc-hosts-to-dict/25993)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@David\_Bush](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Bush)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-container-unable-to-convert-etc-hosts-to-dict/25993 "2017-11-10T15:11:27Z")

</div>

I need to add the hosts that my docker container needs to contact, to the /etc/hosts file. The docker\_container module has a provision for that but it’s not working when I set etc\_hosts to a variable. The error is: argu…

---

## [async status error when used with become...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/async-status-error-when-used-with-become/25992)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Julien\_Tognazzi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julien_Tognazzi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/async-status-error-when-used-with-become/25992 "2017-11-10T14:37:04Z")

</div>

Hi all, I notice a weird behavior regarding async\_status Assuming user1 and user2 exists on the remote host (here localhost) async.yml \`

---

## [iterate over vars\[dict\_name\] for multiple dicts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iterate-over-vars-dict-name-for-multiple-dicts/25981)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Rajesh\_Rajendran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rajesh_Rajendran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iterate-over-vars-dict-name-for-multiple-dicts/25981 "2017-11-10T11:32:00Z")

</div>

---

## [need help on manage GCE instances with Ansible.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-on-manage-gce-instances-with-ansible/25990)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Paul\_Yan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Yan1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-on-manage-gce-instances-with-ansible/25990 "2017-11-10T09:23:15Z")

</div>

I am trying to use a Compute Engine instance to manage all my nodes within the project. so far I am able to create instances without issues, but somehow I am not able to go further and use ansible to manage those nodes.…

---

## [Do not working nginx...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/do-not-working-nginx/25913)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Artur001](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Artur001)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/do-not-working-nginx/25913 "2017-11-10T08:19:06Z")

</div>

Hi everyone I’m trying to make a film project But the test site does not open (neither by ip nor PC). 502 Bad Gateway I think the problem is in the configuration settings of nginx or php-fpm. Thanks

---

## [the process hung up when i ping an AIX machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-process-hung-up-when-i-ping-an-aix-machine/25988)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@hg\_huang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hg_huang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-process-hung-up-when-i-ping-an-aix-machine/25988 "2017-11-10T08:12:16Z")

</div>

---

## [Unable to Ping from ansible machine remote machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-from-ansible-machine-remote-machine/25986)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Yogesh\_Ramachandran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yogesh_Ramachandran)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-from-ansible-machine-remote-machine/25986 "2017-11-10T07:19:43Z")

</div>

We installed ansible using PIP in ubuntu 16.04##### ANSIBLE VERSION 2.3.2, I have got to know that if ansible installed using pip configuration folder and file will not be created defaultly in /etc/ansible/hosts. Now i n…

---

## [Regarding jenkins plugins](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regarding-jenkins-plugins/25984)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@routpriyanka64](https://forum.ansible.com/u/routpriyanka64)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regarding-jenkins-plugins/25984 "2017-11-10T05:05:02Z")

</div>

Hello , I am trying to add jenkins plugins using playbook . playbook is like this — hosts: “{{ target }}” tasks: name: Install plugin jenkins\_plugin: name: build-pipeline-plugin url\_password: welcome1 url: http:…

---

## [Ansible Tower, require approval in workflow](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-require-approval-in-workflow/25983)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-require-approval-in-workflow/25983 "2017-11-10T04:24:29Z")

</div>

Does Ansible Tower support some kind of approval check in workflows? The use case that I have in mind is to use a workflow to roll out a change request, but to only run the workflow which pulls the trigger on implementat…

---

## [moving to ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/moving-to-ansible/25982)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@coach.rhca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/coach.rhca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/moving-to-ansible/25982 "2017-11-10T03:57:50Z")

</div>

Hi, Is there any migration tool which can help in migrating configuration management tool - from cfengine code to ansible playbooks.For example the below snippet code is in cfengine code needs to be moved to ansible. c…

---

## [How to handle environment specific role vars?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-environment-specific-role-vars/25980)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Bo\_Vial](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bo_Vial)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-environment-specific-role-vars/25980 "2017-11-09T22:49:03Z")

</div>

I am trying to work out the best way to handle multiple environments (dev/stage/prod) in Ansible? I have read the best practices outlined in the Ansible docs here: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks\_best\_p…

---

## [Failed to validate the SSL certificate for github.com:443 while executing ansible-container build](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-validate-the-ssl-certificate-for-github-com-443-while-executing-ansible-container-build/25974)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@ManiGandan\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ManiGandan_T)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-validate-the-ssl-certificate-for-github-com-443-while-executing-ansible-container-build/25974 "2017-11-09T21:34:27Z")

</div>

My main.yml is executing a task called dumb-init and we are getting “msg”: "Failed to validate the SSL certificate for github.com:443. Make sure your managed systems have a valid CA certificate installed " error STEPS T…

---

## [No login page](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-login-page/25960)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Bill\_Nolf](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Nolf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-login-page/25960 "2017-11-09T21:02:39Z")

</div>

I used awx\_task and awx\_web along with docker-compose docker ps awx\_task:latest is running port 8052/tcp awx\_web:latest is running port 0.0.0.0:80 → 8052/tcp rabbitmg:3 running port 4369/tcp, 5671-5672/tcp mencached…

[Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=606)

[Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=608)
