# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=616 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 617 --- ## [Ansible 2.4.0 RC1 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-0-rc1-is-ready-for-testing/25726)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-0-rc1-is-ready-for-testing/25726 "2017-10-12T14:45:36Z")
Hi all, we're happy to announce that RC1 for 2.4.1 is now available for testing. How do you get it? --- ## [isolated groups in tower 3.2 - rsyncs to itself rather than to one of the nodes in the isolated group?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/isolated-groups-in-tower-3-2-rsyncs-to-itself-rather-than-to-one-of-the-nodes-in-the-isolated-group/25735)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Sugg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Sugg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/isolated-groups-in-tower-3-2-rsyncs-to-itself-rather-than-to-one-of-the-nodes-in-the-isolated-group/25735 "2017-10-12T14:39:19Z")
I have a question about using ansible tower isolated groups. I have the following setup: • Nodes 1-3 are in the “tower” group and are also the controller nodes for Nodes 4-5, which are in the isolated group “restricted.… --- ## [outputting dictionary variables using copy module not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/outputting-dictionary-variables-using-copy-module-not-working/25733)
**Author:** [@Abey\_Thomas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abey_Thomas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/outputting-dictionary-variables-using-copy-module-not-working/25733 "2017-10-12T14:10:20Z")
Hi, I am running ansible on centos 7.4.1708 . Not sure what I am doing wrong but the dictionary variables are not completely written by the copy module. Here is my complete YAML file : --- ## [json\_query with authorized\_key-module output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/json-query-with-authorized-key-module-output/25727)
**Author:** [@Goetz\_Leupold](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Goetz_Leupold)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/json-query-with-authorized-key-module-output/25727 "2017-10-12T13:25:21Z")
Hi, i have a problem with the response of the authorized\_key-module in combination with the Jinja2 Filter “json\_query”. This filter works already fine for me with the prompt-Module where i extract all the inputs with “y… --- ## [Queries regarding IOS\_CONFIG module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/queries-regarding-ios-config-module/25732)
**Author:** [@joharharkanwal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/joharharkanwal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/queries-regarding-ios-config-module/25732 "2017-10-12T12:49:17Z")
Hello I am aware of parents attribute while defining the configuration. I have queries how to accomplish below scenario: archive log config logging … logging size … path bootflash:zxvf/cfg maximum 4 It is poss… --- ## [Ansible: Kick off playbook ONLY if a certain directory contains any files.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-kick-off-playbook-only-if-a-certain-directory-contains-any-files/25731)
**Author:** [@David\_Searle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Searle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-kick-off-playbook-only-if-a-certain-directory-contains-any-files/25731 "2017-10-12T10:27:03Z")
Hi all, I am fairly new to ansible but have been googling around for the answer to this and just cannot find anything that matches my request. So I wonder if you can assist please?? Basically I have a very long playboo… --- ## [handling stderr](https://forum.ansible.com/t/handling-stderr/25729)
**Author:** [@Abhijit\_Chakraborty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhijit_Chakraborty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/handling-stderr/25729 "2017-10-12T09:24:01Z")
I have a playbook with the following contents --- ## [How to install a custom software package using a script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-a-custom-software-package-using-a-script/25723)
**Author:** [@Iyyappan\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iyyappan_V)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-install-a-custom-software-package-using-a-script/25723 "2017-10-12T08:11:40Z")
Hi All, I am new to Ansible and in learning phase. have a query like how to install a custom software package (hyperic agent) using ansible… i need to install a software around 3000 servers in one shot from ansible ser… --- ## [Is there a way to run tasks that have ALL of the tasks given as parameters to ansible-playbook?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-run-tasks-that-have-all-of-the-tasks-given-as-parameters-to-ansible-playbook/25724)
**Author:** [@Behrang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Behrang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-run-tasks-that-have-all-of-the-tasks-given-as-parameters-to-ansible-playbook/25724 "2017-10-12T07:55:43Z")
For example, let’s pretend we have these tasks: \` name: Task 1 tags: foo bar name: Task 2 tags: foo name: Task 3 tags: bar \` Is there a way to only execute tasks that have both of foo and bar… --- ## [Does Ansible support inclusion of no-op/empty/placeholder tasks?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-inclusion-of-no-op-empty-placeholder-tasks/25728)
**Author:** [@Behrang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Behrang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-support-inclusion-of-no-op-empty-placeholder-tasks/25728 "2017-10-12T06:55:12Z")
In some test frameworks, we can start a test suite by providing a list of empty tests. Then we can implement the tests one by one. Similarly, I want to start a playbook by only providing the set of tasks I want to execu… --- ## [Ansible Tower Install Fails](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-install-fails/24685)
**Author:** [@Anfield](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anfield)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-install-fails/24685 "2017-10-11T20:22:59Z")
The Installation seems to fail at the create the rabbit mq user step (last step) Using root Put passwords into inventory as the readme states. Am i missing something? \[root@localhost ansible-tower-setup-3.1.3\]# ./set… --- ## [AWX Version 1.0.1 Released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-version-1-0-1-released/25721)
**Author:** [@matburt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/matburt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-version-1-0-1-released/25721 "2017-10-11T15:43:30Z")
Howdy folks, I’m please to announce the 1.0.1 release/tag Some brief release notes since the 1.0.0 release at Ansiblefest: Official images have now been released on DockerHub and the installer will use these instead o… --- ## [ansible get-url notworking](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-get-url-notworking/25719)
**Author:** [@Sri\_Valli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sri_Valli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-get-url-notworking/25719 "2017-10-11T11:06:48Z")
i am just executing below yml file name: Download oracle-jdk8 get\_url: url={{ jdk\_url }} dest={{jdk\_archive\_file}} mode=0755 i am getting below error TASK \[oraclejdk8 : Download oracle-jdk8\] \*\* fatal: \[127.0.0.1\]: F… --- ## [Exit playbook and return an error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/exit-playbook-and-return-an-error/25712)
**Author:** [@Colm\_Mcnabola](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Colm_Mcnabola)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/exit-playbook-and-return-an-error/25712 "2017-10-11T09:34:36Z")
Hi, I want to insert an failure on my playbook where if the hostgroup isnt in the inventory, it fails. Inventory path is inventory/“environment\_name”/inventory and looks similiar to this \[NodeGroup1\] node1@node \[N… --- ## [Checking Success/Failure with Vmware Ansible modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-success-failure-with-vmware-ansible-modules/25716)
**Author:** [@Victor1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Victor1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-success-failure-with-vmware-ansible-modules/25716 "2017-10-11T08:14:43Z")
Hi , I have written few tests using ansible . basicall suspending a VM and then resuming again , taking snapshots etc… I need to check success or failure of these operations. I am registering a vraibklle to capture the … --- ## [Find and Fetch Files on Windows Hosts to Ansible Controller](https://forum.ansible.com/t/find-and-fetch-files-on-windows-hosts-to-ansible-controller/25717)
**Author:** [@marcalfa1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marcalfa1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/find-and-fetch-files-on-windows-hosts-to-ansible-controller/25717 "2017-10-11T05:06:06Z")
I’m trying to find a few file patterns from a few windows hosts and copy those files to my ansible controller. Can some help me with the error message below. I can’t seem to figure out what I’m doing wrong. ERROR! Synta… --- ## [Skipping setup DHCP and DNS because "Conditional check failed"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/skipping-setup-dhcp-and-dns-because-conditional-check-failed/25718)
**Author:** [@Hoang\_Van\_Hi\_u](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hoang_Van_Hi_u)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/skipping-setup-dhcp-and-dns-because-conditional-check-failed/25718 "2017-10-11T03:37:46Z")
Hi everyone! I’m trying to automate bare metal server provisioning at ref: https://www.mirantis.com/blog/automate-bare-metal-server-provisioning-using-ironic-bifrost-and-the-ansible-deploy-driver/ But when i deploy , s… --- ## [Printing from a list](https://forum.ansible.com/t/printing-from-a-list/25711)
**Author:** [@alanpassel7](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alanpassel7)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/printing-from-a-list/25711 "2017-10-10T23:48:29Z")
Sorry if that’s a terrible subject - I couldn’t think of another way to summarize my issue. What I’m trying to do is create a template that will iterate over a list, to create a few files with different names, with the … --- ## [Ansible Windows MSI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-msi/25715)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Short](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Short)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-windows-msi/25715 "2017-10-10T20:12:38Z")
Is there any plans to build an Ansible MSI to allow for easier configuration of Ansible controlled Windows boxes? --- ## [ansible\_group\_priority documentation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698)
**Author:** [@Jason3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-group-priority-documentation/25698 "2017-10-10T18:20:08Z")
The release notes for 2.4 mention a new ansible\_group\_priority variable. I can’t seem to find this in the docs anywhere. Am I just missing it? --- ## [Ansible 2.4.0 FINAL has been released!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-0-final-has-been-released/25518)
**Author:** [@tkuratom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tkuratom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-4-0-final-has-been-released/25518 "2017-10-10T18:01:01Z")
Hi all, On behalf of the entire Ansible open source community, we are very happy to announce that Ansible 2.4.0 has been released! This release includes many new features and improvements, including the following: \*… --- ## [Trying ansible 2.4/ py3 as tech preview caling python3 /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook but this results in 'you are running Python 2.x'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-ansible-2-4-py3-as-tech-preview-caling-python3-usr-local-bin-ansible-playbook-but-this-results-in-you-are-running-python-2-x/25713)
**Author:** [@John\_Zucker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Zucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trying-ansible-2-4-py3-as-tech-preview-caling-python3-usr-local-bin-ansible-playbook-but-this-results-in-you-are-running-python-2-x/25713 "2017-10-10T15:45:55Z")
Hi - I am trying to work out on an experimental basis how to take forward some existing py3 code and line up with my usual practice of running ansible-playbook under python3 to invoke some stuff including aws modules, e… --- ## [Playbook relative role\_paths](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-relative-role-paths/25692)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Parrish](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Parrish)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-relative-role-paths/25692 "2017-10-10T14:51:04Z")
Given an ansible structure below ├── ansible.cfg ├── deploy.yml ├── files/ ├── foundation\_roles/ │ ├── cleanup/ │ ├── common/ │ ├── deploy/ │ ├── retire/ │ └── setup/ ├── group\_vars/ ├── roles/ │ … --- ## [Dev Database Access](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dev-database-access/25710)
**Author:** [@larry.singer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/larry.singer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dev-database-access/25710 "2017-10-10T14:15:42Z")
Hi All, I have set up a development environment as on https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md I want to look at the database, but I cannot access it using the value in pg\_username and pg\_password. I a… --- ## ['hostvars' is undefined](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostvars-is-undefined/25703)
**Author:** [@KP1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/KP1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostvars-is-undefined/25703 "2017-10-10T09:32:36Z")
Encountered below error: ERROR! the field ‘hosts’ has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: ‘hostvars’ is undefined I am using below command to define hosts value: ho… --- ## [Beginner Question - debug msg](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beginner-question-debug-msg/25707)
**Author:** [@Sardesco](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sardesco)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/beginner-question-debug-msg/25707 "2017-10-10T08:04:50Z")
Hi, i am an absolute beginner in ansible. I try to output a greped text via debug and msg THIS WORKS - name: Check the Application version command: /usr/bin/myscrpit.sh APPLICATIONNAME status | grep Version register… --- ## [Site- and role-specific module\_utils?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/site-and-role-specific-module-utils/25709)
**Author:** [@Rich\_Fletcher](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rich_Fletcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/site-and-role-specific-module-utils/25709 "2017-10-10T01:07:20Z")
There have been various people asking about using module\_utils for site specfic or role specific modules, and the answer has historically been that it’s planned for a future release. The Ansible 2.3 changelog lists as a … --- ## [Difficulties using aws\_s3 to upload files](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difficulties-using-aws-s3-to-upload-files/25705)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Sparks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alan_Sparks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/difficulties-using-aws-s3-to-upload-files/25705 "2017-10-09T22:57:05Z")
ansible 2.4.0.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = \[u’/home/sparksa/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’\] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/pytho… --- ## [win\_find: What am I doing wrong here? I'm following the exact syntax from ansible document](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-find-what-am-i-doing-wrong-here-im-following-the-exact-syntax-from-ansible-document/25706)
**Author:** [@marcalfa1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marcalfa1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-find-what-am-i-doing-wrong-here-im-following-the-exact-syntax-from-ansible-document/25706 "2017-10-09T19:20:51Z")
ERROR! ‘paths’ is not a valid attribute for a Task The error appears to have been in ‘/home/vagrant/ansible/win-find.yml’: line 6, column 5, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The … --- ## [How do I access modules that aren't in the base install? PR #20848 for instance?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Beckley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Beckley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697 "2017-10-09T15:24:18Z")
I think Nosmoht’s oracle modules have been shipit-ed, but they’re not part of the Ansible install nor are they in the repo if I fork it. What’s the clean way to access and/or install those modules that have been release… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=615) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=617)