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**Author:** [@Colm\_Mcnabola](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Colm_Mcnabola)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-bug-skipping-no-hosts-matched/25657 "2017-10-02T15:10:52Z")
Hi All I am having an issue with ansbible. I have created an inventory folder and declared a hostgroup for different nodes for example, in inventory file \[NodeGroup1\] node1@node.node \[NodeGroup2\] node2@node.node n… --- ## [Ansible: vmware\_module does not work and flashes the error "Failed to find a matching datastore"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vmware-module-does-not-work-and-flashes-the-error-failed-to-find-a-matching-datastore/25618)
**Author:** [@Victor1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Victor1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vmware-module-does-not-work-and-flashes-the-error-failed-to-find-a-matching-datastore/25618 "2017-10-02T14:55:59Z")
Hi , I have upgraded to ansible 2.4 and using vmware\_guest module to create a VM. I am getting “Failed to find a matching datastore”. same code works fine in ansiblke 2.3. is this a known issue or am i missing somethi… --- ## [windows ansible powershell in 2.3.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-ansible-powershell-in-2-3-1/25646)
**Author:** [@Anil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-ansible-powershell-in-2-3-1/25646 "2017-10-02T13:26:17Z")
Hello Folks I am seeing issues when try to run powershell script from ansible after upgrade from 2.2.1 to 2.3.1, any ideas, suggestions are appreciated? \[root@marx4150 playbooks\]# ansible-playbook -i inventory AdIntRhe… --- ## [Suggestion: telnet transport for network devices?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/suggestion-telnet-transport-for-network-devices/25212)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Kersley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Kersley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/suggestion-telnet-transport-for-network-devices/25212 "2017-10-02T12:53:45Z")
Would there be any mileage in having some way to connect to network devices over telnet in addition to SSH? I know that telnet is insecure, but many network devices (Cisco certainly) ship with SSH disabled and only teln… --- ## [Ansible option to playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-option-to-playbook/25638)
**Author:** [@nbmprivat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nbmprivat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-option-to-playbook/25638 "2017-10-02T06:32:22Z")
Hi, Anybody know how to use options in playbooks. The following command works fine: ansible test -m setup --tree /home/user/ansible/facts How do I use this in a playbook: --- ## [ec2\_win\_password unable to parse key file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-win-password-unable-to-parse-key-file/25560)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Howe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ryan_Howe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-win-password-unable-to-parse-key-file/25560 "2017-10-02T03:00:41Z")
Hello, I’m trying to use the ec2\_win\_password module to retrieve the default Administrator password for an EC2 instance. I had a play working and then upgraded to Ansible 2.4. I added the cryptography module as the note… --- ## [Criteria for command module's "check command"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/criteria-for-command-modules-check-command/25652)
**Author:** [@yeukhon.tech.mailing](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yeukhon.tech.mailing)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/criteria-for-command-modules-check-command/25652 "2017-10-01T23:14:58Z")
I am working on this old issue issue #30073. If someone runs one of these \` command: hg clone https://bitbucket.org/yeukhon/hello ./hacking/test-module -m lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py -a “hg clone https:/… --- ## [Calling URI task to 10 servers in parallel](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-uri-task-to-10-servers-in-parallel/25650)
**Author:** [@Marc\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marc_L)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/calling-uri-task-to-10-servers-in-parallel/25650 "2017-10-01T15:34:18Z")
Ansible newbie… We run a large enterprise web app load balanced over 10 servers in a customer environment (windows servers)The app exposes a set of Webservices to manage config, such as applying new binaries, exporting … --- ## [Git Module: Is it a "Pull on Remote" or "Pull on Local and Push to remote"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-is-it-a-pull-on-remote-or-pull-on-local-and-push-to-remote/25644)
**Author:** [@indraj\_joglekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/indraj_joglekar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/git-module-is-it-a-pull-on-remote-or-pull-on-local-and-push-to-remote/25644 "2017-09-30T22:37:49Z")
How does the git module work? a) Does it do a pull on the remote server? b) Does it first do a pull on the local admin server and then rsync copy the repo to the remote server? If not, is it possible to do this in som… --- ## [Trirpwire Installation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trirpwire-installation/25647)
**Author:** [@mark\_funcion](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mark_funcion)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trirpwire-installation/25647 "2017-09-30T20:14:58Z")
Hi Peeps, Need your insight on this. I am trying to install tripwire on our nodes. Install files are coming from a local repo and we fetch it via WGET in .tgz extension. Individual steps in a host are like this. cd /… --- ## [Ansible git module: Is it a pull or pull+push](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-git-module-is-it-a-pull-or-pull-push/25643)
**Author:** [@indraj\_joglekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/indraj_joglekar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-git-module-is-it-a-pull-or-pull-push/25643 "2017-09-29T20:44:51Z")
How does the git module work? a) Does it do a pull on the remote server? b) Does it first do a pull on the local admin server and then rsync copy the repo to the remote server? If not, is it possible to do this in som… --- ## [How To: Query servers, write output to file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-query-servers-write-output-to-file/25642)
**Author:** [@John\_Harmon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Harmon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-query-servers-write-output-to-file/25642 "2017-09-29T20:25:51Z")
I know I can script this, but I am wondering if there is a way via ansible to basically grab the contents of a file on a remote server, format it, and write it to a local file? For example, I want to gather all users/gro… --- ## [network platform agnostic ansible\_network\_os](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-platform-agnostic-ansible-network-os/25584)
**Author:** [@Christer\_Hemgren](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christer_Hemgren)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-platform-agnostic-ansible-network-os/25584 "2017-09-29T17:53:58Z")
Hi Is it possible to address this in awx? If possible how? “msg”: “ansible\_network\_os must be specified on this host to use platform agnostic modules”, “failed” In ansible core it is not well documented but works to a… --- ## [tracking progress & undo strategy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tracking-progress-undo-strategy/25631)
**Author:** [@iurly](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iurly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tracking-progress-undo-strategy/25631 "2017-09-29T15:31:05Z")
Hi there, I just started evaluating ansible as the means to handle a few remote systems. Namely I’m talking about a bunch of raspberry pi’s running raspbian, which should be running pretty much the same configuration. … --- ## [Ansible: How to know existence of a error string from an output](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-how-to-know-existence-of-a-error-string-from-an-output/25634)
**Author:** [@Victor1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Victor1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-how-to-know-existence-of-a-error-string-from-an-output/25634 "2017-09-29T15:31:03Z")
Hi , I am trying to pass or fail a command execution if i get an exact error message as a result of command execution. but i dont’t know how to extract a output string from a registered variable. I am sure somebody ca… --- ## [stdout missing from AWX API](https://forum.ansible.com/t/stdout-missing-from-awx-api/25636)
**Author:** [@Piotr\_M](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Piotr_M)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/stdout-missing-from-awx-api/25636 "2017-09-29T13:43:21Z")
Hello I am trying to get the stdout from the web interface API (I know it is possible to see the stdout on the web API output on the commercial tower ) The job is fine and went trough with full display , however on the… --- ## [Adding certificates to truststore?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-certificates-to-truststore/25627)
**Author:** [@Nick\_Klauer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nick_Klauer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-certificates-to-truststore/25627 "2017-09-29T13:28:21Z")
I am trying to install AWX for development purposes / demoing, etc., internally at work, but am not able to get much working, as everything I want to communicate with is behind internally-signed SSL servers. Is there a … --- ## [Combining 2 lists of strings with a separator](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combining-2-lists-of-strings-with-a-separator/25612)
**Author:** [@actionmystique](https://forum.ansible.com/u/actionmystique)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combining-2-lists-of-strings-with-a-separator/25612 "2017-09-29T13:24:55Z")
hello guys, I need to build filenames based on 3 parts: basename, version and trailing ‘.x86\_64.rpm’. Let’s focus on the first 2 parts: The first one is: “installed\_mtx\_packages\_name”: \[ “mtx-device”, “mtx-grpc-age… --- ## [Checking HTTP status codes with win\_uri and Ansible 2.4.0.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-http-status-codes-with-win-uri-and-ansible-2-4-0-0/25637)
**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Belrose](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillaume_Belrose)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-http-status-codes-with-win-uri-and-ansible-2-4-0-0/25637 "2017-09-29T12:14:42Z")
HI all, I am running Ansible 2.4.0.0 (on Ubuntu 16.04) and I am talking to Windows hosts via WinRM. I am using the win\_uri module which can check the status code of the HTTP response, but I can’t get it to work correct… --- ## [ansible-playbook install.yml error with Set the value of 'postgres\_data\_dir](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-install-yml-error-with-set-the-value-of-postgres-data-dir/25621)
**Author:** [@Yatish\_Gopal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yatish_Gopal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-install-yml-error-with-set-the-value-of-postgres-data-dir/25621 "2017-09-29T11:21:14Z")
once i ran with - ansible-playbook install.yml getting the below error - actually the variable already exist with "/tmp/pgdocker. please help TASK \[check\_vars : postgres\_data\_dir should be defined\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [Unable to install python-minimal](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-python-minimal/25582)
**Author:** [@Eric4](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric4)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-python-minimal/25582 "2017-09-29T09:19:16Z")
I’m running an Ansible playbook to use the raw module, to install python-minimal. The host is reachable. The host can be SSH’ed into as root. However, when running the playbook below, it fails. It gives the error: “… --- ## [Accessing group\_vars variables from a jinja2 loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-group-vars-variables-from-a-jinja2-loop/25633)
**Author:** [@alanpassel7](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alanpassel7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-group-vars-variables-from-a-jinja2-loop/25633 "2017-09-29T01:37:42Z")
Good morning, I’m trying to write a loop in a template that will access a variable from group\_vars. This variable is a string, with values separated by commas, so what I’d like to do is something like: \` {% for item i… --- ## [s3 or aws\_s3 module getstr mode. How do you use this?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-or-aws-s3-module-getstr-mode-how-do-you-use-this/25635)
**Author:** [@Jamie\_Jamison](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jamie_Jamison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-or-aws-s3-module-getstr-mode-how-do-you-use-this/25635 "2017-09-29T01:01:22Z")
I was looking at the documentation for the s3 (aws\_s3 in ansible 2.4 and above) module and noticed that there is a getstr mode that downloads an S3 object as a string. I’ve been playing around with this and the only way… --- ## [Interactive Ansible tutorials with dead simple setup via Docker](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interactive-ansible-tutorials-with-dead-simple-setup-via-docker/25630)
**Author:** [@hasan\_turken](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hasan_turken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interactive-ansible-tutorials-with-dead-simple-setup-via-docker/25630 "2017-09-28T20:28:14Z")
Hi, I’ve recently created a repo on github which provides interactive Ansible tutorials including a single line setup with Docker. I think it can be a good start for those who want to learn ansible from scratch. Pleas… --- ## [Copying file from a remote windows share](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-file-from-a-remote-windows-share/25613)
**Author:** [@MKPhil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MKPhil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copying-file-from-a-remote-windows-share/25613 "2017-09-28T20:18:06Z")
Hi I’m trying to write a PowerShell script which, in part, copies a file from a remote windows share (via UNC path) which I am calling from Ansible (with the “script” module) but I’m getting “The network path was not fo… --- ## [Ansible inventory error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-error/25629)
**Author:** [@Zimidar\_Boy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Zimidar_Boy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-inventory-error/25629 "2017-09-28T19:25:26Z")
Hi, i have put one ip address like this 2.2.2.2 lab in hosts file. After that i made a group in inventory file of ansible like this \[labs-section\]. Then i tried to ping using ansible -m ping labs-section but its showing… --- ## [vmware\_guest customvalues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-customvalues/24660)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Farrington](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Farrington)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-customvalues/24660 "2017-09-28T17:26:12Z")
Hi All, Is anyone using the customvalues option in the vmware\_guest module? if you are, could you please share the syntax definition as i am about to kick my monitors off the desk… I keep getting the following output f… --- ## [problem with conditionals and matching a variable in dictionary list](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-conditionals-and-matching-a-variable-in-dictionary-list/25626)
**Author:** [@Iryna\_Oliinykova](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iryna_Oliinykova)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-conditionals-and-matching-a-variable-in-dictionary-list/25626 "2017-09-28T16:40:39Z")
Hello, I have a problem with when conditionals when trying to match a variable that makes part of a dictionary list. It worked perfectly until Ansible version update till 2.3. Since in new version there are the follow… --- ## [Ansible Snapshot size for Vmware Guest](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-snapshot-size-for-vmware-guest/25562)
**Author:** [@Hemant\_Kulkarni](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hemant_Kulkarni)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-snapshot-size-for-vmware-guest/25562 "2017-09-28T16:36:20Z")
Hello All, I am using vmware\_guest\_snapshot: module to take snapshot of VMS , I observed that snapshot Process is very fast and snapshot size is very less … if I login to vmware console & take snapshot it will take 11 … --- ## [Job Template creation fails. Using docker latest official images. (Opened Issue #319)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/job-template-creation-fails-using-docker-latest-official-images-opened-issue-319/25624)
**Author:** [@Cesar\_Sanchez2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cesar_Sanchez2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/job-template-creation-fails-using-docker-latest-official-images-opened-issue-319/25624 "2017-09-28T15:34:49Z")
Hey guys… I just updated my setup using the latest docker image. I ditched my old previous deployment and wanted to start from scratch using the new model (official docker images). I found some issues. The awx\_task i… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=618) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=620)