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## [Windows; second hop auth delegation; NetApp device](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-second-hop-auth-delegation-netapp-device/24678)

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**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-second-hop-auth-delegation-netapp-device/24678 "2017-06-08T10:14:02Z")

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Hello, Has anyone else encountered problems when using a netapp file storage device in a second hop (with kerberos and auth delegation turned on)? In one environment we have a NetApp Model: FAS3220, OS: 7 mode v8.2.1 w…

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## [how to render a template locally not to a file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-render-a-template-locally-not-to-a-file/24674)

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**Author:** [@jerry1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jerry1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-render-a-template-locally-not-to-a-file/24674 "2017-06-07T20:57:24Z")

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Hi, I have some templates that generate files based on vault data. These are destined for network devices that have vendor written modules who expect a local file to get the data. The problem is that this leaves the fil…

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## [not able to change password for user in remote host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-change-password-for-user-in-remote-host/24666)

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**Author:** [@Atindra\_Sarma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Atindra_Sarma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-change-password-for-user-in-remote-host/24666 "2017-06-07T20:26:37Z")

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please see the below playbook . i am trying to chage password for a user in remote host but getting the message FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “useradd: invalid user name ‘’\\n”, “name”: “”, “rc”: 3} …

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## [connecting to windows machine from linux through Ansible and getting timedout exception.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connecting-to-windows-machine-from-linux-through-ansible-and-getting-timedout-exception/24672)

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**Author:** [@Balaji\_Chowdary](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balaji_Chowdary)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connecting-to-windows-machine-from-linux-through-ansible-and-getting-timedout-exception/24672 "2017-06-07T19:37:49Z")

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getting a connection timeout, implying the host wasn’t reachable can someone help! working with Ansible and windows environment.

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## [Error on NetBSD-CURRENT due to new ifconfig behavior](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-netbsd-current-due-to-new-ifconfig-behavior/24644)

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**Author:** [@Bruce\_V\_Chiarelli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruce_V_Chiarelli)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-on-netbsd-current-due-to-new-ifconfig-behavior/24644 "2017-06-07T17:33:00Z")

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Upcoming versions of NetBSD will print the network prefix in CIDR notation instead of as a hex subnet mask. This currently causes Ansible to choke on ifconfig output there. See: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src…

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## [Run task once for playbook, not per host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-task-once-for-playbook-not-per-host/24669)

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**Author:** [@user63](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user63)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-task-once-for-playbook-not-per-host/24669 "2017-06-07T15:15:57Z")

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Hi, I’m implementing client - server scenario deployment for some application and I have following question: Is it possible to run tasks only once per playbook execution, not per host run. Explanation: I’m doing both…

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## [Ansible 2.3.1.0 sshpass requirement](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-1-0-sshpass-requirement/24663)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Fiddes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Fiddes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-1-0-sshpass-requirement/24663 "2017-06-07T14:54:15Z")

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Does anyone have any background information on why in ansible 2.3.1.0, the sshpass program has become a requirement? I got the following error while running a playbook thats worked up until immediately after I upgraded: …

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## [unable to update user password in remote host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-update-user-password-in-remote-host/24658)

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**Author:** [@Atindra\_Sarma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Atindra_Sarma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-update-user-password-in-remote-host/24658 "2017-06-07T14:46:11Z")

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## [update\_cache option with package module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-cache-option-with-package-module/24664)

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**Author:** [@joshua.newlin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/joshua.newlin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-cache-option-with-package-module/24664 "2017-06-07T14:30:58Z")

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I swapped all instances of yum to package recently, but there is no way to update yum cache by calling package as there was with yum. Was wondering how I would go about this?

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## [Execute task only once in playbook (not per host)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-task-only-once-in-playbook-not-per-host/24667)

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**Author:** [@user63](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user63)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-task-only-once-in-playbook-not-per-host/24667 "2017-06-07T14:07:35Z")

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Hi, Currently implementing following scenario in ansible: Auto generation of configurations of Bacula backup system, in single playbook I generate both client and server configs (server configs generated by delegete\_to…

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## [Variables from another server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-from-another-server/21815)

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**Author:** [@Anthony\_Sheetz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anthony_Sheetz)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-from-another-server/21815 "2017-06-07T13:37:49Z")

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I need to access information discovered from another server for a template on the server I’m configuring. We are using AWS, and I’m of course using ec2.py to discover my hosts. I first configure a utility server, and th…

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## [Module development for Juniper Contrail API configuration](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-development-for-juniper-contrail-api-configuration/24668)

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**Author:** [@chbndrhnns](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chbndrhnns)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-development-for-juniper-contrail-api-configuration/24668 "2017-06-07T09:22:19Z")

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Hey there, Does anyone know about efforts to develop such a module? I am not referring to the available projects to deploy Contrail via Ansible like \[1\] If not, is anyone interested? I am considering an approach to us…

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## [Lambda "pull" support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lambda-pull-support/24662)

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**Author:** [@jhammerman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jhammerman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lambda-pull-support/24662 "2017-06-06T14:57:47Z")

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Hi Ansible Development email distribution list, We have an organizational need to trigger Lambda from SNS messages which the function is subscribed to. Accordingly we have used the deprecated version of the Ansible lamb…

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## [How to prepare Ansible inventory, playbook and configuration file used by Ansible module using Ansible/Jinja2?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-prepare-ansible-inventory-playbook-and-configuration-file-used-by-ansible-module-using-ansible-jinja2/24661)

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**Author:** [@Martin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-prepare-ansible-inventory-playbook-and-configuration-file-used-by-ansible-module-using-ansible-jinja2/24661 "2017-06-06T14:31:49Z")

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Hi, I have a plain-text file “routers” in versioning system which contains host-names separated by newlines: $ cat routers r1 r2 r3 $ I also have routers configuration templates in versioning system as a plain-tex…

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## [Ansible VMWare ESXi Guest VM launch using template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vmware-esxi-guest-vm-launch-using-template/24659)

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**Author:** [@shiva\_jawanjal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shiva_jawanjal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vmware-esxi-guest-vm-launch-using-template/24659 "2017-06-06T14:24:36Z")

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First I will admit that I am not an exprt on VMWare ESXi. And facing issue while automating launch of preconfigured servers using Ansible. I want to launch a VM using template in VMWare ESXi server 5. I have created a t…

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## [VCA\_vapp BUG/ERROR](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vca-vapp-bug-error/24656)

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**Author:** [@hector.marina](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hector.marina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vca-vapp-bug-error/24656 "2017-06-06T06:51:37Z")

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ISSUE TYPE Bug Report COMPONENT NAME vca\_vapp ANSIBLE VERSION ansible 2.3.0.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides python version = 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016,…

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## [Ansible falling back to SSL, have keberos and all dependencies](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-falling-back-to-ssl-have-keberos-and-all-dependencies/24648)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Heald](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jim_Heald)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-falling-back-to-ssl-have-keberos-and-all-dependencies/24648 "2017-06-06T05:40:29Z")

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So I am running Ansible on Fedora 25 and this is the issue I’m facing: I installed all dependencies: dnf install python-devel krb5-devel krb5-libs krb5-workstation I installed the keberos module: pip install pywinrm\[ke…

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## [Playbook error "list object has no attribute" (vars, lists, dictionaries)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-error-list-object-has-no-attribute-vars-lists-dictionaries/24654)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Dumas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Dumas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-error-list-object-has-no-attribute-vars-lists-dictionaries/24654 "2017-06-06T01:25:59Z")

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I’m trying to set up a few users on a Linux box using Ansible and I keep running into a weird error. First, here’s the playbook: \`

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## [Privilege escalation timeout problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/privilege-escalation-timeout-problem/24635)

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**Author:** [@mark.haney](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mark.haney)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/privilege-escalation-timeout-problem/24635 "2017-06-05T22:54:48Z")

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It’s been a bit since I’ve used ansible, but I’m pretty sure I’ve not completely lost it. I’m working on getting a simple privilege escalation command to ping properly. All my previous work has been communicating to host…

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## [Importing Between Modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-between-modules/24653)

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**Author:** [@John\_Burwell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Burwell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-between-modules/24653 "2017-06-05T21:24:46Z")

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Hello, I am creating a module for yaourt, a front end for the pacman package manager wrapper \[1\]. Since yaourt proxies all the syntax of pacman, I refactored the pacman module to expose all operations in a class, Pacma…

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## [Djangocms via ansible and vagrant](https://forum.ansible.com/t/djangocms-via-ansible-and-vagrant/24652)

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**Author:** [@Andrej\_Friesen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrej_Friesen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/djangocms-via-ansible-and-vagrant/24652 "2017-06-05T18:58:37Z")

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Hi, iam trying to setup a djangocms dev environment with ansible and vagrant. But if iam running this Playbook: \` name: Setup Virtualenv pip: virtualenv: “{{ virtualenv\_path }}” requirements: “{{ virtualenv\_path …

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## [Djangocms dev environment with ansible and vagrant](https://forum.ansible.com/t/djangocms-dev-environment-with-ansible-and-vagrant/24651)

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**Author:** [@Andrej\_Friesen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrej_Friesen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/djangocms-dev-environment-with-ansible-and-vagrant/24651 "2017-06-05T18:46:42Z")

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Hi, i am trying to setup an djangocms dev environment. I am learning vagrant and ansible as well. I get an error by trying to install djangocms with this play: \` name: Setup Virtualenv pip: virtualenv: “{{ virtual…

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## [Req. help w/ problem: cs\_portforward causing error.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/req-help-w-problem-cs-portforward-causing-error/24650)

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**Author:** [@David\_Rose](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Rose)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/req-help-w-problem-cs-portforward-causing-error/24650 "2017-06-05T18:25:45Z")

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Hello all I am trying to get started with CloudStack provisioning, and am running into a problem. I have a task defined which should do 3 actions: Instantiate 2 VMs (linsrv04 & linsrv05) Open ports in the firewall Cre…

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## [CentOS 7 become\_method: su not working?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/centos-7-become-method-su-not-working/24649)

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**Author:** [@mark.haney](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mark.haney)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/centos-7-become-method-su-not-working/24649 "2017-06-05T17:51:35Z")

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I’m giving myself a migraine trying to figure out why this isn’t working. Let’s say I have a simple playbook:

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## [OnPrem Automation - Ip Addressing & Hostnames](https://forum.ansible.com/t/onprem-automation-ip-addressing-hostnames/24647)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Farrington](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Farrington)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/onprem-automation-ip-addressing-hostnames/24647 "2017-06-05T15:18:09Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am new to Ansible and i am hoping to get some advice on deploying on-prem servers in VMware. I am trying to automate the deployment of web servers from a VMware template, installation of IIS, load balanc…

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## [How to encode a str on a AnsibleUnicode format?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-encode-a-str-on-a-ansibleunicode-format/24646)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Manuel\_Parrilla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juan_Manuel_Parrilla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-encode-a-str-on-a-ansibleunicode-format/24646 "2017-06-05T13:10:16Z")

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Hi there, I’m trying to modify the assert module, but I am having some troubles. The error says that the entry variables must be unicode, but encoding it still do not work. I am trying to extend the “that” array with …

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## [using rax\_cbs to test a volume](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-rax-cbs-to-test-a-volume/24645)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Greenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ed_Greenberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-rax-cbs-to-test-a-volume/24645 "2017-06-05T12:46:11Z")

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Hi, Folks, I’d like to be able to test for a volume by name before trying to create it. If the name exists, the playbook needs to fail, so that it can be called with a new name. Nothing was obvious in the documentation…

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## [making a single documentation page](https://forum.ansible.com/t/making-a-single-documentation-page/24641)

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**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/making-a-single-documentation-page/24641 "2017-06-03T08:16:08Z")

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I just noticed this https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/25313 got merged in latest devel version (2.4) and thought others might find it useful when In essence you can just rebuild a single page of the documentation …

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## [Migrate a tool from Salt to Ansible, is it possible and what can be done with Ansible ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/migrate-a-tool-from-salt-to-ansible-is-it-possible-and-what-can-be-done-with-ansible/24592)

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**Author:** [@oxedions](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oxedions)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/migrate-a-tool-from-salt-to-ansible-is-it-possible-and-what-can-be-done-with-ansible/24592 "2017-06-03T06:57:36Z")

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Hello Ansible users, I made a tool based on Salt Stack, a deployment tool like Ansible. This tool, Banquise, is made to deploy groups of serveurs (clusters, HPC clusters) and groups of workstations. https://github.com…

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## [Retrieving facts in 2.4](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieving-facts-in-2-4/24639)

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**Author:** [@bob](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bob)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieving-facts-in-2-4/24639 "2017-06-02T23:02:09Z")

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Looks like a huge refactor of Facts and Fact gather took place in 2.4? commit 45a9f967749ec68e2077fe1d1d32dd37660ab376 How do I get Facts inside my module after the refactoring? I used to use Facts(module) but that’s …

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