# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=671 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 672 --- ## [Importing a spreadsheet into Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-a-spreadsheet-into-ansible/24093)
**Author:** [@darren.smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/darren.smith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importing-a-spreadsheet-into-ansible/24093 "2017-04-03T14:01:06Z")
Hi, I am very new to Ansible and rightly or wrongly I am trying to apply my old scripting knowledge to the product which may or may not be the right thing to do! So I was hoping people could steer me in the right directi… --- ## [How to get list of attached EBS(s) to EC2? While EC2 was created long back?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-list-of-attached-ebs-s-to-ec2-while-ec2-was-created-long-back/24126)
**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Parmar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bhavin_Parmar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-list-of-attached-ebs-s-to-ec2-while-ec2-was-created-long-back/24126 "2017-04-03T13:44:52Z")
Hi All, I have to set delete\_on\_termination (i.e. true or false) for every EBS devices attached to the EC2, while the user will only provide instance ID? How to do this? User will just pass instance ID of earlier creat… --- ## [anybody managing ldap users with ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anybody-managing-ldap-users-with-ansible/24122)
**Author:** [@Spike1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spike1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anybody-managing-ldap-users-with-ansible/24122 "2017-04-02T17:45:06Z")
Hi, I saw that in 2.3 ldap\_attr and ldap\_entry have been added. Is anybody using these to manage users in ldap? Do these module work and are they stable enough? right now we use a bunch of scripts to create users and th… --- ## [how to insert Ansible inventory out put (i.e kernel info) into database ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-insert-ansible-inventory-out-put-i-e-kernel-info-into-database/24090)
**Author:** [@F11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/F11)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-insert-ansible-inventory-out-put-i-e-kernel-info-into-database/24090 "2017-04-02T04:34:19Z")
Hi All, I am very new to Ansible, currently i am trying to evaluate ansible. i know by using ansible inventory command i can get all information about a system, like ( kernel,Os,network,memory) but i wanted to insert … --- ## [Ansible 2.3.0 RC3 is ready for testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/24117)
**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-3-0-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/24117 "2017-03-31T19:35:40Z")
We are happy to announce the availability of Ansible 2.3.0 RC3! This RC continues to address a few small bugs we wanted to fix before the final release: Fixed a bug in dealing with leading garbage text when looking fo… --- ## [Ansible gave "Error fetching server list on envvars:RegionOne" error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-gave-error-fetching-server-list-on-envvars-regionone-error/24099)
**Author:** [@Balu\_Kompalli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balu_Kompalli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-gave-error-fetching-server-list-on-envvars-regionone-error/24099 "2017-03-31T17:51:18Z")
Hello team, warm wishes to all the Ansible team. I got the below error while try to create the provisioning ansible in openstack. I searched for so many websites but never found any solution. Please help me to come … --- ## [Powershell Version 2 - Got it working and would like to discuss](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-version-2-got-it-working-and-would-like-to-discuss/20869)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Mowry](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Mowry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-version-2-got-it-working-and-would-like-to-discuss/20869 "2017-03-31T17:28:05Z")
I have read on blogs, forums and mailing lists that Powershell Version 2 will not be supported however I had a need to support Powershell 2 in my environment and spent some time looking at what it would take to make it w… --- ## [Point ansible to my new version of Python](https://forum.ansible.com/t/point-ansible-to-my-new-version-of-python/24110)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/point-ansible-to-my-new-version-of-python/24110 "2017-03-31T17:06:02Z")
ansible\_python\_interpreter is for 'modules' not for Ansible itself, what python Ansible uses can depends on how/what installed it. Check bin/ansible for a shebang, it determines which python is actually used for the c… --- ## [Ansible copy as remote user Issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-copy-as-remote-user-issue/24044)
**Author:** [@jzm2001](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jzm2001)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-copy-as-remote-user-issue/24044 "2017-03-31T14:03:15Z")
I’m new to ansible…so bear with me. I created a simple playbook that takes a 0 byte file and copies it to remote hosts under a different user, creating the directory to put it in prior to the copy. We have a mix of pyth… --- ## [Installing preview module subscription-manager](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-preview-module-subscription-manager/24107)
**Author:** [@William\_Muriithi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/William_Muriithi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-preview-module-subscription-manager/24107 "2017-03-31T10:44:09Z")
Good afternoon, \[william@cacti ~\]$ ansible --version ansible 2.1.1.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides I am using ansible on RHEL 6 systems. I am aware… --- ## [How to remove temp dir even in case of an error?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-remove-temp-dir-even-in-case-of-an-error/24113)
**Author:** [@Cev\_Ing](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cev_Ing)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-remove-temp-dir-even-in-case-of-an-error/24113 "2017-03-31T09:54:56Z")
In Bash I use mktemp together with trap to always remove the temp dir. When I use the tempfile module, how do I remove the tempfile, in case of an error, which terminates the playbook run? --- ## [error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error/24112)
**Author:** [@Shoeb\_Uddin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shoeb_Uddin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error/24112 "2017-03-31T08:19:42Z")
Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/bin/ansible”, line 43, in import ansible.constants as C --- ## [Inventory Hostnames and Docker dynamic inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-hostnames-and-docker-dynamic-inventory/24105)
**Author:** [@Milo\_Minderbinder](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Milo_Minderbinder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-hostnames-and-docker-dynamic-inventory/24105 "2017-03-31T04:13:52Z")
I was thinking of creating an issue & submitting a PR to address a core issue with the docker dynamic inventory script (ansible/contrib/inventory/docker.py). In its current state, it adds one or more docker hosts to the … --- ## [ios\_command failed to connect Cisco SF300](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-command-failed-to-connect-cisco-sf300/24109)
**Author:** [@Romain\_CYRILLE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Romain_CYRILLE)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-command-failed-to-connect-cisco-sf300/24109 "2017-03-31T03:58:12Z")
Hello, I am trying to use Ansible with Cisco SF300 switches. I use a basic playbook that retrieve the version : \` --- ## [Is packaging module a part of Core?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-packaging-module-a-part-of-core/24108)
**Author:** [@Wang\_Hao](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wang_Hao)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-packaging-module-a-part-of-core/24108 "2017-03-31T00:12:39Z")
I saw there are two different files with the same name under lib/ansible/modules/core/packaging/os/apt.py and lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py. Is apt module managed by Core and also 3rd party? This question is f… --- ## [Kerberos Auth - the specified credentials were rejected by the server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-auth-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/24104)
**Author:** [@meaton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/meaton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-auth-the-specified-credentials-were-rejected-by-the-server/24104 "2017-03-30T23:00:47Z")
Hey. How do I check the spn? I’ve already applied that pull to pywinrm… Thanks. Michael --- ## [BitBucket, Ansible Galaxy and requirements.yml query](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bitbucket-ansible-galaxy-and-requirements-yml-query/24106)
**Author:** [@John\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_V)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bitbucket-ansible-galaxy-and-requirements-yml-query/24106 "2017-03-30T20:23:02Z")
I am looking to use Ansible Galaxy with the requirements.yml file and we use a private bitbucket account If i enter the below into the requirements.yml. src: git+https://bitbucket.org/temprepo/aws\_rds.git version: m… --- ## [storing ansible vault key and encrypted files in s3](https://forum.ansible.com/t/storing-ansible-vault-key-and-encrypted-files-in-s3/24092)
**Author:** [@Manoj\_Kumar2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Manoj_Kumar2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/storing-ansible-vault-key-and-encrypted-files-in-s3/24092 "2017-03-30T17:56:03Z")
wondering if we can pass s3 uri as a path for file ansible-vault view group\_vars/encryptedfile.yml--vault-password-file=vault.pem I dont want to store these in my git repo and wondering if these can be accessed from … --- ## [Shutdown a Windows server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shutdown-a-windows-server/24083)
**Author:** [@MKPhil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MKPhil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shutdown-a-windows-server/24083 "2017-03-30T17:13:41Z")
I’m trying to create a Playbook to Shutdown a Windows server. I am aware of win\_reboot but that does a Reboot (i.e. shutdown /r) - I want to do shutdown /s to turn a machine completely off. I’ve made a copy of win\_reboot… --- ## ["This module requires the passlib Python library"}](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-module-requires-the-passlib-python-library/24097)
**Author:** [@Matthew\_Cooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matthew_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/this-module-requires-the-passlib-python-library/24097 "2017-03-30T15:10:05Z")
I’m hoping someone can help me out. I have a playbook to install Graylog2 on an EC2 host. The playbook fails on: ‘TASK \[graylog : setting nginx pass\]’ with the following error: ‘FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”… --- ## [Ansible admins please give any response to my questions.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-admins-please-give-any-response-to-my-questions/24103)
**Author:** [@balubhai555](https://forum.ansible.com/u/balubhai555)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-admins-please-give-any-response-to-my-questions/24103 "2017-03-30T13:21:56Z")
Hello Team, I am new to Ansible. I am performing use-cases and POC on Ansible integrations. I got issues while working on Ansible. I posted those issues with this community. But No one helping me. Please consider and h… --- ## [EFS Module Not Updating Existing EFS Filesystems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/efs-module-not-updating-existing-efs-filesystems/24102)
**Author:** [@Nick\_P](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nick_P)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/efs-module-not-updating-existing-efs-filesystems/24102 "2017-03-30T13:00:50Z")
The EFS module is not updating an existing EFS filesystem. It seems to creating a new filesystem no matter what information I provide. When looking at the code it looks like it creates a new filesystem every time no matt… --- ## [Ansible : query an output array](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996)
**Author:** [@Z-obaze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Z-obaze)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-query-an-output-array/23996 "2017-03-30T09:14:54Z")
Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there is a simple way to display the value of on exact item for each row whatever the number of entries we have ? I’ll explain myself, I have an ouput which looks like this : ok: \[server1… --- ## [Unable to deploy VM from using template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-deploy-vm-from-using-template/24081)
**Author:** [@Narasimha\_N](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Narasimha_N)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-deploy-vm-from-using-template/24081 "2017-03-29T23:03:00Z")
Hi i am trying to deploy a vm using template but all efforts ended up with error A specified parameter was not correct “spec.location.datastore” i tried many ways to fix this issue but no luck can someone shares few … --- ## [ansible upgrade from 1.9 to 2.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-upgrade-from-1-9-to-2-0/24096)
**Author:** [@tk\_yass](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tk_yass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-upgrade-from-1-9-to-2-0/24096 "2017-03-29T15:08:31Z")
I’m trying to upgrade from ansible 1.9 to ansible 2.0 and I noticed that this kind of syntax is breaking: set other\_name = app\_account | d().name | d() but if I change it to set other\_name = ( app\_account|d() ).name … --- ## [upgrading to ansible 2.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrading-to-ansible-2-0/24095)
**Author:** [@tk\_yass](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tk_yass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/upgrading-to-ansible-2-0/24095 "2017-03-29T15:05:11Z")
I’m trying to upgrade from ansible 1.9 to ansible 2.0 and I noticed that this kind of syntax is breaking: set other\_name = app\_account | d().name | d() but if I change it to set other\_name = ( app\_account|d() ).name … --- ## [call a role with different parameters from the same playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-a-role-with-different-parameters-from-the-same-playbook/24034)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Belhomme](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Belhomme)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-a-role-with-different-parameters-from-the-same-playbook/24034 "2017-03-29T14:30:04Z")
Hello the list, I’m quite new in Ansible world and I just wrote an Ansible role and playbook to handle my Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates. Here is my role : --- ## [Interested in contributing to Ansible module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interested-in-contributing-to-ansible-module/24094)
**Author:** [@trishna](https://forum.ansible.com/u/trishna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interested-in-contributing-to-ansible-module/24094 "2017-03-29T13:00:23Z")
Hi, I am going to write an Ansible module. I need some help on the following stuffs: How to setup development environment for Ansible module contribution. Ansible module boilerplate documentation. How to test the mod… --- ## [Asynchronously calling roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/asynchronously-calling-roles/24071)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Santiago](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nicholas_Santiago)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/asynchronously-calling-roles/24071 "2017-03-29T11:54:21Z")
I’m looking to call groups of roles at the same time in an asynchronous fashion, but have yet to figure out how to do so. My playbook is relatively simple: release.yml hosts: “{{ host\_group }}” remote\_user: “{{ rele… --- ## [Transfer a file from a virtual machine managed by a Vmware Vcenter server to Ansible controller using ansible.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/transfer-a-file-from-a-virtual-machine-managed-by-a-vmware-vcenter-server-to-ansible-controller-using-ansible/24080)
**Author:** [@Mick\_st\_john](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mick_st_john)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/transfer-a-file-from-a-virtual-machine-managed-by-a-vmware-vcenter-server-to-ansible-controller-using-ansible/24080 "2017-03-29T11:46:33Z")
I am trying to copy a file from a virtual machine which is managed by a vCenter server to my Ansible controller. I don’t want to use “fetch” module as it needs SSH connectivity. Is there any way I could transfer a file … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=670) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=672)