# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=691 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 692 --- ## [update /etc/cron.allow on multiple nodes diff values](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-etc-cron-allow-on-multiple-nodes-diff-values/23543)
**Author:** [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-etc-cron-allow-on-multiple-nodes-diff-values/23543 "2017-01-25T07:31:38Z")
hello all i need to update /etc/cron.allow on many servers below is eg x oracle y db x prod … … --- ## [any "pave and rebuild" modules?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-pave-and-rebuild-modules/23553)
**Author:** [@Tim1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-pave-and-rebuild-modules/23553 "2017-01-25T06:33:27Z")
hi folks, I’m faced with an API that only behaves in a “pave and rebuild” sort of model that I want to build a module for I was wondering if anyone was familiar with any existing modules that operate with similar APIs. … --- ## [VMWARE\_GUEST Module - An](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-module-an/23552)
**Author:** [@max\_bern](https://forum.ansible.com/u/max_bern)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-module-an/23552 "2017-01-25T00:34:08Z")
I’m looking for some help with writing an ansible playbook using the VMWARE\_ cloud / extras modules. VMWare guest uses pyVmomi over the older pysphere python libraries so hoping this works with vCenter 5.5\>6.5~ I’m test… --- ## [Error Msg: The pexpect python module is required](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-msg-the-pexpect-python-module-is-required/23113)
**Author:** [@neha\_gupta](https://forum.ansible.com/u/neha_gupta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-msg-the-pexpect-python-module-is-required/23113 "2017-01-24T23:39:07Z")
Hi I am using ansible (version 2.2) for installing a software, where I require “expect” to be used. I have installed the pexpect module (version 4.2) and Python (version 2.7) in the local and remote server. However, on… --- ## [ssh keys](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-keys/23539)
**Author:** [@jithendra\_myla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jithendra_myla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-keys/23539 "2017-01-24T17:44:41Z")
i trying run ansible command on new server which i didn’t copied my public ssh keys, i want to try talking to that remote linux using ssh user name and passwd and also with providing ssh-private keys to talk to instantly… --- ## [Using existing security groups in AWS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-existing-security-groups-in-aws/23529)
**Author:** [@Sm\_Sathi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sm_Sathi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-existing-security-groups-in-aws/23529 "2017-01-24T16:57:05Z")
Hi Can someone share how can i use an existing security group in AWS while creating an EC2 instance via ansible playbook please? Sathiya --- ## [Complex conditionals in retry-until](https://forum.ansible.com/t/complex-conditionals-in-retry-until/23551)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Helyar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Helyar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/complex-conditionals-in-retry-until/23551 "2017-01-24T16:17:54Z")
I have the following ec2 task: # Provision EC2 instances using variables set in the role vars file - name: Provision EC2 instances ec2: assign\_public\_ip: yes aws\_access\_key: "{{ aws\_akey }}" aws\_secret\_key: "{{ aws\_ske… --- ## [Uncompress module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uncompress-module/23550)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Mainguy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Mainguy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uncompress-module/23550 "2017-01-24T16:08:35Z")
I wrote an uncompress module awhile back and did’nt keep up with it enough to get merged in. I believe other people are working on uncompress / compress stuff at the moment. Is there any value in https://github.com/ansi… --- ## [notifier is not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/notifier-is-not-working/23511)
**Author:** [@jithendra\_myla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jithendra_myla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/notifier-is-not-working/23511 "2017-01-24T15:38:41Z")
notifier is not working even though i mention everything correctly, Please help \[ansible@centos1 ansible\_playbooks\]$ cat install\_plays.yml — # install software on multiple hosts hosts: apacheweb remote\_user: ansibl… --- ## [ansible command to get the deafult options for ansible modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-command-to-get-the-deafult-options-for-ansible-modules/23260)
**Author:** [@jithendra\_myla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jithendra_myla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-command-to-get-the-deafult-options-for-ansible-modules/23260 "2017-01-24T15:37:45Z")
ansible command to get the available default options for ansible modules like ansible all -m setup —\> should show all available option i have to utilize the setup module. Thank you very much for helping me, your help is… --- ## [Variable not defined error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-not-defined-error/23245)
**Author:** [@Elliott\_Barrere](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Elliott_Barrere)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-not-defined-error/23245 "2017-01-24T15:25:27Z")
Hi there — I have a variable called pbis\_require\_membership\_of defined in group\_vars/all.yaml, and it is overridden for a particular host under role/vars/hostname, however neither of the values are being used at runtime… --- ## [ansible-playbook exit codes bug?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-exit-codes-bug/23548)
**Author:** [@Mpampis\_Mpigkonias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mpampis_Mpigkonias)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-exit-codes-bug/23548 "2017-01-24T15:16:10Z")
Hello, I have a question regarding the ansible exit codes. I run a playbook and I have the following “PLAY RECAP” \` 10:52:35 | | | PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [Setup module command line: permissions denied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-module-command-line-permissions-denied/23537)
**Author:** [@Billie\_XU](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Billie_XU)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-module-command-line-permissions-denied/23537 "2017-01-24T14:44:31Z")
Hi all, I need to get a list of available facts from one of my machines. I can run playbook against it (ssh keys and password-less access already setup) but for some reason when I run the following command it complains … --- ## [Help with Nested Loops](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-nested-loops/23536)
**Author:** [@vnick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vnick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-nested-loops/23536 "2017-01-24T11:52:49Z")
Hey, everyone, I’m having figuring out how to use with\_items (or some variation thereof) in order to loop over a list of items within another list. What I’m trying to do is allow a playbook to accept a mountpoint variab… --- ## [blockinfile - learning pains](https://forum.ansible.com/t/blockinfile-learning-pains/23535)
**Author:** [@MarkD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MarkD)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/blockinfile-learning-pains/23535 "2017-01-24T11:50:00Z")
Hi, I am trying to remove from a file a block of text defined by (start/end) the following line --- ## [is with\_nested the right approach here?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-with-nested-the-right-approach-here/23532)
**Author:** [@raphael.bauduin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/raphael.bauduin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-with-nested-the-right-approach-here/23532 "2017-01-24T10:43:16Z")
Hi, I’m writing a cookbook to deploy a service, of which multiple instances can run at the same time on the same host. Each instance requires 3 config files: config\_X.yml, config\_X.env, log\_X.conf, where X=instance num… --- ## [Work around for ansible v2.2 to manage windows 2003 with powershell 2.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/work-around-for-ansible-v2-2-to-manage-windows-2003-with-powershell-2-0/23522)
**Author:** [@Jayzzz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jayzzz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/work-around-for-ansible-v2-2-to-manage-windows-2003-with-powershell-2-0/23522 "2017-01-24T10:22:53Z")
Hi Everyone My circumstance required me to be able to reboot windows 2003 servers via ansible and wait for them to come back and check availability. we do not need to properly configuration manage windows 2003 servers. … --- ## [Ansible work with array](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-work-with-array/23545)
**Author:** [@Stepan\_Harutyunyan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stepan_Harutyunyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-work-with-array/23545 "2017-01-24T08:20:34Z")
Hi Everyone, Hear is some part of my ansible code, I want to take severety from Json array when contactAccount is someemail2@somedomain.com, but I got following error: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “‘thresholds’ i… --- ## [Install nagios to all host with Ansible Playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-nagios-to-all-host-with-ansible-playbook/23521)
**Author:** [@Joao\_Figueia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joao_Figueia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-nagios-to-all-host-with-ansible-playbook/23521 "2017-01-24T07:36:15Z")
Hello guys, I’m new to ansible and I would like to know how it is possible to install Nagios in all hosts. Regards, João Figueira. --- ## [Error running module out of 'library' with Ansible 2.2.0 from epel](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-running-module-out-of-library-with-ansible-2-2-0-from-epel/23544)
**Author:** [@Rob\_White](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_White)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-running-module-out-of-library-with-ansible-2-2-0-from-epel/23544 "2017-01-24T06:45:47Z")
I have installed Ansible 2.2.0 from epel on an Amazon Linux image. I have created a ‘library’ directory in /etc/ansible and added my own custom module. Actually the module is iam\_role.py that has already been merged to … --- ## [Ansible (hangs)stops and does not progress](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hangs-stops-and-does-not-progress/23542)
**Author:** [@Oscar\_M\_A](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oscar_M_A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hangs-stops-and-does-not-progress/23542 "2017-01-24T00:46:19Z")
I explain my problem I get an inventory of 10,000 servers (Linux) through a python in json format, I have a playbook that is responsible for collecting information from the servers and at the end with java I assemble a … --- ## [Ansible (hangs)stops and does not progress](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hangs-stops-and-does-not-progress/23541)
**Author:** [@Oscar\_Martinez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oscar_Martinez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hangs-stops-and-does-not-progress/23541 "2017-01-24T00:34:33Z")
I explain my problem I get an inventory of 10,000 servers (Linux) through a python in json format, I have a playbook that is responsible for collecting information from the servers and at the end with java I assemble a … --- ## [Design ideas ansible provision with docker compose](https://forum.ansible.com/t/design-ideas-ansible-provision-with-docker-compose/23517)
**Author:** [@Sonny\_Heer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sonny_Heer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/design-ideas-ansible-provision-with-docker-compose/23517 "2017-01-23T23:24:51Z")
Goal: use same roles regardless of container, VM, bare metal, swarm, or other cloud provider easily add/remove nodes (containers) use existing docker-compose files I can’t seem to find an example of docker\_service whi… --- ## [pip module doing incomplete installation on Raspberry Pi](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-module-doing-incomplete-installation-on-raspberry-pi/23528)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Trasuk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_Trasuk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-module-doing-incomplete-installation-on-raspberry-pi/23528 "2017-01-23T20:47:11Z")
I’m seeing a funny behavior when using Ansible to manage an installation on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Jessie lite. The playbook includes the following, to install a Python program called ‘power-cycle’ from a GitHu… --- ## [BOT updates.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bot-updates/23538)
**Author:** [@jtanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jtanner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bot-updates/23538 "2017-01-23T19:49:12Z")
I wanted to point out a few recent changes to ansibullbot/“ansibot”. First off, all the code is publicly available at https://github.com/ansible/ansibullbot should you have any desire to see how it works. The codebase h… --- ## [A tool for writing playbooks in Java](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-for-writing-playbooks-in-java/23534)
**Author:** [@brthanmathwoag](https://forum.ansible.com/u/brthanmathwoag)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-tool-for-writing-playbooks-in-java/23534 "2017-01-23T16:56:19Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve recently had some time to work on a side project and wanted to share it with you here. jancy is a tool that lets you express playbooks as JVM code and translates them to Ansible YAML; So you can write… --- ## [Using an int for task name](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-an-int-for-task-name/23530)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Cutmore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Cutmore)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-an-int-for-task-name/23530 "2017-01-23T13:35:43Z")
Hello, I’m looking to contribute to Ansible and started looking at this issue: Github #19520. Is using an int as a task name is expected to work? I’m guessing not since it isn’t permitted for role names (this is checke… --- ## [SemLock / No space left on device](https://forum.ansible.com/t/semlock-no-space-left-on-device/23508)
**Author:** [@David\_Blackburn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Blackburn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/semlock-no-space-left-on-device/23508 "2017-01-23T03:13:12Z")
This is not a Ansible problem but its stopping me from using Ansible on my Mac, if I reboot the system the problem goes away for about a day. I am unable to find much information about this problem this is the most rele… --- ## [CentOS 7 yum or pip](https://forum.ansible.com/t/centos-7-yum-or-pip/23527)
**Author:** [@aaron](https://forum.ansible.com/u/aaron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/centos-7-yum-or-pip/23527 "2017-01-23T02:42:22Z")
We want to stay current with the stable branch for ansible and the dependencies we use. We’re a mostly Windows shop using WinRM with AD credentials, so we need… pywinrm pykerberos ansible anything those need (crypto,… --- ## [get\_url, "unsupported parameter for module: checksum"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-unsupported-parameter-for-module-checksum/23526)
**Author:** [@Adam\_Williams1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Williams1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-unsupported-parameter-for-module-checksum/23526 "2017-01-23T02:29:00Z")
Hello, I’ve got a Vagrant Ubuntu 14.04 machine provisioned with: \` sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y ansible … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=690) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=692)