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## [Text::FastTemplate  module is missing missing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/text-fasttemplate-module-is-missing-missing/23462)

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**Author:** [@bohdan\_kalytovskyy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bohdan_kalytovskyy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/text-fasttemplate-module-is-missing-missing/23462 "2017-01-15T18:39:04Z")

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Hello all, trying to install perl module Text::FastTemplate using cpan on ubuntu. Tried using this http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/cpanm\_module.html but keep getting error that module is missing. How can i make this hap…

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## [Using rabbitmq\_user module with multiple permissions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-rabbitmq-user-module-with-multiple-permissions/23459)

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**Author:** [@Dan82](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan82)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-rabbitmq-user-module-with-multiple-permissions/23459 "2017-01-14T17:31:54Z")

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Hello, I’m working on a rabbitmqAnsible role and I have to write the task dedicated to users creation and configuration. I defined the following variable in my playbook: vars: rabbitmq\_resources: type\_resource: “vho…

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## [Parse error at Handler](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parse-error-at-handler/23460)

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**Author:** [@Ram\_P](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ram_P)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parse-error-at-handler/23460 "2017-01-14T16:13:13Z")

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Hi All, I have started learning ansible, and written a playbook. — # This is my first playbook to install httpd (apache webserver) hosts: test.server.com sudo: yes connection: ssh user: ansibleuser tasks: name: I…

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## [IMPORTANT - Updated (x2) RCs for Security Bug CVE-2016-9587](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-updated-x2-rcs-for-security-bug-cve-2016-9587/23458)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-updated-x2-rcs-for-security-bug-cve-2016-9587/23458 "2017-01-13T22:57:16Z")

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Hi all, We are releasing a new set of candidates for the security bug in CVE-2016-9587: 2.1.4 RC3 2.2.1 RC5 Due to this release, we are moving the final release to Monday, January 16th. Sorry for the delay in getting…

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## [Run multiple tasks with different Ansible users for Windows hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-multiple-tasks-with-different-ansible-users-for-windows-hosts/23448)

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**Author:** [@davidfof](https://forum.ansible.com/u/davidfof)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-multiple-tasks-with-different-ansible-users-for-windows-hosts/23448 "2017-01-13T20:19:52Z")

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Hi all, I have role that contains several tasks that should be run by different Ansible users. The playbook that uses this role should run on Windows hosts and I do this using a command similar to the following: ansi…

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## [List of keywords - no, not a glossary.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/list-of-keywords-no-not-a-glossary/23457)

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**Author:** [@Justin\_Clancy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Justin_Clancy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/list-of-keywords-no-not-a-glossary/23457 "2017-01-13T19:16:35Z")

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What would be really useful would be a list of ansible keywords with an explanation of syntax and usage for each one. I don’t mean a glossary or a list of modules, but things like with\_items:, when:, name: and notify: a…

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## [How create new Git repository from Ansible  directly?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-create-new-git-repository-from-ansible-directly/23453)

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**Author:** [@SwApNiL\_PATIL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SwApNiL_PATIL)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-create-new-git-repository-from-ansible-directly/23453 "2017-01-13T19:05:52Z")

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Hello All , I am only able to clone the repository from Git with the help of Git module of Ansible. I am able to create new repository from shell and attach that shell script to Ansible. But I want to know can I create…

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## [SSH via Jumpbox](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-via-jumpbox/17431)

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**Author:** [@Ethan\_Zhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ethan_Zhan)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-via-jumpbox/17431 "2017-01-13T14:58:13Z")

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Hi, I’m in trouble with how to use ansible on jumpbox, here is the issue. from jumpbox I have to use command sudo ssh box\_ip to get login with root permission. How can I let ansible know to use sudo ssh instead of ssh…

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## [Ansible Update on CVE and Versions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-update-on-cve-and-versions/23455)

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**Author:** [@jmckerr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jmckerr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-update-on-cve-and-versions/23455 "2017-01-13T14:51:20Z")

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To All in the Ansible Community, As you’ve likely heard, Computest.nl reported a security vulnerability to the Ansible Core engineering team and Red Hat Security. The Ansible Core team has been working hard to fix the i…

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## [Ansible update on CVE and Versions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-update-on-cve-and-versions/23454)

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**Author:** [@jmckerr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jmckerr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-update-on-cve-and-versions/23454 "2017-01-13T14:50:28Z")

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To All in the Ansible Community, As you’ve likely heard, Computest.nl reported a security vulnerability to the Ansible Core engineering team and Red Hat Security. The Ansible Core team has been working hard to fix the i…

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## [Register same instance in more than one ELB in parallel using ec2\_elb](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-same-instance-in-more-than-one-elb-in-parallel-using-ec2-elb/23452)

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**Author:** [@ivan\_farre\_Vicente](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ivan_farre_Vicente)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/register-same-instance-in-more-than-one-elb-in-parallel-using-ec2-elb/23452 "2017-01-13T11:57:12Z")

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We have the same instances behind a group of ELB’s. During deploy we register them using ec2\_elb module like this name: Instance Register tags: balancer,balancer-register environment: “{{ aws\_env }}” local\_action: …

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## [Sort hosts by gathered fact](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sort-hosts-by-gathered-fact/23450)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_Brand](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexander_Brand)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sort-hosts-by-gathered-fact/23450 "2017-01-13T10:15:17Z")

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Is it possible to sort the hosts by a given fact? The use case is producing a list of machine name → free disk space with the top N machines that have the most free disk space. The hosts need to be sorted by a fact, and…

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## [How to check status of service running on a remote host via Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-check-status-of-service-running-on-a-remote-host-via-ansible/23444)

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**Author:** [@Kishor\_Ramanan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kishor_Ramanan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-check-status-of-service-running-on-a-remote-host-via-ansible/23444 "2017-01-13T09:06:21Z")

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I am in need of a ansbile play to check the status of a service in CENTOS 7 / RHEL Expected output: ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enable…

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## [Public Key works but not username password](https://forum.ansible.com/t/public-key-works-but-not-username-password/23441)

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**Author:** [@Worked\_Whe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Worked_Whe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/public-key-works-but-not-username-password/23441 "2017-01-13T08:58:13Z")

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My “Ansible Server” connect to remote “Host” as below. Ansible Server —\> JumpServer → Host I configured “Ansible Server” Appropriately for SSH Proxy. Now I can directly SSH to “Host” from “Ansible Server”, both with us…

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## [Core Module to Informix](https://forum.ansible.com/t/core-module-to-informix/23449)

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**Author:** [@Miguel\_Ribeiro](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Miguel_Ribeiro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/core-module-to-informix/23449 "2017-01-13T08:40:48Z")

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Hi I am interested to know if someone already used Ansible with Informix and i like to leave the question if Ansible going to prepare a core module for Informix. Thank You

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## [The setup task to windows machine hangs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-setup-task-to-windows-machine-hangs/23395)

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**Author:** [@Deepa\_Yr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Deepa_Yr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-setup-task-to-windows-machine-hangs/23395 "2017-01-13T05:48:53Z")

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Hi At some point of time in the execution of playbooks, it hangs at the setup task with windows machine. It does not send the response back to ansible controller I guess, and playbook hangs. in windows machine, i see po…

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## [jinja2 line formatting (white space)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jinja2-line-formatting-white-space/23447)

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**Author:** [@andrew.hudson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/andrew.hudson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jinja2-line-formatting-white-space/23447 "2017-01-13T05:46:11Z")

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I have this jinja2 going on in a play: \` with\_items: "{% for host in play\_hosts -%} {% if (host != inventory\_hostname) -%} {{host}} slave {% endif -%} {% endfor -%}" \` which basically appends some lines to a file…

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## [IMPORTANT - Updated RCs for Security Bug CVE-2016-9587](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-updated-rcs-for-security-bug-cve-2016-9587/23439)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-updated-rcs-for-security-bug-cve-2016-9587/23439 "2017-01-12T23:49:17Z")

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Hi all, We’ve just released the following release candidates to address a few more corner cases found after the release of the previous RCs for CVE-2016-9587: 2.1.4 RC2 2.2.1 RC4 Thanks again to Computest for double-…

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## [Failed to get D-Bus connection in Docker Container](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-get-d-bus-connection-in-docker-container/23228)

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**Author:** [@Coolman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Coolman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-get-d-bus-connection-in-docker-container/23228 "2017-01-12T18:52:15Z")

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Hello there, I get the error described in the title when I execute systemctl in a docker container launcher with Ansible docker module. Thus, I cannot manage services in the docker container (eg. satrt/stop/reload nginx…

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## [Using Ansible with Archiva](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-with-archiva/23435)

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**Author:** [@g.roberts](https://forum.ansible.com/u/g.roberts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-with-archiva/23435 "2017-01-12T12:45:41Z")

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I am new to Ansible and am trying to get a download from an Archiva respository. I am using the extra called maven\_artifact. I can successfully download an artifact from Maven Central but not from my local Archiva. By al…

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## [Developers Guide](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developers-guide/23442)

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**Author:** [@oleg\_mukolaichenko](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oleg_mukolaichenko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developers-guide/23442 "2017-01-12T11:02:05Z")

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Hello buddies, I wanna make some changes for fixing bugs in Ansible (my favourite infrastructure automation tool). Please, tell me where I can find manual like ‘getting started’, or ‘developers guide’? At this moment …

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## [Network and Prompts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-and-prompts/23438)

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**Author:** [@Billy\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Billy_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-and-prompts/23438 "2017-01-12T10:04:48Z")

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Hi I am quite new to ansible and I hope I could ask a few questions here please. My goal To use ansible to try and configure both Juniper and Cisco devices in one playbook and then test them Eg: run a ping, How can I …

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## [Differences between systems](https://forum.ansible.com/t/differences-between-systems/23437)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Christopher](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tom_Christopher)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/differences-between-systems/23437 "2017-01-12T10:02:22Z")

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Trying to set\_fact based on user input: set\_fact: wls\_bounce\_jvm: True when: bounce\_managed\_instance == True and deploy == True On my Mac OSX system running version 2.1.2.0.1\_0 and 2.2.0.0.1\_0 works without issue. I…

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## [Initializing "List" with dynamic values through "with\_items" is not working .](https://forum.ansible.com/t/initializing-list-with-dynamic-values-through-with-items-is-not-working/23387)

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**Author:** [@Ritesh\_Sharma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ritesh_Sharma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/initializing-list-with-dynamic-values-through-with-items-is-not-working/23387 "2017-01-12T07:17:09Z")

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Hi Guys , i am attempting to initialise list (array) with set\_fact method with some dynamic values through with\_items ; but getting failure for same ; it seems like my list is acting as a normal variable and printing th…

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## [IMPORTANT - New RCs for Security Bug CVE-2016-9587](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-new-rcs-for-security-bug-cve-2016-9587/23410)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/important-new-rcs-for-security-bug-cve-2016-9587/23410 "2017-01-12T05:18:21Z")

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Hi all, Today we are releasing two new release candidates to address CVE-2016-9587, which we are removing from embargo today: 2.1.4 RC1 2.2.1 RC3 CVE-2016-9587 is rated as HIGH in risk, as a compromised remote syste…

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## [Unable to Install Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-ansible/23430)

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**Author:** [@Ramesh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ramesh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-ansible/23430 "2017-01-12T02:02:40Z")

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Hello all, I tried installing ansible on centos vagrant, but can’t install. As Im new to this, request some one to help me on this. \[vagrant@first yum.repos.d\]$ sudo easy\_install pip sudo: easy\_install: command not fou…

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## [Run Ansible against a standalone Windows server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-against-a-standalone-windows-server/23426)

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**Author:** [@Eric\_Chong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Chong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-against-a-standalone-windows-server/23426 "2017-01-12T01:57:54Z")

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Is there a way to run Ansible against a standalone Windows server that is not in a domain? The document shows how to setup kerberos with Windows domain. What if the Windows server is not in any domain? Thanks

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## [Extra character (carriage return?) when decoding base64-encoded string?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extra-character-carriage-return-when-decoding-base64-encoded-string/23365)

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**Author:** [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extra-character-carriage-return-when-decoding-base64-encoded-string/23365 "2017-01-11T21:00:15Z")

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Dear all, I am not an expert on base64, but I guess this might be similar to this issue: \<https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/5262&gt; I have a variable myvariable that contains a base64-encoded string generat…

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## [Create VM from template using vsphere\_guest module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-vm-from-template-using-vsphere-guest-module/23413)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Williams1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Robert_Williams1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-vm-from-template-using-vsphere-guest-module/23413 "2017-01-11T20:14:08Z")

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Hello, I am new to Ansible and am having trouble spinning up a vm from a template using Ansible. I am unsure on what to put for “hosts” in my playbook. Should this be the vcenter hostname , vsphere hostname or something …

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## [getting 'play recap' changed variable from playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-play-recap-changed-variable-from-playbook/23417)

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**Author:** [@Pieter\_Voet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pieter_Voet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-play-recap-changed-variable-from-playbook/23417 "2017-01-11T16:12:13Z")

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Hi all, if any play in a playbook actually changes something, I want to display a ‘please restart something’ message to the playbook user. Is there a way to get the ‘PLAY RECAP’ changed variable value from a playbook ? …

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