# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=791 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 792 --- ## [Global hooks/tasks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/global-hooks-tasks/19695)
**Author:** [@Dominic\_Hargreaves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dominic_Hargreaves)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/global-hooks-tasks/19695 "2016-02-15T13:33:48Z")
Hi, I’ve had a look around for solutions to this problem, but surprisingly I’m starting to think it’s not something supported out of the box with ansible. I would like to define a play or series of plays which are call… --- ## [Ansible mount no fsck options?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-mount-no-fsck-options/20573)
**Author:** [@Ansible\_Madness](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ansible_Madness)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-mount-no-fsck-options/20573 "2016-02-15T10:47:47Z")
I'm using the standard Ansible mount module to update entries in /etc/fstab however there appears to be no option for columns 5 and 6 and Ansible always sets '0 0'. Example: /home is '1 2' as default however after runni… --- ## [Merging inventories?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/merging-inventories/20568)
**Author:** [@Nico\_K](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nico_K)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/merging-inventories/20568 "2016-02-15T10:42:58Z")
Hi, When one has multiple inventories like: inventories/a/hosts inventories/b/hosts inventories/… Is there an easy way to run a task or playbook against all of them without explicitly having to define each inventory… --- ## [deploying ansible with ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-ansible-with-ansible/20532)
**Author:** [@Frederic\_Van\_Espen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frederic_Van_Espen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-ansible-with-ansible/20532 "2016-02-15T07:53:36Z")
Hi, We have an existing architecture where one host manages a number of hosts. Any of these hosts could be managing a number of other hosts. So we have a tree like architecture. MASTER HOST / /--------- -----------… --- ## [Access to variables in vars/ in custom Ansible module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-to-variables-in-vars-in-custom-ansible-module/20576)
**Author:** [@gerhardjadzkadzikise](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gerhardjadzkadzikise)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-to-variables-in-vars-in-custom-ansible-module/20576 "2016-02-14T21:53:58Z")
Hello, I am developing custom ansible module to do something and i will implement this module as one of task in my new role. The new custom module is written in python 2.7. I know how to get variables passing to modul… --- ## [get\_url with alternative url](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-with-alternative-url/20575)
**Author:** [@Mike\_C1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_C1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-with-alternative-url/20575 "2016-02-14T16:45:09Z")
i got a local cache to store files to download from when im deploying for our production environment thats internal to that network and for that im using get\_url to download stuff. But there are times when that local ca… --- ## [Defining vars in a file and looping over them](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defining-vars-in-a-file-and-looping-over-them/20574)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_Pascoe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wayne_Pascoe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defining-vars-in-a-file-and-looping-over-them/20574 "2016-02-14T16:28:38Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to work with vars in a vars file inside a role, and I’m unable to make it work. I’m working from http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_loops.html#standard-loops. Any pointers on what I’m doing wro… --- ## [Will bugfix #12062 be backported to ansible 1.9.x?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/will-bugfix-12062-be-backported-to-ansible-1-9-x/20559)
**Author:** [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/will-bugfix-12062-be-backported-to-ansible-1-9-x/20559 "2016-02-14T11:41:20Z")
Hi, I'm running ansible 1.9.4 (released in Oct 2015) and am hitting a bug that has been fixed in August 2015, but the fix is apparently in ansible 2.0 only. Manually applying the fix to my 1.9.4 installation resolves… --- ## [iterating over IPv4/IPv6 (parallel) + TCP ports (nested)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iterating-over-ipv4-ipv6-parallel-tcp-ports-nested/20553)
**Author:** [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/iterating-over-ipv4-ipv6-parallel-tcp-ports-nested/20553 "2016-02-14T11:31:17Z")
Hi, similar to a question from about a year ago \[1\], I'm looking for the best way to loop over 3 lists: - {{ ansible\_all\_ipv4\_addresses }} - {{ ansible\_all\_ipv6\_addresses | ipv6('public') }} - tcpports ipv4 and ipv… --- ## [Traceback with ansible: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '\_vendor'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/traceback-with-ansible-attributeerror-module-object-has-no-attribute-vendor/19328)
**Author:** [@tma0286](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tma0286)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/traceback-with-ansible-attributeerror-module-object-has-no-attribute-vendor/19328 "2016-02-13T22:33:12Z")
Hi all. I hope you can help me investigating the problem why my ansible installation does not want to run. I get the following traceback in latest stable “release” as well as git checkout: seadmin@aconf1a:/sw/ansible\_g… --- ## [Debian/Ubuntu: Show available updates (or control if all updates are installed)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debian-ubuntu-show-available-updates-or-control-if-all-updates-are-installed/20546)
**Author:** [@Johannes\_Kastl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Johannes_Kastl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/debian-ubuntu-show-available-updates-or-control-if-all-updates-are-installed/20546 "2016-02-13T19:24:06Z")
Hi everyone, is it possible to show all available updates on Debian/Ubuntu/... via apt? Or rather, check if all updates have been installed without errors? Basically something like this (which does not work, I have n… --- ## [Ansible 2.1 Roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-roadmap/20570)
**Author:** [@jmckerr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jmckerr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-roadmap/20570 "2016-02-13T15:51:10Z")
We’re pleased to announce our initial roadmap document for Ansible 2.1, which we’re tentatively scheduling for the end of April. Please see this github page for the Ansible 2.1 roadmap and future roadmap announcements: … --- ## [Ansible 2.1 Roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-roadmap/20569)
**Author:** [@jmckerr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jmckerr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-roadmap/20569 "2016-02-13T15:47:45Z")
We’re pleased to announce our initial roadmap document for Ansible 2.1, which we’re tentatively scheduling for the end of April. Please see this github page for the Ansible 2.1 roadmap and future roadmap announcements: … --- ## [Docker Modules Roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-modules-roadmap/20566)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Houseknecht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Houseknecht)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-modules-roadmap/20566 "2016-02-13T05:06:44Z")
We’re excited to announce a clear roadmap to providing first-class support for container orchestration with Ansible. Over the coming months we will create a supported and maintainable solution that keeps pace with the fa… --- ## [Need to find out all the commands that ansible is actually running](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-find-out-all-the-commands-that-ansible-is-actually-running/20555)
**Author:** [@Chintan\_Sheth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chintan_Sheth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-to-find-out-all-the-commands-that-ansible-is-actually-running/20555 "2016-02-12T23:41:44Z")
I need to get sudoer whitelist for all the commands that ansible is running, is there any way which I can list them? --- ## [Random undefined variables (facts) since ansible 2.0 upgrade](https://forum.ansible.com/t/random-undefined-variables-facts-since-ansible-2-0-upgrade/20440)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Baydoun](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Baydoun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/random-undefined-variables-facts-since-ansible-2-0-upgrade/20440 "2016-02-12T19:59:28Z")
Some ansible playbook runs will work on most hosts, but 1-3 will fail with an undefined variable that is an ansible fact. Run it a second time and it works. Example: fatal: \[wdv-sitefinity1\]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true… --- ## [missing ansible.callbacks module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-ansible-callbacks-module/20564)
**Author:** [@Manuele\_Simi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Manuele_Simi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-ansible-callbacks-module/20564 "2016-02-12T19:01:44Z")
Hello, I’m completely new to ansible and I’m not even actually using it for direct development. A software I’m trying to install depends on ansible and it always reports the following error when started: root@cc9ce7bef… --- ## [Using ansible to call python script with subprocess module to run sqlplus script, Ansible shows missing sqlplus...?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-to-call-python-script-with-subprocess-module-to-run-sqlplus-script-ansible-shows-missing-sqlplus/20544)
**Author:** [@bryan.yu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bryan.yu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-to-call-python-script-with-subprocess-module-to-run-sqlplus-script-ansible-shows-missing-sqlplus/20544 "2016-02-12T16:17:46Z")
Hello all, I am using ansible to deploy and provision some instances then runs a python script at the very end. The python script uses the subprocess module to call a sql script and generate flat text files. When I dire… --- ## [Custom variable plugin to override order of precedence?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-variable-plugin-to-override-order-of-precedence/20563)
**Author:** [@Adam\_Stracener](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Stracener)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-variable-plugin-to-override-order-of-precedence/20563 "2016-02-12T16:16:32Z")
We currently have multiple repos for each of our applications and in each of these we have a group\_vars for that application. We also have a common repo with all of the common roles and tasks for every repo and applicat… --- ## [Play single roles in a playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/play-single-roles-in-a-playbook/20562)
**Author:** [@Daniele\_Varrazzo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniele_Varrazzo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/play-single-roles-in-a-playbook/20562 "2016-02-12T16:15:10Z")
Hello, All my playbooks looks like: hosts: web\_servers roles: role: nginx tags: nginx role: web\_landing tags: web\_landing role: web\_server tags: web\_server because I want to be able to deploy only a certain role … --- ## [help running unit tests against single test method](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-running-unit-tests-against-single-test-method/20561)
**Author:** [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-running-unit-tests-against-single-test-method/20561 "2016-02-12T15:43:44Z")
I’m trying to add a unit test and while developing I only want to run against a single interpreter and only my new test. Following the googles, i’ve tried a number of variations to run just my test. Can someone help me … --- ## [Powershell Script playbook no running on servers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-script-playbook-no-running-on-servers/20542)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Matthews](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Matthews)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-script-playbook-no-running-on-servers/20542 "2016-02-12T15:36:54Z")
Hi I have a playbook that is running the below powershell script. If I run the script on the actual server it works perfectly. But when I run the playbook nothing happens on the server. The job returns as changed…but … --- ## [Provisioning JBoss EAP with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/provisioning-jboss-eap-with-ansible/20558)
**Author:** [@fmarchio](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fmarchio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/provisioning-jboss-eap-with-ansible/20558 "2016-02-12T09:27:03Z")
Hi all, we have a customer that has built a custom framework in Python to provision installations of JBoss EAP. The installation are provisioned by means of JBoss EAP Command Line Scripts and file system operations. I’… --- ## [How to make symbolic links in windows via Ansible ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-make-symbolic-links-in-windows-via-ansible/20538)
**Author:** [@ishan\_jain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ishan_jain)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-make-symbolic-links-in-windows-via-ansible/20538 "2016-02-12T09:07:08Z")
I am trying to make a lot symbolic links for my directories and files and manually i use mklink command to make them. Oddly enough, this command requires admin level privileges to create links. How can i use mklink via … --- ## [Execute a task on host using weight.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-a-task-on-host-using-weight/20557)
**Author:** [@Alexey\_Lesovsky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexey_Lesovsky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/execute-a-task-on-host-using-weight/20557 "2016-02-12T08:38:44Z")
Hello, I have following situation, I have a group of hosts and playbook that has played on this group. I want run one task from playbook on specified host. This host is chosen using set\_fact. The set\_fact gathers “weigh… --- ## [Ansible playbook to deploy a VM in a PXEBOOT envrionment](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-to-deploy-a-vm-in-a-pxeboot-envrionment/20554)
**Author:** [@Stuart\_Cracraft](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stuart_Cracraft)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-to-deploy-a-vm-in-a-pxeboot-envrionment/20554 "2016-02-12T00:19:13Z")
My present Ansible playbook can spin-up a VM in the interactive Ubuntu installation (e.g. waiting for you to select the language on the first screen), but I’ve not been able to get it instead to go to the PXEBOOT/KICKSTA… --- ## [Custom variable plugin to override order of precedence?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-variable-plugin-to-override-order-of-precedence/20552)
**Author:** [@Adam\_Stracener](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adam_Stracener)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-variable-plugin-to-override-order-of-precedence/20552 "2016-02-11T21:40:16Z")
We currently have multiple repos for each of our applications and in each of these we have a group\_vars for that application. We also have a common repo with all of the common roles and tasks for every repo and applicat… --- ## [mount volumes based on size](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mount-volumes-based-on-size/20551)
**Author:** [@Govindaraj\_Venkatesa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Govindaraj_Venkatesa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/mount-volumes-based-on-size/20551 "2016-02-11T21:33:08Z")
Hi All, Currently we are mounting the volume as below name: mkfs the volume filesystem: fstype=ext4 dev=/dev/vdb tags: mount\_zookeeper\_fs is there a way we can mount volumes based on the size? sometimes our dev=/de… --- ## [lineinfile](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lineinfile/20550)
**Author:** [@Govindaraj\_Venkatesa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Govindaraj_Venkatesa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lineinfile/20550 "2016-02-11T21:23:00Z")
Hi Team, I have the file with the below content. “Bamboo”: { “Endpoint”: “http://xx.xx.xxx.xxx:800”, “Zookeeper”: { “Host”: “//xx.xxx.xxx.xx:2181,xx.xxx.xxx.xx:2181,xx.xxx.xxx.xx:2181”, “Path”: “/marathon-haproxy/s… --- ## [How to Export Ansible Tower job logs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-export-ansible-tower-job-logs/20549)
**Author:** [@txavier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/txavier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-export-ansible-tower-job-logs/20549 "2016-02-11T21:20:49Z")
Hi All, Can you please help me out to find a way to export Ansible tower job logs (Ex: Job number, Start time, End time etc) Thanks in advance. Regards Thomas Xavier [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=790) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=792)