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**Author:** [@Thibault\_Jouannic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thibault_Jouannic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-to-manage-remote-lxc-container/20271 "2016-01-19T12:50:26Z")
Hi all, I very recently started to work with Ansible, and my problem is that I cannot find a way to handle our remote lxc containers. We have a remote host that I can ssh into, and on that host we set up a few lxc cont… --- ## [One issue about ansible\_host with ansible 2.0, when I use lineinfile module.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/one-issue-about-ansible-host-with-ansible-2-0-when-i-use-lineinfile-module/20268)
**Author:** [@rella.guo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rella.guo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/one-issue-about-ansible-host-with-ansible-2-0-when-i-use-lineinfile-module/20268 "2016-01-19T09:24:45Z")
When I use ansible\_host in lineinfile module with ansible 2.0, I get ansible\_host=“”. But in debug module, I can get exact host name by ansible\_host. Is it a ansible 2.0 bug? Actually, when I used ansible\_ssh\_host with … --- ## [Some important features in Ansible that I'd like to see ('creates', 'removes', 'run\_once\_by')](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-important-features-in-ansible-that-id-like-to-see-creates-removes-run-once-by/20067)
**Author:** [@alexey.vazhnov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/alexey.vazhnov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-important-features-in-ansible-that-id-like-to-see-creates-removes-run-once-by/20067 "2016-01-19T08:23:34Z")
Hi! I want to suggest a few major and valuable, as I see it, features and invite community to discuss: Add ‘creates’ and ‘removes’ parameters for any task, not only for modules like ‘shell’, as it works now. Add ‘run\_… --- ## [Dependencies among roles with pluggability](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dependencies-among-roles-with-pluggability/20264)
**Author:** [@Flavius\_Aspra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Flavius_Aspra)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dependencies-among-roles-with-pluggability/20264 "2016-01-19T06:05:00Z")
Hi Let’s say I have an editor role which contains a list (in form of a variable, let’s call it plugins) of programming-language-agnostic plugins plus an editor\_type variable, and additional roles for each language like p… --- ## [CenturyLink nested groups - how to create a server?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/centurylink-nested-groups-how-to-create-a-server/20263)
**Author:** [@Imre\_Zima](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Imre_Zima)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/centurylink-nested-groups-how-to-create-a-server/20263 "2016-01-19T05:24:42Z")
Hello, I am using Ansible v2 and I am able to create a server on CenturyLink in a group “MyGroup” using the new clc\_server module: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/clc\_server\_module.html The problem is this: I have a g… --- ## [sphere\_guest convert to template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sphere-guest-convert-to-template/20258)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_Jenkins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joseph_Jenkins)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sphere-guest-convert-to-template/20258 "2016-01-19T01:21:45Z")
I’ve looked through the documentation and searched and haven’t been able to find an answer for this. Is there an option to convert a vm from template and back? When a new package comes out for a system or we change our s… --- ## [Confusing "variable is undefined" error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/confusing-variable-is-undefined-error/20221)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Knights](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Knights)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/confusing-variable-is-undefined-error/20221 "2016-01-18T21:59:26Z")
I have a variable defined in group\_vars that I’m trying to use in a task but it is failing for me. So I created a debug task to dump the contents of this variable so I can see what ansible thinks is defined. If I try the… --- ## [Ansible 2.0 not on EPEL yet](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-not-on-epel-yet/20251)
**Author:** [@Shamim\_Mirzai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shamim_Mirzai)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-not-on-epel-yet/20251 "2016-01-18T17:51:30Z")
Hi Having received the announcement email that version 2.0 is out, I’m now trying to update my version of ansible on Centos 6 and it appears that the version in EPEL is still 1.9. Here’s the relevant page on RepoView: h… --- ## [Connecting to Windows AD accounts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connecting-to-windows-ad-accounts/20231)
**Author:** [@Mayur\_Barge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mayur_Barge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/connecting-to-windows-ad-accounts/20231 "2016-01-18T17:24:01Z")
Is anyone facing FAILED =\> 401 Unauthorized. basic auth failed issue for AD domain account what could go wrong ? --- ## [Ansible raw module windows silent install](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-raw-module-windows-silent-install/20257)
**Author:** [@Balaji\_Chandrababu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balaji_Chandrababu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-raw-module-windows-silent-install/20257 "2016-01-18T16:55:32Z")
Hi Everyone, I have been using this command: raw: ‘C:\\ZoneSense 15.24.0.335.exe /S’ on ansible 1.9.4 versions and it was working. But after I updated to ansible 2.0, I keep getting the below error: fatal: \[uk-lon01-cs… --- ## [How to get a list of existing variables from custom action plugin?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-a-list-of-existing-variables-from-custom-action-plugin/20255)
**Author:** [@Alexey\_Wasilyev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexey_Wasilyev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-a-list-of-existing-variables-from-custom-action-plugin/20255 "2016-01-18T16:15:01Z")
Hello everybody. I am trying to update include\_vars\_merged (https://gist.github.com/udondan/b730206056a018cf9838) custom plugin to support ansible 2.0 I can’t find a right way to get a dict of already defined or loaded… --- ## [Which variation of YAML does ansible use?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-variation-of-yaml-does-ansible-use/20250)
**Author:** [@mcv21](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mcv21)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-variation-of-yaml-does-ansible-use/20250 "2016-01-18T15:54:48Z")
Hi, There are a number of different versions of YAML (1.0,1.1,1.2), and within these versions choices that can be made about which tags to include and so on. Is the dialect of YAML that ansible uses defined anywhere?… --- ## [\[Ansible role\] action level reusability and order](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-role-action-level-reusability-and-order/20252)
**Author:** [@Wukang\_Lin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wukang_Lin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-role-action-level-reusability-and-order/20252 "2016-01-18T14:22:13Z")
Hi, all. I have review some similar topic on task reusability of ansible role and task execute order. But i still cannot get an answer to my problem. here it is: suppose i have a role named ‘service\_a’, and I have writ… --- ## [multiple when condition not working in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-when-condition-not-working-in-playbook/20240)
**Author:** [@DHAVAL\_JAISWAL](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DHAVAL_JAISWAL)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-when-condition-not-working-in-playbook/20240 "2016-01-18T13:25:08Z")
Hi, Trying to write playbook with when conditional statement. However, it always choose last command (/home/user//bin/) to execute even though condition matches with another domainname. playbook.yml command execution… --- ## [ansible-playbook --start-at-task="task in some role" still broken in v2 despite #11692 closed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-start-at-task-task-in-some-role-still-broken-in-v2-despite-11692-closed/20249)
**Author:** [@David\_Gregory](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Gregory)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-start-at-task-task-in-some-role-still-broken-in-v2-despite-11692-closed/20249 "2016-01-18T10:02:58Z")
Hi all, Great news on v2 release, it’s looking awesome! I’ve snagged from PyPI, which gave me v2.0.0.2, and switched over for day to day work, but I now don’t seem to be able to use --start-at-task to start at a task in… --- ## [How to handle data common to a set of roles?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-data-common-to-a-set-of-roles/20100)
**Author:** [@Yassen\_Damyanov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yassen_Damyanov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-handle-data-common-to-a-set-of-roles/20100 "2016-01-18T09:32:36Z")
Guys, Could you suggest a way to handle data common to a set of roles, e.g. the IP address of the DNS or the DHCP server on the network? These seem to be fixed for now but can change in future and I’d like to have a con… --- ## [firewalld rich rule error if already defined](https://forum.ansible.com/t/firewalld-rich-rule-error-if-already-defined/20245)
**Author:** [@Dewangga\_Bachrul\_Ala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dewangga_Bachrul_Ala)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/firewalld-rich-rule-error-if-already-defined/20245 "2016-01-18T01:55:44Z")
Got something interesting there, I have firewalld rules like this: - - name: Ensure FirewallD is started and enabled service: name=firewalld state=started enabled=yes - - name: Enabling firewalld on MariaDB Server … --- ## [Multiply with floating numbers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiply-with-floating-numbers/20237)
**Author:** [@Dewangga\_Bachrul\_Ala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dewangga_Bachrul_Ala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiply-with-floating-numbers/20237 "2016-01-18T01:09:48Z")
I’ve search some reference but still got no luck about divide operations in ansible. default/main.yml mariadb\_setmem: “{{ ansible\_memtotal\_mb 10241024 }}” mariadb\_misc\_query\_prealloc\_size: “{{ mariadb\_setmem \*0.01 }}” … --- ## [Ansible 1.9.4-1ppa~trusty removed from ansible ppa?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-4-1ppa-trusty-removed-from-ansible-ppa/20191)
**Author:** [@james4](https://forum.ansible.com/u/james4)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-4-1ppa-trusty-removed-from-ansible-ppa/20191 "2016-01-17T22:47:31Z")
Any one know why this was removed? Our build scripts are failing to install since it was removed from the ppa. Does this have anything to do with the 2.0.0 release? I see a 2.0 package for trusty but not 1.9.4-1 which u… --- ## [Can ternary() be used with vars or static strings only?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ternary-be-used-with-vars-or-static-strings-only/20243)
**Author:** [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ternary-be-used-with-vars-or-static-strings-only/20243 "2016-01-17T18:16:08Z")
Hi, to avoid copying many tasks I was trying to use the ternary() filter as seen in https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/ansible-project/4bhkNQvrbhc/Vs3u8QQVCAAJ goal: If I'm on debian based systems I'd like the ow… --- ## [error using copy module in conjunction with become and with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-using-copy-module-in-conjunction-with-become-and-with-items/20244)
**Author:** [@R.B\_Boyer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/R.B_Boyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-using-copy-module-in-conjunction-with-become-and-with-items/20244 "2016-01-17T18:02:36Z")
This is the error: \` fatal: \[localhost\]: FAILED! =\> {“failed”: true, “msg”: “ERROR! privilege output closed while waiting for password prompt:\\nBECOME-SUCCESS-adezzvrxzmmrvcjmhockfqrcaofjafii\\nd463cad77a9f7ca30d2eee449… --- ## [Creating dynamic hosts using ec2 module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-dynamic-hosts-using-ec2-module/20169)
**Author:** [@ori\_stoliar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ori_stoliar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-dynamic-hosts-using-ec2-module/20169 "2016-01-17T16:18:48Z")
Hi, I am new with using the dynamic hosts option. I am creating ec2 instances and creating a dynamic host group so I could run several different roles on them after the instances are created. My issue is that after the… --- ## [Few questions: Help please](https://forum.ansible.com/t/few-questions-help-please/20242)
**Author:** [@sreenivas\_narayan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sreenivas_narayan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/few-questions-help-please/20242 "2016-01-17T07:05:48Z")
Hello Guys, I have been working on an automation project. There are certain areas where I stuck. How to take mysql\_db dump with following options. Currently I am using command module. –skip-lock-tables --single-trans… --- ## [RETURN documentation block for cloud facts module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/return-documentation-block-for-cloud-facts-module/20239)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Zeeb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Zeeb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/return-documentation-block-for-cloud-facts-module/20239 "2016-01-16T18:06:08Z")
Hello, I wrote a new module for AWS to gather codedeploy facts. When I submitted the pull request, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1445, travis failed the build. Below is the comment I added to th… --- ## [ec2\_vpc\_subnet\_facts getting error accessing vpc\_id from a fact](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-subnet-facts-getting-error-accessing-vpc-id-from-a-fact/20238)
**Author:** [@Matthew\_Graham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matthew_Graham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-vpc-subnet-facts-getting-error-accessing-vpc-id-from-a-fact/20238 "2016-01-16T13:53:15Z")
Hi All I’m very new to Ansible and loving it. Not sure if Im doing this right but having trouble getting the vpc\_id from ec2\_vpc\_subnet\_facts My code runs the module name: Get the VPC ID ec2\_vpc\_subnet\_facts: regi… --- ## [APRICOT talk](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apricot-talk/20192)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Bush](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Randy_Bush)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apricot-talk/20192 "2016-01-16T10:19:35Z")
APRICOT 2016 Program Committee desperately seeks good speaker to introduce ansible. Half hour talk. https://2016.apricot.net/program#call-for-papers randy --- ## [Getting "argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable" with -c winrm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-argument-of-type-nonetype-is-not-iterable-with-c-winrm/20165)
**Author:** [@techraf](https://forum.ansible.com/u/techraf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-argument-of-type-nonetype-is-not-iterable-with-c-winrm/20165 "2016-01-16T05:44:42Z")
I am trying to provision a Windows machine from Mac OS X. When running: ansible -i inventory winserver -m setup -c winrm -vvv I get the following error: \` No config file found; using defaults An exception occurred d… --- ## [Push vs pull paradigm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/push-vs-pull-paradigm/20227)
**Author:** [@SFT](https://forum.ansible.com/u/SFT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/push-vs-pull-paradigm/20227 "2016-01-16T03:33:33Z")
I really like the push aspect of Ansible for those times when a change needs to happen immediately. I would like to also ensure compliance across system without having to manually push all the time. What are others doing… --- ## [Script module gives permission denied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/script-module-gives-permission-denied/20184)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Williams](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Williams)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/script-module-gives-permission-denied/20184 "2016-01-15T23:42:52Z")
I get permission denied when using script module. I can copy the shell script over and execute. I also can see that the temp folder ansible uses is successfully being created. I added a wait\_for: timeout=30 to see if it … --- ## [Problems with 2.0 and ansible\_shell\_type](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-2-0-and-ansible-shell-type/20235)
**Author:** [@Chip\_Marshall](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chip_Marshall)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problems-with-2-0-and-ansible-shell-type/20235 "2016-01-15T22:29:47Z")
It appears Ansible 2.0 doesn’t like my hosts, though 1.9 was working fine. I control a bunch of FreeBSD 10.2 boxes from an OS X host. Upon upgrading, my playbooks started to fail with errors like: fatal: \[tor1.2bit.co\]… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=800) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=802)