# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=811 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 812 --- ## [how to proxy to containers behind nat?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-proxy-to-containers-behind-nat/19973)
**Author:** [@pixel\_fairy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pixel_fairy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-proxy-to-containers-behind-nat/19973 "2015-12-09T12:30:26Z")
ansible 1.9.4 from pip on os x. make an lxc host with no other purpose. all the containers are behind nat, so cant directly ssh to them, but i can ssh to the physical host. this works, ssh n.n.n.n -o “ProxyCommand ssh … --- ## [windows; win\_regmerge module; extras integration tests](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-win-regmerge-module-extras-integration-tests/19971)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-win-regmerge-module-extras-integration-tests/19971 "2015-12-09T09:12:16Z")
Hello, I made a PR to add a module that lets you import registry files. It can compare with current registry settings so will set changed to true or false as appropriate, and lets you make bulk changes to the registry i… --- ## [which branch should i submit pull request if I want to a bug fixed in 1.9.x](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-branch-should-i-submit-pull-request-if-i-want-to-a-bug-fixed-in-1-9-x/19970)
**Author:** [@Leon\_Xie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Leon_Xie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-branch-should-i-submit-pull-request-if-i-want-to-a-bug-fixed-in-1-9-x/19970 "2015-12-09T07:44:26Z")
Hi all, I found a bug on ansible 1.9.2 and have finished coding. If I want this bug to be fixed in later 1.9.x release, which branch should I submit my pull request? Should I submit to stable-1.9 branch or devel branc… --- ## [Using loops with sub-elements/parameters ansible, particularly ec2 module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-loops-with-sub-elements-parameters-ansible-particularly-ec2-module/19959)
**Author:** [@Dinil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dinil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-loops-with-sub-elements-parameters-ansible-particularly-ec2-module/19959 "2015-12-08T23:14:49Z")
Hi, Am trying to use Loop for ‘Volumes’ parameter of ec2 - ec2: prop1: prop2: volumes: device\_name : {{ item.key1 }} volume\_size: {{ item.key2 }} with\_items: {{ var}} var: { ‘key1’ : ‘value1’ , ‘key2’ : ‘… --- ## [empty ansible\_domain from setup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/empty-ansible-domain-from-setup/19944)
**Author:** [@markham\_breitbach](https://forum.ansible.com/u/markham_breitbach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/empty-ansible-domain-from-setup/19944 "2015-12-08T22:44:34Z")
I am running ansible 1.9.3 under FreeBSD 10.2 to manage other FreeBSD hosts. I am trying to figure out why one host comes back with ansible\_domain undefined, when it is fine for another host. AFAIK both hosts are confi… --- ## [The ansible -t option for ansible-playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-ansible-t-option-for-ansible-playbook/19966)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Romanus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rick_Romanus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-ansible-t-option-for-ansible-playbook/19966 "2015-12-08T20:03:23Z")
I’m trying to gather file stats of the sudoers file from a list of hosts and put the the stats in individual files on the local machine. I found doing this with the ansible command is fairly easy… ansible all -i hosts … --- ## [ec2\_group failed to template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-group-failed-to-template/19964)
**Author:** [@Edgardo\_Vega](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edgardo_Vega)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-group-failed-to-template/19964 "2015-12-08T16:06:27Z")
I am having a strange issue I have a role that looks like the following roles/ec2\_sg/tasks/main name: Create Security Group ec2\_group: profile: “{{ profile }}” name: “{{ type }}” description: “ports required to co… --- ## [Managing Mikrotik via API with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-mikrotik-via-api-with-ansible/19962)
**Author:** [@Miroslav\_Hudec](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Miroslav_Hudec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-mikrotik-via-api-with-ansible/19962 "2015-12-08T14:47:37Z")
Hi, first I would like to say I am new to Ansible, so some of my questions might not be the wisest… As a part of my bachelor’s project, I am supposed to create Ansible module that would be used to configure Mikrotik de… --- ## [yum module fails to install multiple packages](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-fails-to-install-multiple-packages/19951)
**Author:** [@user66](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user66)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-fails-to-install-multiple-packages/19951 "2015-12-08T13:42:55Z")
Name : ansible Version : 1.9.2 I’ve got a simple play \` --- ## [Reporting on dry run package updates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reporting-on-dry-run-package-updates/19961)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Rough](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Rough)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reporting-on-dry-run-package-updates/19961 "2015-12-08T11:09:20Z")
Hi, On a weekly basis I upgrade any packages for which there are available updates on our servers. I first perform this in our test environment, and then once happy with those changes, in our production environment. Tho… --- ## [ansible galaxy question](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-question/19924)
**Author:** [@Serge\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-question/19924 "2015-12-07T22:55:32Z")
hi, I’m wondering is it a good way share a complete playbook using the ansible galaxy. and yes, I’ve read documentation:" Instead of creating giant playbooks with hundreds of tasks we can use roles to organise tasks, …… --- ## [vars\_files-When are the variables loaded?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-files-when-are-the-variables-loaded/19957)
**Author:** [@smalleni](https://forum.ansible.com/u/smalleni)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-files-when-are-the-variables-loaded/19957 "2015-12-07T22:43:08Z")
In one my plays, a task executes a script that parses a file and exracts some credentials and saves them to a yaml file. If I try to access the variables in the file using vars\_files it doesn’t work as I guess ansible tr… --- ## [Github labeling changes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/github-labeling-changes/19956)
**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/github-labeling-changes/19956 "2015-12-07T20:12:17Z")
Hi all, per some internal discussions, we’ve decided to remove the P3/4/5 labels from Github for PRs and issues. We feel this will level things a bit better, and save us the time of having to have a “default” state (whic… --- ## [Combinations of lists](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combinations-of-lists/19954)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Searle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Searle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/combinations-of-lists/19954 "2015-12-07T19:43:34Z")
I get the feeling I’m missing something obvious - so feel free to tell me so :slight\_smile: I seem to often want to do a combination of two lists - most often one that is static and one that is dependent on the group. O… --- ## [Deploying AWS infra with CloudFormation and provisioning application in same playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-aws-infra-with-cloudformation-and-provisioning-application-in-same-playbook/19949)
**Author:** [@Juris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-aws-infra-with-cloudformation-and-provisioning-application-in-same-playbook/19949 "2015-12-07T19:36:54Z")
Hi, I am having hard time figuring out idiomatic way of doing AWS infrastructure deployment and application e.g. EC2 instance provisioning in one go in same playbook. The problem being accessing EC2 host in the next pla… --- ## [Ansible createsuperuser with django\_manage module.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-createsuperuser-with-django-manage-module/19925)
**Author:** [@anoop.kolari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anoop.kolari)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-createsuperuser-with-django-manage-module/19925 "2015-12-07T17:18:35Z")
Hi, I’m creating a super user for my django application through ansible. Script is below. django\_manage: command=“createsuperuser --noinput --username=admin --email=anoop.kolari@tarams.com” app\_path={{ django\_dir }} se… --- ## [Ansible Best Practice.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-best-practice/19922)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Morgan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Morgan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-best-practice/19922 "2015-12-07T16:26:56Z")
I am currently developing a Playbook consisting of a number of roles via include statements as show below: hosts: testing sudo: yes roles: timezone ntp mariadb nfs-server I would appreciate some advice of where to … --- ## [Using with\_dict but skipping certain items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-with-dict-but-skipping-certain-items/19950)
**Author:** [@David\_Stewart](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Stewart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-with-dict-but-skipping-certain-items/19950 "2015-12-07T16:13:09Z")
Hi, I am new to Ansible and am having difficulty in understanding how a loop created with a ‘with\_dict’ directive can be filtered based upon values within the dictionary. For instance, I want a dictionary of users that… --- ## [Run Handlers like a task](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-handlers-like-a-task/19943)
**Author:** [@smalenfant](https://forum.ansible.com/u/smalenfant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-handlers-like-a-task/19943 "2015-12-07T15:41:42Z")
We have playbook that didn’t have the force\_handlers directive. They ended up failing and of course, they re-run instead and the handlers never got run for completed tasks. I’ve searched but couldn’t find something rela… --- ## [Config Mgt Tech Stack Support with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-mgt-tech-stack-support-with-ansible/19948)
**Author:** [@Ashwin\_Radhakrishnan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ashwin_Radhakrishnan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-mgt-tech-stack-support-with-ansible/19948 "2015-12-07T08:22:33Z")
I am newbie to Ansible and I have some specific queries: Application/Web Serves Run-time Snapshot & Drift : Do we have out of the box Ansible playbooks which can create Application Server level Snapshot, For example a… --- ## [Release state and regulary state updates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-state-and-regulary-state-updates/19920)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-state-and-regulary-state-updates/19920 "2015-12-07T08:21:12Z")
Hi Ansible release team. Writing here instead in the IRC because this might be also interesting for others. It would be nice, if you could in regularly inform about the release state. If you plan more RCs or not, and… --- ## [gluster\_volume module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gluster-volume-module/18674)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Goodness](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Goodness)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gluster-volume-module/18674 "2015-12-07T02:27:11Z")
Greetings, Ansiblites! I’m attempting to write a role that uses the gluster\_volume module. All is well right up until I try to specify an ‘options’ parameter. According to the documentation, I’m to use “a dictionary/has… --- ## [Config Mgt Tech Stack Support with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-mgt-tech-stack-support-with-ansible/19945)
**Author:** [@Ashwin\_Radhakrishnan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ashwin_Radhakrishnan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-mgt-tech-stack-support-with-ansible/19945 "2015-12-06T18:02:17Z")
Hi Guys, I am newbie to Ansible and I have some specific queries: Application/Web Serves Run-time Snapshot & Drift : Do we have out of the box Ansible playbooks which can create Application Server level Snapshot, For… --- ## [Reusing a set of taks across many roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reusing-a-set-of-taks-across-many-roles/19809)
**Author:** [@cosbug](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cosbug)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reusing-a-set-of-taks-across-many-roles/19809 "2015-12-06T01:56:50Z")
H All, I have a piece of code which is required to run by many roles. Instead of duplicating these tasks which brings maintenance problem as it grows, I would like somehow to re-use same set of tasks across many roles … --- ## [\-f option in apache2\_module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/f-option-in-apache2-module/19942)
**Author:** [@Yoann\_DAVID](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yoann_DAVID)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/f-option-in-apache2-module/19942 "2015-12-05T05:41:49Z")
Since apache 2.4 on Debian to disable autoindex module we must confirm with “Yes, do as I say!” sentence or run a2dismod command with -f option : sudo a2dismod autoindex \[sudo\] password for umanit: WARNING: The follo… --- ## [Clarify behavior for hosts and host variables appearing in multiple (nested) inventories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarify-behavior-for-hosts-and-host-variables-appearing-in-multiple-nested-inventories/19940)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Butler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Butler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/clarify-behavior-for-hosts-and-host-variables-appearing-in-multiple-nested-inventories/19940 "2015-12-04T19:57:27Z")
Several recent issues have been posted concerning changed behavior between Ansible 1.9 and 2.0 (beta) for host and host variables mentioned among multiple nested inventories (i.e. static and dynamic inventories under t… --- ## [PR: ARG build-time parameter for docker 1.9](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pr-arg-build-time-parameter-for-docker-1-9/19751)
**Author:** [@Alexey\_K](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexey_K)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pr-arg-build-time-parameter-for-docker-1-9/19751 "2015-12-04T19:15:27Z")
Hi, I’ve just pushed a PR that implements a new Dockerfile extension in Docker 1.9 - ARG command. The ansible module docker\_image now supports this! Someone please review, as soon as it’s said ok, I’m going to create … --- ## [SSH error with ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-error-with-ansible/19492)
**Author:** [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-error-with-ansible/19492 "2015-12-04T18:58:31Z")
Hey Guys I am trying to run that playbook but for some reason it’s not running root@ip-172-16-20-180:/var/ lib/jenkins/jobs/build-cs-utils/workspace/playbooks# ansible-playbook -i inventory/prod deploy\_system\_status.ym… --- ## [SSH Connection Error Playbook Continues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection-error-playbook-continues/19749)
**Author:** [@Phill\_Tomlinson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phill_Tomlinson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection-error-playbook-continues/19749 "2015-12-04T18:52:53Z")
Hi, I’d like to clarify some functionality. When running a playbook with multiple plays and one play can’t connect to a host, ansible displays an error: PLAY \[First Play\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* T… --- ## [Ansible playbook fails on ssh in between the tasks.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-fails-on-ssh-in-between-the-tasks/19892)
**Author:** [@Vani\_Paridhyani](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vani_Paridhyani)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-fails-on-ssh-in-between-the-tasks/19892 "2015-12-04T18:31:05Z")
Hi! After 5 out of 11 ansible tasks ran successfuly, my playbook failed throwing the below error: failed: \[\\] =\> {"changed": true, "rc": 1} stderr: OpenSSH\_6.2p2, OpenSSL 1.0.1k-fips 8 Jan 2015 debug1: Reading confi… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=810) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=812)