# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=812 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 813 --- ## [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… --- ## [Create Multiple Nginx Virtual Hosts with one Ansible role](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-multiple-nginx-virtual-hosts-with-one-ansible-role/19938)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-multiple-nginx-virtual-hosts-with-one-ansible-role/19938 "2015-12-04T15:36:48Z")
Hi, How I can Create Multiple Nginx Virtual Hosts with one Ansible role, can someone give me an idea? Thanks, --- ## [Retrieve ec2 facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-ec2-facts/19939)
**Author:** [@Adithya\_Khamithkar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adithya_Khamithkar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-ec2-facts/19939 "2015-12-04T15:36:35Z")
How to retrieve ec2 facts of a host using local action if the host is in the stopped state? --- ## [Why use Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-use-ansible/19865)
**Author:** [@fabgcruz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fabgcruz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-use-ansible/19865 "2015-12-04T12:15:01Z")
Hello! I'm conducting a search for Differences among other tools and ansible . Where can I find the advantages of using the ansible ? My question is : Why use ansible , he is better than the puppet ? Tks, Fabrici… --- ## [django\_manage with custom django manage commands.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/django-manage-with-custom-django-manage-commands/19936)
**Author:** [@anoop.kolari](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anoop.kolari)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/django-manage-with-custom-django-manage-commands/19936 "2015-12-04T06:46:29Z")
Does ansible 1.7.1 supports execution of custom django manage commands with ansible django\_manage module? --- ## [how to abort ansible execution in callback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-abort-ansible-execution-in-callback/19935)
**Author:** [@Leon\_Xie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Leon_Xie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-abort-ansible-execution-in-callback/19935 "2015-12-04T06:35:50Z")
hi all, I want to abort entire ansible execution in a callback file. how could I implement that? The below code doesn’t work: def runner\_on\_failed(self, host, res, ignore\_errors=False): sys.exit(1) thanks a lot in … --- ## [Template file location best practice?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-file-location-best-practice/19934)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Jones](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Jones)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-file-location-best-practice/19934 "2015-12-04T02:08:14Z")
Where should I locate files that Ansible template steps need? My developers want to locate the files next to their Java code. I want the template files located in the Ansible source repository under the roles/name/templa… --- ## [Ansible playbook-wide variable?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-wide-variable/19933)
**Author:** [@Hristo\_Stoyanov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hristo_Stoyanov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-wide-variable/19933 "2015-12-04T00:45:17Z")
Can anyone help : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33992153/ansible-playbook-wide-variable Thanks --- ## [3rd machine fails on moving a tar file...every time, not the same machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/3rd-machine-fails-on-moving-a-tar-file-every-time-not-the-same-machine/19908)
**Author:** [@richard\_kappler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/richard_kappler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/3rd-machine-fails-on-moving-a-tar-file-every-time-not-the-same-machine/19908 "2015-12-03T21:30:33Z")
Good day. We’re new to Ansible so we might be missing something obvious. We have a playbook that deploys a splunk forwarder to remote machines: --- ## [copy module: fail if remote file exists and is different from source?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-module-fail-if-remote-file-exists-and-is-different-from-source/19878)
**Author:** [@Nusenu1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nusenu1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-module-fail-if-remote-file-exists-and-is-different-from-source/19878 "2015-12-03T19:21:31Z")
Hi, is there an (easy) way to make the copy module \[1\] fail if the remote file exists and is different from the source file? The goal is to - not override the destination (force=no) and - abort if the file exists an… --- ## [Converting a general list of values to specific role-parameters](https://forum.ansible.com/t/converting-a-general-list-of-values-to-specific-role-parameters/19931)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Lutonsky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Lutonsky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/converting-a-general-list-of-values-to-specific-role-parameters/19931 "2015-12-03T18:31:12Z")
Hello! Assume there is a general list of entities (for example: users), which looks like this: - hosts: 127.0.0.1 gather\_facts: false vars: - users: - name: luto realname: Michael Lutonsky … --- ## [Get sudo/vault pass from stdin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-sudo-vault-pass-from-stdin/16173)
**Author:** [@Nate\_Coraor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nate_Coraor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-sudo-vault-pass-from-stdin/16173 "2015-12-03T17:48:23Z")
Moving the discussion over from Twitter: https://twitter.com/natefoo/status/509540916932014080 I have my vault passwords in pass (http://www.passwordstore.org/), so to run a playbook that requires vault decryption, I’ll… --- ## [checking java process](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-java-process/19794)
**Author:** [@skr989](https://forum.ansible.com/u/skr989)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-java-process/19794 "2015-12-03T17:28:17Z")
I have the below play to check if JBoss application server is RUNNING. I am getting the message “JBoss Process is running on localhost” (inventory\_hostname = localhost) even when JBoss is DOWN. Am I doing anything wrong … --- ## [pressed late\_command ansibe-pull](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pressed-late-command-ansibe-pull/19926)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Keller](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Keller)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pressed-late-command-ansibe-pull/19926 "2015-12-03T17:10:07Z")
Hi there, I am using foreman for setting up some Ubuntu clients, using ansible as configuration management. I was struggeling with preseed late\_command and ansible-pull, that’s why I would like to post about a working s… --- ## [Expand group\_name in a loop with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expand-group-name-in-a-loop-with-items/19929)
**Author:** [@Manuel\_Jimenez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Manuel_Jimenez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/expand-group-name-in-a-loop-with-items/19929 "2015-12-03T17:05:13Z")
Hello, I need to expand the group\_name for each host in the iteration because I would like to have different folders for each group. So if the playbook is doing frontend1 I wan’t to access to frontends templates Examp… --- ## [Ansible fails with deployment\_type assertion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-with-deployment-type-assertion/19930)
**Author:** [@Suryaveer\_Chauhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Suryaveer_Chauhan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fails-with-deployment-type-assertion/19930 "2015-12-03T17:05:00Z")
Hi All, I am trying to install OpenShift Origin V3 (following this) using ansible and it fails with following error: TASK: \[openshift\_facts | Ensure PyYaml is installed\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: \[192.168.144.132… --- ## [ansible2.0 expect module not working](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible2-0-expect-module-not-working/19909)
**Author:** [@Karan\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karan_Singh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible2-0-expect-module-not-working/19909 "2015-12-03T16:41:03Z")
Hello Guys Here is my ansible task name: Firmware path lookup shell: rpm -ql hp-firmware-“{{ device.stdout }}” | grep ‘.scexe’ register: FirmwarePath expect: command: sh “{{ FirmwarePath.stdout }}” responses: … --- ## [unarchive fails?!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unarchive-fails/19928)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Schmitt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christian_Schmitt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unarchive-fails/19928 "2015-12-03T16:32:24Z")
Hello, currently I try to unarchive a file via ansible however I always get the following: msg: Failed to find handler to unarchive. Make sure the required command to extract the file is installed. Currently my Machine… --- ## [Retrieve group children](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-group-children/19927)
**Author:** [@Laurent\_DEVIGNES](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Laurent_DEVIGNES)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieve-group-children/19927 "2015-12-03T15:52:05Z")
I don’t know how to retrieve simply group children I have this structure \[group1\] foo1 foo2 \[group2\] bar1 bar2 \[group3\] baz1 baz2 \[MetaGroupA:children\] group1 group2 \[MetaGroupB:children\] group3 For some … --- ## [Get IP Address of server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918)
**Author:** [@saikrishnakhanday](https://forum.ansible.com/u/saikrishnakhanday)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ip-address-of-server/19918 "2015-12-03T14:31:26Z")
Can any one please help me how can I write a script to fetch its own IP Address. --- ## [Hipchat module not compatible with hipchat API v2?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hipchat-module-not-compatible-with-hipchat-api-v2/15345)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Sommer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lars_Sommer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hipchat-module-not-compatible-with-hipchat-api-v2/15345 "2015-12-03T13:50:43Z")
http://docs.ansible.com/hipchat\_module.html https://www.hipchat.com/docs/apiv2/method/send\_room\_notification Difference in expected URL: https://api.hipchat.com/v1/rooms/message vs https://api.hipchat.com/v2/room/{i… --- ## [ansible didn't stop execution upon a task failure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-didnt-stop-execution-upon-a-task-failure/19893)
**Author:** [@Leon\_Xie](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Leon_Xie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-didnt-stop-execution-upon-a-task-failure/19893 "2015-12-03T08:04:42Z")
hi I have the below ansible playbook named backup\_data.yml, which is included by the main playbook named upgrade.yml. backup\_data.yml --- ## [Unable to create /etc/ansible/facts.d/openshift.fact, permission denied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-etc-ansible-facts-d-openshift-fact-permission-denied/19923)
**Author:** [@Suryaveer\_Chauhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Suryaveer_Chauhan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-create-etc-ansible-facts-d-openshift-fact-permission-denied/19923 "2015-12-03T07:02:59Z")
Hi All, I am a newbie to ansible. I am following this blog to install OpenShift Origin V3 on OpenStack using ansible. But I am getting error as below: “Could not create fact file: %s, error: %s” % (filename, ex) main.… --- ## [Access include\_vars variables within callback plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-include-vars-variables-within-callback-plugin/19911)
**Author:** [@Sam\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/access-include-vars-variables-within-callback-plugin/19911 "2015-12-03T00:11:16Z")
I can access all vars within group\_vars by using the following code. \` host\_vars = self.playbook.inventory.get\_variables(hosts\[0\]) \` However, my playbook is based on the server name, so it loads the correct variable … --- ## [\# of ssh connections / timeout function?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/of-ssh-connections-timeout-function/19921)
**Author:** [@richard\_kappler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/richard_kappler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/of-ssh-connections-timeout-function/19921 "2015-12-02T23:46:38Z")
This is a two part question. I sort of worked around the problem I asked about yesterday (third task crashes on third of 4 machines) by splitting up my playbook into 3 parts. Ugly, but for now it works, at least on four … --- ## [ansible-playbook hangs during execution](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-hangs-during-execution/19880)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Knights](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Knights)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-hangs-during-execution/19880 "2015-12-02T18:46:26Z")
I have a playbook (site.yml) which includes a bunch of other playbooks. Each of these individual playbooks includes one or more roles. I’ve had problems with site.yml hanging at a specific point during execution, so I ra… --- ## [chown recursively with file module is very slow](https://forum.ansible.com/t/chown-recursively-with-file-module-is-very-slow/19919)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Steinbach](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Steinbach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/chown-recursively-with-file-module-is-very-slow/19919 "2015-12-02T18:29:42Z")
Hi, I want to ensure that a directory and all its children belongs to a user/group. Normally I would do following with Ansible: file: dest: /path/to/dir owner: userx group: groupx recurse: yes However this approach ta… --- ## [Escaping curly braces in a dictionary.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/escaping-curly-braces-in-a-dictionary/19917)
**Author:** [@brian.lycett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/brian.lycett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/escaping-curly-braces-in-a-dictionary/19917 "2015-12-02T16:18:18Z")
Hi. I’m struggling to escape double curly braces in a dictionary. I’ve tried the {{ ‘{{’ }} blah {{ ‘}}’ }} method, tried using backslashes and also tried using {% raw %}{{blah}}{% endraw %} I need to be able to do this… --- ## [Unexpected exception when including tasks from main.yml](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unexpected-exception-when-including-tasks-from-main-yml/19915)
**Author:** [@Yongzhi\_Pan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yongzhi_Pan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unexpected-exception-when-including-tasks-from-main-yml/19915 "2015-12-02T16:15:47Z")
Ansible assumes that roles/x/tasks/main.yml is a plain list of tasks, but when the file is in the format: tasks: xxx … it fails with unexpected exception (AssertionError): File “/opt/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible/pla… --- ## [anyone know how to pass extra\_vars in tower callback via curl?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-pass-extra-vars-in-tower-callback-via-curl/19916)
**Author:** [@Adrian\_Black1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adrian_Black1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-pass-extra-vars-in-tower-callback-via-curl/19916 "2015-12-02T14:02:20Z")
Anybody any idea how to pass in extra\_vars when doing a callback request to tower? https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/2.2.0/html/userguide/job\_templates.html#ug-provisioning-callbacks I cant see how you can combine… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=811) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=813)