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## [Ansible Galaxy CLI is not parsing the requirements YAML file correctly](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-cli-is-not-parsing-the-requirements-yaml-file-correctly/19851)

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**Author:** [@Yashodhan\_Talwar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yashodhan_Talwar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-cli-is-not-parsing-the-requirements-yaml-file-correctly/19851 "2015-11-25T10:03:37Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to solve a problem I’m having with the Ansible Galaxy CLI tool. It seems that the YAML file is being incorrectly parsed as a “basic” file, instead of YAML. Using Ansible 1.9x, I get the following error tr…

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## [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11692](https://forum.ansible.com/t/https-github-com-ansible-ansible-issues-11692/19849)

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**Author:** [@Brandon\_Heller](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brandon_Heller)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/https-github-com-ansible-ansible-issues-11692/19849 "2015-11-25T09:02:42Z")

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Hi, I’m having some issues with ansible 2.0.0-stable (b69942a), where --start-at-task can’t find the task with that name. I think a clue may be in --list-tasks, which doesn’t list task names for tasks defined as meta: …

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## [Doing ec2\_win\_password in Ansible 1.9.4 ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/doing-ec2-win-password-in-ansible-1-9-4/19844)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Levitt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Levitt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/doing-ec2-win-password-in-ansible-1-9-4/19844 "2015-11-25T01:24:11Z")

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Is there a way to get the Windows password for an EC2 Windows Server in Ansible 1.9.4 ? It appears that ec2\_win\_password only works in Ansible 2.x J

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## [os\_server create instance failed with attributeError](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-create-instance-failed-with-attributeerror/19838)

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**Author:** [@Hardik\_Italia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hardik_Italia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/os-server-create-instance-failed-with-attributeerror/19838 "2015-11-25T00:42:13Z")

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Hi, I am trying to create a instance in openstack environment using ansible module os\_server and getting following errors. Any suggestions? I install ansible from the source by following instruction from http://docs.an…

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## [VPC network ACL functionality](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vpc-network-acl-functionality/14733)

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**Author:** [@Scott\_Anderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Scott_Anderson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vpc-network-acl-functionality/14733 "2015-11-24T22:46:31Z")

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Unless I’m misreading the code, there is no module to manage VPC ACL groups, and the ec2\_group module only manages security groups. I could either add the ACL functionality to the ec2\_group module, but these issues woul…

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## [next branch: question about boto3\_conn (from lib/ansible/module\_utils/ec2.py) and STS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/next-branch-question-about-boto3-conn-from-lib-ansible-module-utils-ec2-py-and-sts/19835)

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**Author:** [@Clement\_Laforet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Clement_Laforet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/next-branch-question-about-boto3-conn-from-lib-ansible-module-utils-ec2-py-and-sts/19835 "2015-11-24T19:47:23Z")

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Hi, I’m currently writing an EMR module for ansible at $WORK (sorry no plan for now to open source it) and I’m trying to use boto3, and I have to admit I’m confused with logic behind boto3\_conn(). I have to use a role …

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## [Ansible 2.0 : question about facts applied to delegated host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-question-about-facts-applied-to-delegated-host/19840)

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**Author:** [@Ludovic\_Petetin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ludovic_Petetin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-question-about-facts-applied-to-delegated-host/19840 "2015-11-24T16:11:53Z")

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Hello, We have a question about an Ansible 2 change. In the V2 changelog, we can see “Now when you delegate an action that returns ansible\_facts, these facts will be applied to the delegated host, unlike before when th…

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## [Role Development Workflow](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-development-workflow/19843)

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**Author:** [@david.hollenberger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/david.hollenberger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/role-development-workflow/19843 "2015-11-24T16:05:56Z")

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I’ve been using Ansible for about a year now. It started off relatively simple to manage, but as more people have started contributing to my company’s Ansible repo we have started to step on each others toes. We are in t…

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## [how to attach extra private ips to an ec2 instance](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-attach-extra-private-ips-to-an-ec2-instance/19842)

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**Author:** [@Kesten\_Broughton2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kesten_Broughton2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-attach-extra-private-ips-to-an-ec2-instance/19842 "2015-11-24T15:26:46Z")

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I’ve looked at modules ec2 create an instance and attach it to an interface\_id or add one private and or one public ip ec2\_eip attach extra public ips ec2\_eni attach extra ethernet interfaces I’m trying to attach ext…

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## [Is digital ocean module working?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-digital-ocean-module-working/19841)

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**Author:** [@Alexey\_Wasilyev1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexey_Wasilyev1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-digital-ocean-module-working/19841 "2015-11-24T15:24:09Z")

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Hello! Is DO module working? I try to launch droplet with ansible, but faced “msg: Unable to load DO\_CLIENT\_ID” error. But as far as I understand, client\_id is from deprecated DO v1 api, v2 api uses only token. Coul…

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## [Using EC2 Dynamic Inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ec2-dynamic-inventory/19839)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Wilkerson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Wilkerson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ec2-dynamic-inventory/19839 "2015-11-24T13:53:27Z")

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I’m working on a system that can run one playbook to launch some number of EC2 instances for any number of purposes. For example, a development, it might lauch & provision 2 web servers and 1 search server. In production…

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## [can't create gp2 EBS on AWS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-create-gp2-ebs-on-aws/19829)

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**Author:** [@Gal\_Gibli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gal_Gibli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-create-gp2-ebs-on-aws/19829 "2015-11-24T11:27:06Z")

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I have accomplished to start an instance with an ansible-playbook. The only issue I had and could not figure out what it is, In the “volumes:” section i have put “volume\_type: gp2”. Even though I have asked for gp2 (a…

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## [nmcli errors when adding more than one DNS server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nmcli-errors-when-adding-more-than-one-dns-server/19837)

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**Author:** [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nmcli-errors-when-adding-more-than-one-dns-server/19837 "2015-11-24T04:19:41Z")

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The documentation states that multiple DNS entries should be formatted like so: | A list of upto 3 dns servers, ipv4 format e.g. To add two IPv4 DNS server addresses: \[“8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4”\] Following that example, I g…

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## [How to fix this nmcli error - Error: invalid \<setting\>.\<property\> 'autoconnect'.\\n"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-fix-this-nmcli-error-error-invalid-setting-property-autoconnect-n/19834)

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**Author:** [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-fix-this-nmcli-error-error-invalid-setting-property-autoconnect-n/19834 "2015-11-24T03:58:28Z")

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fatal: \[redacted\]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module\_args”: {“autoconnect”: “yes”, “conn\_name”: “enp5s0”, “dns4”: “redacted”, “gw4”: “redacted”, “ip4”: “redacted”, “state”: “present”, “…

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## [Ansible 2.0  with\_items failing on variable that doesn't exist even though it is in where clause.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-with-items-failing-on-variable-that-doesnt-exist-even-though-it-is-in-where-clause/19836)

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**Author:** [@Alan\_LaCombe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alan_LaCombe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-with-items-failing-on-variable-that-doesnt-exist-even-though-it-is-in-where-clause/19836 "2015-11-24T00:02:17Z")

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This test playbook used to work in ansible 1.9.x and is no longer working. I have no variables (foo or php\_packages)defined for this example. \`

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## [Action when process stops appending to a file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-when-process-stops-appending-to-a-file/19820)

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**Author:** [@tom\_rkba](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tom_rkba)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-when-process-stops-appending-to-a-file/19820 "2015-11-23T19:37:42Z")

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How do I get Ansible to monitor a log file and take an action when the process stops appending? I have a high volume process that we’ll drain before stopping it. The process will have queued a significant number of tran…

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## [Multiple (differing) actions and with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-differing-actions-and-with-items/19805)

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**Author:** [@grant](https://forum.ansible.com/u/grant)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/multiple-differing-actions-and-with-items/19805 "2015-11-23T19:22:11Z")

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Hi all, I’m fairly new to Ansible and have an issue I haven’t been able to answer. I might be attacking it the wrong way, so I’d appreciate any pointers. I have a number of docker images that need to be started, but I …

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## [Howto Install nmcli extras module?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-install-nmcli-extras-module/19831)

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**Author:** [@jdelaporte](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jdelaporte)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/howto-install-nmcli-extras-module/19831 "2015-11-23T18:54:24Z")

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Hi everyone, I was trying to use the nmcli module this morning, and kept getting an error (ERROR: nmcli is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler). Apparently, this module doesn’t ship with Ansible, as note…

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## [Error in playbook using register:...](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-in-playbook-using-register/19832)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Moorthy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Moorthy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-in-playbook-using-register/19832 "2015-11-23T17:54:41Z")

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Hello, I have the following relatively simple playbook. It works as expected when I don’t include the “register: inv\_result” entry… \`

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## [Ansible 2.0 RC1 is available for testing!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-rc1-is-available-for-testing/19811)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-rc1-is-available-for-testing/19811 "2015-11-23T17:15:09Z")

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Hi all, for those not at AnsibleFest we have officially release the first release candidate for Ansible 2.0! For details and background, please see the original beta announcement here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/an…

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## [How to template tasks file?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-template-tasks-file/19830)

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**Author:** [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-template-tasks-file/19830 "2015-11-23T17:04:07Z")

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You cannot template a whole task file. What you need is to put a with\_indexed\_items on each of those lineinfile tasks, as opposed to using a jinja for loop around them. http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_loops.h…

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## [Problem with function to merge nested dictionaries](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-function-to-merge-nested-dictionaries/19792)

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**Author:** [@Max\_Lock](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Max_Lock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-function-to-merge-nested-dictionaries/19792 "2015-11-23T11:44:45Z")

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Hi All, I’m using ansible 1.9.3, and want to merge two nested dicts to template to a config file. I’ve written a combine function similar to whats in 2.n.n. The problem is that the merged dictionary appears to be unicod…

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## [ansible 2.0.0, ansible.cfg, and changing the control\_path](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-ansible-cfg-and-changing-the-control-path/19713)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-ansible-cfg-and-changing-the-control-path/19713 "2015-11-22T20:57:20Z")

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I have a long path name to my home directory and some fairly long hostnames so I’m hitting the 108 character limit on the control\_path As a test I changed control\_path in the ansible.cfg control\_path = /var/tmp/.ansibl…

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## [Checking for multiple conditions using “when” on single task in ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-for-multiple-conditions-using-when-on-single-task-in-ansible/19828)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/checking-for-multiple-conditions-using-when-on-single-task-in-ansible/19828 "2015-11-22T16:48:47Z")

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I want to evaluate multiple condition in ansible using when, here is my playbook: - name: Check that the SSH Key exists local\_action: module: stat path: "/home/{{ login\_user.stdout }}/{{ ssh\_key\_location }}…

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## [how to implement a multi-tenant configuration solution in ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-implement-a-multi-tenant-configuration-solution-in-ansible/19588)

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**Author:** [@Francisco\_Martinez1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francisco_Martinez1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-implement-a-multi-tenant-configuration-solution-in-ansible/19588 "2015-11-22T16:17:53Z")

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Hello! One common pattern I’ve seen in many applications is multitenancy. Basically, I’m configuring an application that has some of its configuration values which are different based on the country. The way I’ve manage…

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## [Weird deployment issue - "subsystem request failed on channel 0 - Connection reset by peer"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-deployment-issue-subsystem-request-failed-on-channel-0-connection-reset-by-peer/19827)

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**Author:** [@Amir\_Luzon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amir_Luzon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-deployment-issue-subsystem-request-failed-on-channel-0-connection-reset-by-peer/19827 "2015-11-22T13:21:24Z")

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Hey guys, We are experiencing an issue with one of our servers. This happens during the gather facts task. I am not a systems guy so i’m not sure what is going on here. GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [pip install paramiko install fails.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-install-paramiko-install-fails/19812)

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**Author:** [@Chandra\_Kumar\_Bitra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chandra_Kumar_Bitra)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pip-install-paramiko-install-fails/19812 "2015-11-22T11:31:27Z")

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I am trying to install paramiko and it is failing. Below is the complete error. $ sudo pip install paramiko Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): paramiko in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/parami…

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## [Too late in the day to split iam module?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/too-late-in-the-day-to-split-iam-module/19509)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_White](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_White)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/too-late-in-the-day-to-split-iam-module/19509 "2015-11-22T09:18:11Z")

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I was just wondering peoples thoughts on splitting out the functionality in the iam module before 2.0 ships. Rather than just iam we could have… iam\_user iam\_role iam\_access\_key iam\_group It just seems to make more…

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## [Ansible + AWS documentation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-aws-documentation/19739)

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**Author:** [@I\_like\_ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/u/I_like_ansible)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-aws-documentation/19739 "2015-11-22T03:04:30Z")

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thanks for the documentation about how to manage AWS ec2 dynamic inventory, in this example: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro\_dynamic\_inventory.html#example-aws-ec2-external-inventory-script the doc is assuming th…

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## [a way to automatically pass vault password when running ansible playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-way-to-automatically-pass-vault-password-when-running-ansible-playbook/19810)

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**Author:** [@Michal\_Klasinski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michal_Klasinski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-way-to-automatically-pass-vault-password-when-running-ansible-playbook/19810 "2015-11-21T20:41:55Z")

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Hi, What i am trying to do : ansible-playbook -i playbooks/hosts/vt-hosts playbooks/vault-test.yml --ask-vault-pass I have some properties encrypted using vault. The idea i want to code is to combine using some CI too…

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