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## [galaxy role path within repo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-role-path-within-repo/19653)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Williams](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matthew_Williams)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-role-path-within-repo/19653 "2015-10-29T18:45:56Z")

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As far as I can tell, the src provided in a Galaxy requirements.yml must provide the role structure at its root in order for Galaxy to pull it in from a requirements file. It seems it would be useful to have the ability …

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## [Issues with playbook ran getting stuck on gathering facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-playbook-ran-getting-stuck-on-gathering-facts/19629)

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**Author:** [@BostonMoto](https://forum.ansible.com/u/BostonMoto)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-playbook-ran-getting-stuck-on-gathering-facts/19629 "2015-10-29T18:39:37Z")

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I’ve been using ansible for my current project for a few months now. I have a playbook to pushout configs to a cluster of about 200 servers every 30 mins. It’s been going well so far up until recently it hangs indefinite…

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## [Working on more than one project at once?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/working-on-more-than-one-project-at-once/19652)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Spreitzer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Spreitzer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/working-on-more-than-one-project-at-once/19652 "2015-10-29T16:47:07Z")

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As a developer working on two projects at once, both using Ansible, is there a well worn path for how to keep the two sets of Ansible configuration separate but easy to switch between? Thanks, Mike

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## [How to get the IP Address for a Server with multiple IP Addresses](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-the-ip-address-for-a-server-with-multiple-ip-addresses/19635)

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**Author:** [@manderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/manderson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-the-ip-address-for-a-server-with-multiple-ip-addresses/19635 "2015-10-29T15:43:30Z")

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I’m using ansible to install a cassandra cluster. Cassandra wants ip addresses and not hostnames in it’s config file. I need to get the ip address for each host. The problem is each physical server has multiple ip addres…

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## [environment parameter](https://forum.ansible.com/t/environment-parameter/19644)

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**Author:** [@Guy\_Matz1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guy_Matz1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/environment-parameter/19644 "2015-10-29T15:34:26Z")

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Hi! I’m trying to use the environment parameter in order to set JAVA\_HOME for a task . . . I have this in my vars file: wlst\_env: JAVA\_HOME: /opt/software/java/jdk1.6.0\_30 and this in my tasks file: include\_vars: …

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## [Incorrect use of with\_indexed\_items?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/incorrect-use-of-with-indexed-items/19651)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Wilkerson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Wilkerson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/incorrect-use-of-with-indexed-items/19651 "2015-10-29T15:19:46Z")

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I’m working on a playbook that will: Launch n EC2 instances Tag each with a “meaningful” name The name should look something like -\<%02d\> (e.g. dev-ws03 or prd-db01). Step 1 works great, but applying the Name tag is …

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## [After deploy hook/trigger?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/after-deploy-hook-trigger/19649)

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**Author:** [@Christoph\_Psi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christoph_Psi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/after-deploy-hook-trigger/19649 "2015-10-29T14:33:08Z")

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Hello, im searching for a way to run an operation / task but at the very end of the ansible run. My concrete case is to reboot the target machine but i really need a yes/no confirm dialog. Is there any way to achive t…

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## [Continue the task where it fails in playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/continue-the-task-where-it-fails-in-playbook/19648)

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**Author:** [@anandkumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anandkumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/continue-the-task-where-it-fails-in-playbook/19648 "2015-10-29T12:08:03Z")

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I have written the playbook for mail server creation. For that i have written multiple individual yml files and put all those in main.yml. so while executing this main.yml suppose it fails any yml file inside main.yml. …

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## [custom Windows facts PR](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-windows-facts-pr/19621)

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**Author:** [@David\_O\_Brien](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_O_Brien)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/custom-windows-facts-pr/19621 "2015-10-29T11:06:05Z")

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Hi, I believe that this PR is pretty helpful to get the way facts work on Linux kind of working the same way on Windows as well. I guess I need a second +1 to get this merged: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules…

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## [RFC: with\_nested\_dependents plugin (and the future of nested loops)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-with-nested-dependents-plugin-and-the-future-of-nested-loops/19646)

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**Author:** [@Abhijit\_Menon-Sen1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Abhijit_Menon-Sen1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rfc-with-nested-dependents-plugin-and-the-future-of-nested-loops/19646 "2015-10-29T05:53:05Z")

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I wrote a loop (== lookup) plugin to solve a problem I had, and felt it may be worth explaining the motivation in some detail. My examples here are AWS-based, but please note that neither the problem nor the solution …

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## ['error while evaluating conditional' when trying to install pip for sudo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-evaluating-conditional-when-trying-to-install-pip-for-sudo/19612)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Kilmer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Kilmer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-evaluating-conditional-when-trying-to-install-pip-for-sudo/19612 "2015-10-29T04:57:07Z")

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Hi all and thanks in advance for your insights. OSX Mavericks. Ansible 1.9.4 I’ve been refactoring an ansible script to work in an EC2 instance and am a bit stuck at trying to install pip for sudo user, so as to be abl…

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## [Domain / LDAP User running Ansible from a CI Server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/domain-ldap-user-running-ansible-from-a-ci-server/19620)

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**Author:** [@David\_O\_Brien](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_O_Brien)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/domain-ldap-user-running-ansible-from-a-ci-server/19620 "2015-10-28T22:04:27Z")

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Hi, is anybody running Ansible from a CI Server (Teamcity, Jenkins, GoCD) using a Domain User / LDAP user to connect to a Windows machine? We are currently facing the issue of “How to automatically create / renew the k…

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## [Ansible skipping the rest of the tasks after one conditional task](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-skipping-the-rest-of-the-tasks-after-one-conditional-task/19623)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_J\_Kugler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joshua_J_Kugler)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-skipping-the-rest-of-the-tasks-after-one-conditional-task/19623 "2015-10-28T20:48:17Z")

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So, granted, I'm rather new at Ansible, this is really not fitting my understanding of Ansible. :slight\_smile: I conditionally include this file: https://gist.github.com/jkugler/3c683b539575ba4f0d66 The condition tha…

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## [Ansible 2.0.0 beta2 update](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-beta2-update/19641)

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**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-beta2-update/19641 "2015-10-28T19:25:28Z")

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Hey all, we noticed a small packaging mistake with the beta2 tar.gz on our release site, in which the modules were not the latest available version. To remedy this, we’ve created a new tar.gz, available here: http://rel…

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## [group\_by behaving badly?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-by-behaving-badly/19624)

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**Author:** [@ttosttos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ttosttos)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-by-behaving-badly/19624 "2015-10-28T18:22:53Z")

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I’m getting unexpected results from group\_by when running two playbooks together. I have two groups with a host each. When I run playbook1 and playbook2 separately, playbook1 is run against host1 and playbook2 is run aga…

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## [Ansible 2.0: modifying security groups of an existing instance in os\_server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-modifying-security-groups-of-an-existing-instance-in-os-server/19615)

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**Author:** [@rik\_harris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rik_harris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-modifying-security-groups-of-an-existing-instance-in-os-server/19615 "2015-10-28T17:00:56Z")

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Is there a way to modify security groups attached to an instance once it is running? It appears the only way I can do it at the moment is to destroy the instance and rebuild it (not ideal). If I modify the playbook to a…

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## [Ansible Issues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-issues/19639)

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**Author:** [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-issues/19639 "2015-10-28T16:05:47Z")

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Hey folks, Could anybody help me with that issues I saw permission denied on /root/.s3cfg I changed the permission on that file and I am still having permission denied PLAY \[Deploy to status servers\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Proposal: allow infinite recursion in until: loops](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-allow-infinite-recursion-in-until-loops/19638)

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**Author:** [@Lars\_Kellogg-Stedma1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lars_Kellogg-Stedma1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-allow-infinite-recursion-in-until-loops/19638 "2015-10-28T15:28:25Z")

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I submitted this PR yesterday: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/12932 It seems like a no-brainer to me, but opinions differ and jimi-c suggested I bring it to the list for discussion. First, let me describe…

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## [ansible hung by yum module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hung-by-yum-module/19614)

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**Author:** [@Andy3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hung-by-yum-module/19614 "2015-10-28T12:24:58Z")

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Hi expert, During use ansible to update package on all the hosts by yum module, ansible will hung at the end, below is the command I run: ansible devstack -m yum -a “name=wget state=latest” -vvvv devstack is a group w…

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## [reuse conditionals](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reuse-conditionals/19617)

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**Author:** [@r.grosmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/r.grosmann)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reuse-conditionals/19617 "2015-10-28T08:14:26Z")

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hello group, I have a very simple question, but I fail to find an answer. Hopefully you can help me out. In my playbook, I have a lot of conditional tasks. I use the when: test quite often. In some cases the conditiona…

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## [adhoc template creation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adhoc-template-creation/19627)

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**Author:** [@Ivan\_Ogai](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivan_Ogai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adhoc-template-creation/19627 "2015-10-28T01:14:33Z")

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I just would like to locally compile a template, a simple adhoc operation. The error is templates are only usable in playbooks. The command: ansible localhost -c local -i localhost, -m template -a "src=settings.py.j2 de…

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## [Behaviour of the Ansible yum module with enablerepo and disablerepo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/behaviour-of-the-ansible-yum-module-with-enablerepo-and-disablerepo/19510)

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**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Belrose](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guillaume_Belrose)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/behaviour-of-the-ansible-yum-module-with-enablerepo-and-disablerepo/19510 "2015-10-27T22:29:15Z")

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Hi all, I am using Ansible 1.9.2 on CentOS 6.7. I am designing a system which can deploy software onto machines when those machines don’t have access to the Internet. I basically have an Ansible controller node with cac…

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## [OpenStack provision of a new instance, with the user’s persistent storage attached](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openstack-provision-of-a-new-instance-with-the-user-s-persistent-storage-attached/19636)

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**Author:** [@Natan\_Franghieru](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Natan_Franghieru)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openstack-provision-of-a-new-instance-with-the-user-s-persistent-storage-attached/19636 "2015-10-27T18:48:30Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m using OpenStack Kilo in a VDI project, my main difficult is to attach a user’s persistent storage to the instance. It’s basically the flow that is exemplified on the image: The user requests a VD…

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## [Dynamic deployment to AWS w/ Groups](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-deployment-to-aws-w-groups/19595)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Wilkerson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Wilkerson)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-deployment-to-aws-w-groups/19595 "2015-10-27T18:27:18Z")

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I’d like to be able to create an Ansible script that launches (or updates) 1 or more EC2 instances depending on the group (dev, staging, prod) that I’m deploying. In looking through the examples and the AWS guide, the EC…

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## [Need help with Ansible /jenkins](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-ansible-jenkins/19634)

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**Author:** [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-ansible-jenkins/19634 "2015-10-27T17:19:20Z")

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Is anybody has an idea about that error message and how to fix it PLAY \[Deploy to status servers\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Looking up variables in another host's host\_var file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-up-variables-in-another-hosts-host-var-file/19613)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_J\_Kugler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Joshua_J_Kugler)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/looking-up-variables-in-another-hosts-host-var-file/19613 "2015-10-27T16:31:41Z")

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So, I have a bit of an odd one here. Is it possible for host A to read values defined in the host\_vars files for hosts X, Y, and Z? I’m trying to render templates on host A using information defined for X, Y, and Z. I co…

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## [Need with ansible/ jenkins Error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-with-ansible-jenkins-error/19633)

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**Author:** [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-with-ansible-jenkins-error/19633 "2015-10-27T16:16:36Z")

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Is anybody has an idea about that error message and how to fix it PLAY \[Deploy to status servers\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Foreman integration with Ansible, your thoughts?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/foreman-integration-with-ansible-your-thoughts/19618)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Lobato](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Lobato)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/foreman-integration-with-ansible-your-thoughts/19618 "2015-10-27T15:57:53Z")

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Hi Ansible community, I've been investigating in the past few days about how to integrate http://theforeman.org/ with Ansible as a Foreman plugin. Foreman is a lifecycle management tool for your systems provisioning, …

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## [install grails via ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-grails-via-ansible/19630)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Korzinetzki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Korzinetzki)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-grails-via-ansible/19630 "2015-10-27T15:35:16Z")

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Hi, I want to install Grails (3.2.8) on an environment and just don’t know where to start. First of all, I’m a grails newbie and I want to automate the environment setup for a grails application. Therefore we try to ach…

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## [Manage SSh-Keys](https://forum.ansible.com/t/manage-ssh-keys/19571)

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**Author:** [@DrDth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DrDth)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/manage-ssh-keys/19571 "2015-10-27T14:09:11Z")

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Hello Ansible Community, I’m working on a possebility to manage different ssh public keys to different servers. I try to accomplish that with the most efficient and automated solution. My problem is that i want to looku…

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