# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=826 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 827 --- ## [Roles and vaults](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-vaults/19533)
**Author:** [@Flo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Flo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-vaults/19533 "2015-10-17T01:23:17Z")
Hi, I’m wondering what the best practice would be for a role which should allow the user to set a password and to store their password inside an encrypted vault. No one wants to store their passwords in plaintext. That… --- ## [Ansible 2.0: Timeout (0s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-timeout-0s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/19531)
**Author:** [@Corwin\_Brown](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Corwin_Brown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-timeout-0s-waiting-for-privilege-escalation-prompt/19531 "2015-10-16T21:37:29Z")
Hey gang, I’ve been using Ansible 2.0 since it contains lots of new winrm features I’m heavily leveraging, but it looks like it’s breaking on my Linux hosts. I’ve been getting this at various points in several playbooks… --- ## [Getting failed to lock apt for exclusive operation on a playbook using roles. Not sure if I'm doing this right.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-failed-to-lock-apt-for-exclusive-operation-on-a-playbook-using-roles-not-sure-if-im-doing-this-right/19530)
**Author:** [@Risa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Risa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-failed-to-lock-apt-for-exclusive-operation-on-a-playbook-using-roles-not-sure-if-im-doing-this-right/19530 "2015-10-16T18:44:08Z")
While I’m learning Ansible, I started on my first role, which is to do a simple sudo apt-get update and upgrade. As a flat file, this works: --- ## [ansible-galaxy init and metadata values](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-init-and-metadata-values/19529)
**Author:** [@Dylan\_Martin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dylan_Martin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-init-and-metadata-values/19529 "2015-10-16T17:52:30Z")
Hi everyone. I expected this functionality to exist, but I can’t find it so either it does exist and someone can gently point me toward the document I missed or it doesn’t exist and we might want to talk about weather it… --- ## [playbook deployment Error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526)
**Author:** [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19526 "2015-10-16T17:42:09Z")
Anybody has an idea about this error : root@ip-172-16-20-180:/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/build-cs-utils/workspace/playbooks# ansible-playbook -i inventory/prod deploy\_system\_status.yml Enter the version you want to deploy: P… --- ## [RedHat buys Ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/redhat-buys-ansible/19522)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Davies)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/redhat-buys-ansible/19522 "2015-10-16T16:50:22Z")
Sounds likely to me - I know their Satellite system is basically Cobbler and some extra gubbins, so there’s certainly prior art there. congratulations to the project if that’s the case! --- ## [ansible 1.9.4 chocolately install of git succeeds but fails](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-4-chocolately-install-of-git-succeeds-but-fails/19528)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Levitt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Levitt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-4-chocolately-install-of-git-succeeds-but-fails/19528 "2015-10-16T16:48:26Z")
Ansible 1.9.4 MacOSX 10.10.5 Windows 2008 R2 Command: \` name: Add git win\_chocolatey: name: git state: present \` Result: \` \<54.69.23.23\> WINRM EXEC ‘PowerShell’ \[‘-NoProfile’, ‘-NonInteractive’, ‘-ExecutionPol… --- ## [Playbook deployment Error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19527)
**Author:** [@GBANE\_FETIGUE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/GBANE_FETIGUE)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-deployment-error/19527 "2015-10-16T16:46:05Z")
Anybody has an idea about this: root@ip-172-16-20-180:/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/build-cs-utils/workspace/playbooks# ansible-playbook -i inventory/prod deploy\_system\_status.yml Enter the version you want to deploy: PLAY \[D… --- ## [Missing lines in \.stdout\_lines?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-lines-in-var-stdout-lines/19524)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Wilkerson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_Wilkerson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/missing-lines-in-var-stdout-lines/19524 "2015-10-16T15:18:13Z")
I have a task that installs nvm and node. When installing node (i.e. nvm install v0.12.2), Ansible seems to think the machine state has been changed, even if that version of Node is already installed. When run from the c… --- ## [Inventory issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-issue/19517)
**Author:** [@gabor.debreczeni](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gabor.debreczeni)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-issue/19517 "2015-10-16T10:31:11Z")
Hi guys, I’m facing with an issue and I cannot find the reason for this behaviour of ansible: My hosts file (part of it): \[lb\] lb\[1:2\] lb3 The result in command line: ansible -a whoami lb lb1 | success | rc=0 \>\> … --- ## [ansible with cores](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-cores/19521)
**Author:** [@user100](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user100)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-with-cores/19521 "2015-10-16T09:11:33Z")
hello all: could ansible combine with cores ? the coreos env without the python description, how can the ansible master control the coreos client ? thanks. --- ## [ec2 inventory tags combination](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-inventory-tags-combination/19519)
**Author:** [@Nicolas\_G](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nicolas_G)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-inventory-tags-combination/19519 "2015-10-16T04:50:48Z")
Hi, Following the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro\_dynamic\_inventory.html#using-multiple-inventory-sources example, I have inventory file were I have defined my physical and aws servers using ec2 tags as a group i… --- ## [Variable substitution in uri module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-substitution-in-uri-module/19409)
**Author:** [@michael2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/michael2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variable-substitution-in-uri-module/19409 "2015-10-16T04:37:19Z")
Hi all, Similar to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/ba5PPAgYGXc but slightly different. I am trying to use variable substitution like so, putting the variable my\_var in the body parameter, which … --- ## [apt module fails with non-root sudoer ("Permission denied")](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-fails-with-non-root-sudoer-permission-denied/19515)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Jaquier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kevin_Jaquier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/apt-module-fails-with-non-root-sudoer-permission-denied/19515 "2015-10-15T21:35:04Z")
I’m having trouble executing my script from a user with sudo access instead of root. I’m getting “permission denied” errors when playing the playbook, but if I execute the commands manually on the server it works just f… --- ## [Ansible 1.9.4 has been released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-4-has-been-released/19477)
**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-4-has-been-released/19477 "2015-10-15T19:11:22Z")
Hi all, 1.9.4 has been released, and is now available. This release addresses several bugs, most notably those related to the yum module (introduced in 1.9.3): Fixes a bug where yum state=latest would error if there w… --- ## [I stuck with make many files from template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-stuck-with-make-many-files-from-template/18367)
**Author:** [@user64](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user64)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-stuck-with-make-many-files-from-template/18367 "2015-10-15T12:26:50Z")
Hello. I develop role for make conf’s OpenVPN server/client side. I need minimum two OpenVPN tunnels on each router. I don’t found the way for deploy more then one conf’s. Pushed for test https://github.com/k0ste/ansibl… --- ## [Windows task scheduler wrapper](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-task-scheduler-wrapper/19508)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Davis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Davis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-task-scheduler-wrapper/19508 "2015-10-15T11:43:11Z")
Awhile back, there was some discussion about perhaps moving the task scheduler wrapper I wrote as part of win\_updates into the standard Powershell Ansible module boilerplate. I’m not a fan of that, because I’d hate to sh… --- ## [Concatenate strings and variables.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-strings-and-variables/19511)
**Author:** [@Mick\_st\_john](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mick_st_john)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/concatenate-strings-and-variables/19511 "2015-10-15T09:26:34Z")
I want to concat strings and variables imported from a yml file. For example: --- ## [Reduce number of "main.yml" files?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reduce-number-of-main-yml-files/17019)
**Author:** [@Jared\_Reisinger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jared_Reisinger)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reduce-number-of-main-yml-files/17019 "2015-10-14T23:33:48Z")
Hi, all! I’ve considered making a contribution to Ansible for this, but I wanted to throw the idea out there to make sure I’m not running against prevailing wisdom, or in case my Google-fu isn’t finding the answer that’… --- ## [\#12524 may still be open "relative paths dont' work with includes"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/12524-may-still-be-open-relative-paths-dont-work-with-includes/19506)
**Author:** [@Derek\_Carter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Derek_Carter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/12524-may-still-be-open-relative-paths-dont-work-with-includes/19506 "2015-10-14T21:39:05Z")
Still seeing issues with relative paths: I am also having the same issue still https://github.com/goozbach-ansible/broken-paths for a test case. I am running: $ ansible --version ansible 2.0.0 (devel 8c29910587) last… --- ## [Ansible v1.9 fails to get\_url when auth type is not basic (ntlm](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-v1-9-fails-to-get-url-when-auth-type-is-not-basic-ntlm/19493)
**Author:** [@Jon\_Detert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jon_Detert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-v1-9-fails-to-get-url-when-auth-type-is-not-basic-ntlm/19493 "2015-10-14T17:10:16Z")
I want to download a file from Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 (aka TFS). I haven’t been able to do so via the get\_url module. I think the problem is that the TFS doesn’t support ‘basic’ authenticat… --- ## [csvlookups referencing variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/csvlookups-referencing-variables/19327)
**Author:** [@Nick\_Wolff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nick_Wolff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/csvlookups-referencing-variables/19327 "2015-10-14T16:53:19Z")
Hello all, I’m trying to do a csvlookup that references a variable so I can dynamically choose which line of the file. I tried the first two thinks to do the lookup with name only the third directly referencing the name… --- ## [Running ansilbe on the intel edison.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansilbe-on-the-intel-edison/19500)
**Author:** [@repoto](https://forum.ansible.com/u/repoto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansilbe-on-the-intel-edison/19500 "2015-10-14T13:27:25Z")
Hi, I’m trying to deploy to my app to an intel edison, and I’m getting a syslog error. I’ve asked the question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33074882/importerror-no-module-named-syslog-ansible-edison/3309095… --- ## [Roles Variables not being Parsed - Playbook vars being applied](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-variables-not-being-parsed-playbook-vars-being-applied/19502)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Kerr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Kerr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-variables-not-being-parsed-playbook-vars-being-applied/19502 "2015-10-14T09:31:22Z")
Hi everyone - Looking for some guidance on what i am missing in relation to calling a role during a playbook. The issue i am having is this: I run the playbook fine it carries out the pre\_tasks as expected, however whe… --- ## [Call for volunteers for testing the taiga\_issue extra module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-for-volunteers-for-testing-the-taiga-issue-extra-module/19426)
**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Guirao\_Rod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alejandro_Guirao_Rod)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/call-for-volunteers-for-testing-the-taiga-issue-extra-module/19426 "2015-10-14T06:52:38Z")
Hi fellow ansiblers, I have submitted a PR for a taiga\_issue extra module and now it is at the point when I need volunteers testing it and approving / discovering issues. I have tried to make it easier and in the issue… --- ## [\`ansible\_host\` parameter doesn't apply to some host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-parameter-doesnt-apply-to-some-host/19485)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Sritippho](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wee_Sritippho)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-host-parameter-doesnt-apply-to-some-host/19485 "2015-10-14T06:11:45Z")
I’m reading the inventory document but can’t follow this example: Suppose you have just static IPs and want to set up some aliases that live in your host file, or you are connecting through tunnels. You can also descri… --- ## [regex\_replace unexpected results](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regex-replace-unexpected-results/19501)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Kieu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Kieu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regex-replace-unexpected-results/19501 "2015-10-14T05:06:36Z")
I have these lines in a role/default/main.yml takes everything (including the -) from the second dash counted right to left Example if host is t5-s2-webapi-au the prefix domain is t5-s2, if host is staging1-web-au then … --- ## [Sharing code between modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sharing-code-between-modules/19436)
**Author:** [@Marc\_Abramowitz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marc_Abramowitz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/sharing-code-between-modules/19436 "2015-10-13T23:09:09Z")
I'm writing a set of modules that do a bunch of things with the TeamCity CI server. I have 2 such modules so far and they use some common code - currently these two modules have a lot of copied code and it's already gett… --- ## [ansible.runner ask-pass?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-runner-ask-pass/19499)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Bogucki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Bogucki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-runner-ask-pass/19499 "2015-10-13T19:29:51Z")
Hi Everyone, I’m attempting to use the ansible api to query a bunch of servers (programmatically) . I’m running into an issue where all of my servers require a MFA-authentication+passcode. Is there a way I can have my… --- ## [issue #11996 (include\_vars overrides subsequent role's vars/main.yml)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-11996-include-vars-overrides-subsequent-roles-vars-main-yml/19498)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Stillman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Stillman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-11996-include-vars-overrides-subsequent-roles-vars-main-yml/19498 "2015-10-13T19:22:33Z")
Can one of the developers please comment on #11996 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/11996)? Again, this was acknowledged as a bug by abadger in \[1\]. It had been fixed in 2.0, but then regressed again (as expec… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=825) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=827)