# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=833 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 834 --- ## [Ansible vars\_prompt](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vars-prompt/19324)
**Author:** [@Andreas\_Larsen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andreas_Larsen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vars-prompt/19324 "2015-09-22T13:53:45Z")
I have a error I really can’t figure out why this is happening My playbook looks as following --- ## [Running ansible playbook to connect to ec2 instance and tasks locally.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansible-playbook-to-connect-to-ec2-instance-and-tasks-locally/19326)
**Author:** [@kevin\_fernandes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kevin_fernandes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansible-playbook-to-connect-to-ec2-instance-and-tasks-locally/19326 "2015-09-22T13:23:18Z")
Hi All, I have the following playbook which i want to create --- ## [Set linode\_Id with Linode Module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-linode-id-with-linode-module/19325)
**Author:** [@Iwada\_Eja](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Iwada_Eja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-linode-id-with-linode-module/19325 "2015-09-22T11:28:36Z")
Please im relatively new with ansiible and having an issue. Using the Linode Module to Create a new Linode instance. The Instance is created but with the wrong linode\_id name: Create linode machine linode: api\_key: … --- ## [ec2\_facts and Windows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-facts-and-windows/19118)
**Author:** [@Julie\_Reier](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Julie_Reier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-facts-and-windows/19118 "2015-09-22T08:40:00Z")
I’m hoping that I can get some help with using ansible to manage AWS Windows instances. Firstly, l am new to ansible and Windows systems administration, but I’m pretty good with linux. I am trying to write a playbook t… --- ## [fatal error with role in some cases](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fatal-error-with-role-in-some-cases/19322)
**Author:** [@jhidalgo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jhidalgo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fatal-error-with-role-in-some-cases/19322 "2015-09-22T00:31:27Z")
I am having a very odd problem with some servers. I have a common role (roles/common/task/main.yml) with this task: name: Snmp configuration template: src=snmpd.conf.j2 dest=/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf owner=root group=… --- ## [Help with conditional for environment variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-conditional-for-environment-variables/19291)
**Author:** [@Alejandro](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alejandro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-conditional-for-environment-variables/19291 "2015-09-21T19:40:12Z")
Hi, I has a common roles, where I install all base packages. Now we has some environments where need proxy and others where is not needed. name: Epel repo OracleLinux yum: name=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/… --- ## [Using register inside a role and user the registered output in another role...working?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-register-inside-a-role-and-user-the-registered-output-in-another-role-working/19286)
**Author:** [@Christian\_Sarazin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christian_Sarazin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-register-inside-a-role-and-user-the-registered-output-in-another-role-working/19286 "2015-09-21T19:12:45Z")
Hi Guys, I’ve got 2 and more roles. Role1: \` name: App is deployed msg sudo: yes debug: msg=“App is deployed to domain.tld” register: slack \` Role2: \` name: Send notification message via Slack local\_action: … --- ## [ansible-galaxy - replacing Categories with Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-replacing-categories-with-tags/19318)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Houseknecht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Houseknecht)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-replacing-categories-with-tags/19318 "2015-09-21T19:09:36Z")
In our next release of Galaxy (hopefully later this week) we will deprecate Categories in favor of Tags. Role authors can add tags or keywords that best describe and categorize their role. Users of Galaxy will be able to… --- ## [Applying "diff" to vanilla server](https://forum.ansible.com/t/applying-diff-to-vanilla-server/19317)
**Author:** [@Predrag\_Mijatovic](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Predrag_Mijatovic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/applying-diff-to-vanilla-server/19317 "2015-09-21T16:57:36Z")
Hi, Is it possible to “inspect” a Linux server which was customized, get a “diff”, and then apply that diff to a vanilla server? Thanks! --- ## [Comparing two datasets](https://forum.ansible.com/t/comparing-two-datasets/19288)
**Author:** [@Hank\_Beatty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hank_Beatty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/comparing-two-datasets/19288 "2015-09-21T14:50:30Z")
Hello, I have a Grafana installation and I would like to query the HTTP API and then compare the data sources on the server to a dict for the data sources. If one of the data sources in the dictionary is new I would lik… --- ## [pass --limit to inventory to improve speed and remove unnecessary variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pass-limit-to-inventory-to-improve-speed-and-remove-unnecessary-variables/19198)
**Author:** [@Edward\_Zambrano](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Edward_Zambrano)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pass-limit-to-inventory-to-improve-speed-and-remove-unnecessary-variables/19198 "2015-09-21T13:36:34Z")
Hello! Our current situation: -We have a python script that builds the inventory with a bunch of variables per each group, we can notice that the bigger the JSON the inventory generates, the slower ansible runs (about … --- ## [set\_fact not working like it used to](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-not-working-like-it-used-to/19211)
**Author:** [@Dann\_Bohn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dann_Bohn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-not-working-like-it-used-to/19211 "2015-09-21T12:19:15Z")
Hi Folks, I have some playbooks that include other playbooks, those playbooks use set\_fact to set vars that I later use in the main playbook. This is not working with the latest checkout of 2.0. It seems that vars set w… --- ## [Hard to maintain idempotentcy with iam and iam\_policy modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hard-to-maintain-idempotentcy-with-iam-and-iam-policy-modules/19280)
**Author:** [@Rob\_White](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rob_White)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hard-to-maintain-idempotentcy-with-iam-and-iam-policy-modules/19280 "2015-09-21T12:13:12Z")
Hi all, I’ve noticed a bit of an issue with maintaining idempotency with iam and iam\_policy modules. Consider the following: name: IAM policy iam\_policy: iam\_type: role iam\_name: myrole policy\_name: mypolicy sta… --- ## [group module fails when trying to delete non local group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-module-fails-when-trying-to-delete-non-local-group/19289)
**Author:** [@Shaps](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shaps)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-module-fails-when-trying-to-delete-non-local-group/19289 "2015-09-21T12:00:45Z")
Hi list, Sorry for the probably confusing subject, but I don’t really know how to say that better, I’ll try to explain better: In my environment I have a requirement to remove certain local groups ( that have now been … --- ## [ansible.error](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-error/19315)
**Author:** [@michael.ocana](https://forum.ansible.com/u/michael.ocana)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-error/19315 "2015-09-21T11:50:20Z")
Context This \ writes: line 38, in \ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError, AnsibleParserError ImportError: No module named ansible.errors I am getting above messa… --- ## [WinOps tomorrow](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winops-tomorrow/19314)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/winops-tomorrow/19314 "2015-09-21T08:20:03Z")
Anyone else going to WinOps winops.org tomorrow? If so come and say hi. Jon --- ## [semi off topic; github notifications](https://forum.ansible.com/t/semi-off-topic-github-notifications/19313)
**Author:** [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/semi-off-topic-github-notifications/19313 "2015-09-21T08:19:01Z")
Anyone else suddenly stopped getting github email notifications for ansible projects last week? Probably a local email issue but thought I’d ask in case anyone else is seeing the same thing. Jon --- ## [set\_fact to a list but template does not see that list](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-to-a-list-but-template-does-not-see-that-list/19312)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Kieu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Kieu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-fact-to-a-list-but-template-does-not-see-that-list/19312 "2015-09-21T06:49:12Z")
Hello Team, I am trying to do something like this test-site.yml hosts X --- ## [Setting hostname](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-hostname/19254)
**Author:** [@Kuberboef](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kuberboef)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-hostname/19254 "2015-09-21T06:19:19Z")
Morning all I am sure this has been asked before, I just struggle to find it. I cloned https://github.com/knopki/ansible-hostname Looks good and vagrant calls ansible successfully and all goes wel, untill… I need to … --- ## [Ansible 2: how to use \`cloud\` var in Openstack modules?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-how-to-use-cloud-var-in-openstack-modules/19310)
**Author:** [@Alwin\_Schoemaker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alwin_Schoemaker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-how-to-use-cloud-var-in-openstack-modules/19310 "2015-09-20T14:14:32Z")
Hi there, I’m trying out Ansible 2.0 alpha and the new os\_\* modules. According to the documentation, instead of providing an auth config value, you should be able to define the cloud variable that refers to a configured… --- ## [issue with with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-with-items/19309)
**Author:** [@wanna\_know](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wanna_know)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-with-items/19309 "2015-09-20T14:09:46Z")
hi all, i’m new to ansible… i 'm having issues with looping with this set of data with with\_items ok: \[host1\] =\> {“ansible\_facts”: {“foo”: “\[u’app1 app2’, u’app1,app2’\]”}} ok: \[host2\] =\> {“ansible\_facts”: {“foo”: “\[u’… --- ## [new to ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible/19308)
**Author:** [@wanna\_know](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wanna_know)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-ansible/19308 "2015-09-20T13:04:07Z")
hi all, i ’ m new to ansible, i wanted to know how could i loop thru the following set of data. tried with\_items but i had no luck so far. ok: \[HOST\] =\> {“ansible\_facts”: {“foo”: “\[u’home instance’, u’home instance’\]”… --- ## [ansible\_ssh\_args not cleared through Inventory file entry](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-args-not-cleared-through-inventory-file-entry/19306)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Mark\_A\_Friedman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dr_Mark_A_Friedman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-args-not-cleared-through-inventory-file-entry/19306 "2015-09-19T16:50:18Z")
I have installed the latest version of ansible by cloning the source: sandman(maf):~:667:$ ansible --version ansible 2.0.0 (devel 05f6e76407) last updated 2015/09/19 12:16:52 (GMT -400) lib/ansible/modules/core: (deta… --- ## [new module bigip\_gtm\_datacenter](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-module-bigip-gtm-datacenter/19305)
**Author:** [@Tim1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-module-bigip-gtm-datacenter/19305 "2015-09-19T02:19:02Z")
Hello, I’ve created a PR for a new module that allows one to manipulate data centers in an F5 BIG-IP GTM. https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1000 This module is useful for initial BIG-IP configurat… --- ## [With ansible CLI can I output standard out?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273)
**Author:** [@Vicki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vicki)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-ansible-cli-can-i-output-standard-out/19273 "2015-09-19T00:14:36Z")
I tried the --verbose option, but the same standard out that I can see when executing ansible-playbook is not there. Please advise. Thank you! Vicki --- ## [pr for new module bigip\_sysdb](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pr-for-new-module-bigip-sysdb/19304)
**Author:** [@Tim1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pr-for-new-module-bigip-sysdb/19304 "2015-09-18T23:00:17Z")
Hi folks, I’ve created a PR for anyone interested that introduces a new module for manipulating the F5 BIG-IP sys database. https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/998 Something like this may be useful … --- ## [Rebuilding eggs in hacking/env-setup](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rebuilding-eggs-in-hacking-env-setup/19303)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Smift1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_Smift1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rebuilding-eggs-in-hacking-env-setup/19303 "2015-09-18T19:27:21Z")
We were running 1.7.2, and are upgrading to 1.9.3-1. We install from git (because we have some local mods to apply, which we've found easier to do when installing via git), which means that we run .../hacking/env-setup… --- ## [Nagios module and not being able to write to nagios.cmd](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nagios-module-and-not-being-able-to-write-to-nagios-cmd/19278)
**Author:** [@Sam\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sam_S)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nagios-module-and-not-being-able-to-write-to-nagios-cmd/19278 "2015-09-18T16:53:42Z")
I keep getting the following error when I attempt to disable alerts for a particular host. Not sure what the heck is going on! failed: \[127.0.0.1 → nagios.xyz.net\] =\> {“cmdfile”: “/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nagios.cmd”, “fai… --- ## [Аnsible work every second time](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nsible-work-every-second-time/19299)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Galyan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Galyan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nsible-work-every-second-time/19299 "2015-09-18T16:27:27Z")
Windows 10 babun version 1.2.0 Vagrant 1.7.4 ansible 1.9.3 First run { Centos } » ansible testserver -s -m yum -a name=nano -vvvv \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: vagrant \<127.0.0.1\> REMOTE\_MODULE yum na… --- ## [Condition in Templates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/condition-in-templates/19300)
**Author:** [@jpallentin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpallentin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/condition-in-templates/19300 "2015-09-18T14:49:04Z")
Hi everyone, one simple question and sry for my english skills :slight\_smile: I have a playbook with some templates, in one template I added a condition to write a specific IP Address in my template. (My servers have … [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=832) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=834)