# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=894 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 895 --- ## [request a font change from Lato](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-a-font-change-from-lato/17476)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Fast](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Larry_Fast)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-a-font-change-from-lato/17476 "2015-02-14T17:57:30Z")
Any chance you could change your Lato font to something else? While I love experimenting with fonts Lato shows up very badly on the Chrome browser. I realized it was a Chrome specific problem when I looked at it on IE. L… --- ## [How is ansible\_fqdn Determined?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-is-ansible-fqdn-determined/17514)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Short](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Short)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-is-ansible-fqdn-determined/17514 "2015-02-14T00:39:39Z")
How is ansible\_fqdn Determined? My el6 lab environments are a mess currently and I’d like to clean them up if possible. Thanks, Chris Short --- ## [Use pfexec instead of sudo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-pfexec-instead-of-sudo/14472)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Wolstenholme](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Wolstenholme)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-pfexec-instead-of-sudo/14472 "2015-02-13T19:17:33Z")
Is it possible to specify pfexec instead of sudo in a playbook. Something like: sudo\_command: pfexec or root\_command: pfexec Cheers, Paul --- ## [IndexError: list index out of range](https://forum.ansible.com/t/indexerror-list-index-out-of-range/17506)
**Author:** [@Amol\_Shende](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amol_Shende)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/indexerror-list-index-out-of-range/17506 "2015-02-13T15:56:13Z")
Hi Everyone, I am using ansible since 2 months. It was working fine uptill now. But, now it is giving error to every ansible command. For Ex. I am running ping command it is giving following error ansible -vvvv 172.27.… --- ## [\[Subversion module\] Bug when using repositories with svn:externals](https://forum.ansible.com/t/subversion-module-bug-when-using-repositories-with-svn-externals/17512)
**Author:** [@sylvain.guglielmi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sylvain.guglielmi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/subversion-module-bug-when-using-repositories-with-svn-externals/17512 "2015-02-13T14:50:51Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve noticed that the subversion module always reports changes when updating, even though my repo (with svn:externals) has not changed. It was linked to the way the module detects local modifications. T… --- ## [Generate (or reuse) random string/id in custom module common for all hosts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/generate-or-reuse-random-string-id-in-custom-module-common-for-all-hosts/17511)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Horak](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Horak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/generate-or-reuse-random-string-id-in-custom-module-common-for-all-hosts/17511 "2015-02-13T14:45:52Z")
Hi, I’ve created quite simple python module for installation and execution of multihost tests. And because of synchronization between the hosts, I need to generate “random” string/id/whatever and pass it to each test an… --- ## [ansible\_pkg\_pgr and with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pkg-pgr-and-with-items/17508)
**Author:** [@Alexey\_Wasilyev1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alexey_Wasilyev1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-pkg-pgr-and-with-items/17508 "2015-02-13T13:21:45Z")
Hello, everybody. Can somebody show me the working example of following code? name: ‘Install packages’ action: \> {{ ansible\_pkg\_mgr }} name={{ item }} state=installed with\_items: \[package1, package2\] Without with\_… --- ## [Patterns and precedence](https://forum.ansible.com/t/patterns-and-precedence/17494)
**Author:** [@Josh\_Smift1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josh_Smift1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/patterns-and-precedence/17494 "2015-02-13T12:44:59Z")
http://docs.ansible.com/intro\_patterns.html shows webservers:dbservers:&staging:!phoenix as an example of a combination of unions and intersections, and says that this means all machines in the groups \`webservers… --- ## [vsphere\_guest provisioning and add\_host module : problem on dynamic inventory VS static inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-provisioning-and-add-host-module-problem-on-dynamic-inventory-vs-static-inventory/17491)
**Author:** [@nicolas.wroclawski](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nicolas.wroclawski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-provisioning-and-add-host-module-problem-on-dynamic-inventory-vs-static-inventory/17491 "2015-02-13T10:28:01Z")
Hi Everyone, I try to realise a playbook of autoprovisionning from scratch to “full installed application” I use the “ansible inventory” for guide the provisionning I use a lot of group who describe the configuration … --- ## [Host-based files and templates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-based-files-and-templates/17458)
**Author:** [@profhase85](https://forum.ansible.com/u/profhase85)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/host-based-files-and-templates/17458 "2015-02-13T08:15:00Z")
Is there a feature in Ansible for host-based files/templates directory? In my actual setup i am keeping track of it manually (on playbook level there is a files/ directory with one directory for {{ inventory\_hostname }}… --- ## [Option to allow empty inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/option-to-allow-empty-inventory/16988)
**Author:** [@Mathieu\_Guillaume](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mathieu_Guillaume)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/option-to-allow-empty-inventory/16988 "2015-02-13T04:32:39Z")
I’ve just submitted a pull request (#9748) to add an option to not error out when an inventory file does not define any host. At the moment, this triggers an instant “ERROR: provided hosts list is empty” from ansible-pl… --- ## [template import from outside of templates dir](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-import-from-outside-of-templates-dir/17505)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Weber1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jacob_Weber1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/template-import-from-outside-of-templates-dir/17505 "2015-02-13T03:05:53Z")
One of my roles uses a template, which has an {% import … %} statement to include data from another template. I’d like this other template to be outside of the role’s “templates” directory, since it will be shared by mu… --- ## [module not found in](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-not-found-in/17503)
**Author:** [@Rahul\_Mehrotra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rahul_Mehrotra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-not-found-in/17503 "2015-02-13T01:32:58Z")
Hi everyone, I was working on rds subnet group , however ansible says it is not able to find the module \` name: Create Subnet Group for RDS Instances local\_action: module: rds\_subnet\_group state: present region: … --- ## [Windows puzzler redux](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-puzzler-redux/17467)
**Author:** [@dyioulos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dyioulos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-puzzler-redux/17467 "2015-02-12T20:49:26Z")
All, After ultimately having set up a test Windows Server 2008 R2 box to work with Ansible (it failed at first, but I thought I had solved the problem at the Ansible control), I’ve tried to get it working on two other S… --- ## [problem with at-sign @](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-at-sign/17509)
**Author:** [@Milton\_Silva](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Milton_Silva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/problem-with-at-sign/17509 "2015-02-12T18:08:39Z")
Hi, I have the following yaml \` --- ## [Ansible 1.8.2 custom windows powershell module defined in roles/myrole/library is not found (ERROR: mymodule is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-8-2-custom-windows-powershell-module-defined-in-roles-myrole-library-is-not-found-error-mymodule-is-not-a-legal-parameter-in-an-ansible-task-or-handler/17504)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Clegg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ian_Clegg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-8-2-custom-windows-powershell-module-defined-in-roles-myrole-library-is-not-found-error-mymodule-is-not-a-legal-parameter-in-an-ansible-task-or-handler/17504 "2015-02-12T16:38:00Z")
Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone has hit this issue. I just upgraded to ansible 1.8.2 and a set of windows playbooks is no longer working. These playbooks do work with the previous version we had; there seem to be some i… --- ## [Ansible Autocompletion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-autocompletion/17498)
**Author:** [@Mihir\_Joshi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mihir_Joshi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-autocompletion/17498 "2015-02-12T16:08:45Z")
Hello, I am new to Ansible and I am trying to walk through the code to learn and implement some cool stuff. First thing I noticed after installing ansible is the lack of autocomplete feature for the bash. It can get rea… --- ## [Regexp matching with replace module, but not with lineinfile](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regexp-matching-with-replace-module-but-not-with-lineinfile/17012)
**Author:** [@Florent\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Florent_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/regexp-matching-with-replace-module-but-not-with-lineinfile/17012 "2015-02-12T14:59:06Z")
Hi, I’m a newbie with Ansible, and I have a problem. First, I use version 1.8.2, stock, without anything added. Then, I want to configure /etc/network/interfaces file with Ansible, so I need to work with regexp to do … --- ## [Processing registered result of ec2 with\_items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/processing-registered-result-of-ec2-with-items/16129)
**Author:** [@Tim\_Van\_de\_Walle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tim_Van_de_Walle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/processing-registered-result-of-ec2-with-items/16129 "2015-02-12T10:20:36Z")
I have a role that encapsulates creation of ec2 instances. It’s sole functionality is to create a specified number of ec2 instances, register them in a group and then wait for the SSH port to be available for those insta… --- ## [Ansible vault logs sensitive information when verbose](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-logs-sensitive-information-when-verbose/17477)
**Author:** [@James\_Morgan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Morgan1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-logs-sensitive-information-when-verbose/17477 "2015-02-12T10:08:55Z")
Hi, I have some sensitive data (keys and pass files etc) stored in yaml var files and encrypted with the vault. Just noticed that if I have -v set it prints out the contents when I import the var files. I would have e… --- ## [Using YAML ansible-playbook -e EXTRA\_VARS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-yaml-ansible-playbook-e-extra-vars/17502)
**Author:** [@Paulo\_Gabriel\_Poiati](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paulo_Gabriel_Poiati)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-yaml-ansible-playbook-e-extra-vars/17502 "2015-02-12T04:43:19Z")
Hello all, I’m struggle with this command line option. How can I use an YAML file with the -e option? $ ansilble-playbook -e /path/to/my/var.yml playbook.yml doesn’t works. I’m using ansible 1.8.2. Thanks in advance. … --- ## [Ansible not pulling images from private Docker repository](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-pulling-images-from-private-docker-repository/17499)
**Author:** [@Felix\_Glaske](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Felix_Glaske)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-not-pulling-images-from-private-docker-repository/17499 "2015-02-11T20:35:14Z")
It seems this problem already hit some other people and it should already be solved based on this issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/188 I’m running the latest version 1.8.2 of Ansible and hav… --- ## [Developing the vmware inventory script](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developing-the-vmware-inventory-script/17501)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Phillips1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mark_Phillips1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/developing-the-vmware-inventory-script/17501 "2015-02-11T15:32:21Z")
Folks, I was wondering if anybody has done any work on the vmware.py\[1\] dynamic inventory script? I’d like to push it on a bit, with a couple of things: a) Get it using the Python pysphere module (to bring it inline wi… --- ## [PowerShell module for Ansible Tower underway](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-module-for-ansible-tower-underway/16410)
**Author:** [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-module-for-ansible-tower-underway/16410 "2015-02-11T12:46:49Z")
Hi all, This is strictly not related to this group, but I wanted to share anyway: I’ve started development on a PowerShell module for interacting with Tower’s REST api. The Ansible team has done an amazing job of creat… --- ## [Pinging another machine using AWS/ec2 dynamic inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pinging-another-machine-using-aws-ec2-dynamic-inventory/17023)
**Author:** [@Sven\_Ehlert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sven_Ehlert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pinging-another-machine-using-aws-ec2-dynamic-inventory/17023 "2015-02-11T11:37:00Z")
Hi all, I have a rather simple usecase for which I don’t seem to find an answer. How can I ping a AWS/ec2 instance from another instance in a different play? I’m using the dynamic inventory. The scenario is like this: … --- ## [A host appears in more than one group, and both groups have the same tasks in them; any way to run tasks once?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-host-appears-in-more-than-one-group-and-both-groups-have-the-same-tasks-in-them-any-way-to-run-tasks-once/17489)
**Author:** [@Asfand\_Yar\_Qazi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Asfand_Yar_Qazi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-host-appears-in-more-than-one-group-and-both-groups-have-the-same-tasks-in-them-any-way-to-run-tasks-once/17489 "2015-02-11T10:32:52Z")
Hi, If anyone wants Stack Exchange brownie points, I have asked this question on Server fault here: http://serverfault.com/questions/666457/ansible-a-host-appears-in-more-than-one-group-and-both-groups-have-the-same-ta … --- ## [can Pip module install tarballs?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-pip-module-install-tarballs/17493)
**Author:** [@Giovanni\_Torres](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Giovanni_Torres)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-pip-module-install-tarballs/17493 "2015-02-11T10:31:58Z")
Can ansible’s pip module install from tarballs? The documentation doesn’t indicate that this is an option. --- ## [recommended way to statically configure network interfaces on centos-7 with ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recommended-way-to-statically-configure-network-interfaces-on-centos-7-with-ansible/17495)
**Author:** [@cohen.ben](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cohen.ben)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recommended-way-to-statically-configure-network-interfaces-on-centos-7-with-ansible/17495 "2015-02-11T10:04:55Z")
I’m new to ansible and a little googling hasn’t lead me quickly towards the right solution to my question. What’s the ‘with the grain’ way to assign static network settings to a centos-7 host with ansible. I feel like t… --- ## [Vars output differences during ansible run when vars located in /defaults or /vars](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-output-differences-during-ansible-run-when-vars-located-in-defaults-or-vars/17497)
**Author:** [@Walter\_Dolce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Dolce)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vars-output-differences-during-ansible-run-when-vars-located-in-defaults-or-vars/17497 "2015-02-11T08:10:59Z")
Hi, I’ve fairly new to Ansible and I’ve been trying things out with it. I’m trying to write a simple playbook. As I’d like to have the ability to \[let others\] decide what to put in some vars and by following the docs o… --- ## [Is this possible with Ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-this-possible-with-ansible/17480)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Short](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Short)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-this-possible-with-ansible/17480 "2015-02-10T21:19:08Z")
I’m trying to wrap my brain around something. Can Ansible deploy different application configuration files based upon a hostname, IP address, network address, etc? To take that a step further, could Ansible look at a tem… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=893) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=895)