# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=914 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 915 --- ## [Create DigitalOcean Snapshot/Image?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-digitalocean-snapshot-image/16927)
**Author:** [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-digitalocean-snapshot-image/16927 "2014-12-02T00:19:39Z")
How can you save a digital ocean image? The doc is clear how to create a droplet. But how do you save that image after the droplet is taken down? TIA, -T --- ## [Internal ansible-galaxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/internal-ansible-galaxy/16924)
**Author:** [@Hani\_Suleiman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hani_Suleiman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/internal-ansible-galaxy/16924 "2014-12-01T23:40:24Z")
Is it possible to get ansible-galaxy like functionality in a closed ecosystem? This would be particularly useful for enterprise environments where there’s an internal git repo, with multiple teams trying to share roles. … --- ## [ipv4 broadcast address](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ipv4-broadcast-address/16930)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Gray](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Gray)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ipv4-broadcast-address/16930 "2014-12-01T23:15:53Z")
Ansible does not seem to be setting a fact for the broadcast address on eth0 when pulling facts from a mint 16 linux host. It gets a lot of other stuff: EG }, “ansible\_default\_ipv4”: { “address”: “10.25.26.2”, “alia… --- ## [\[ansible\] Variables from var files are not properly expanded (#9621)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-variables-from-var-files-are-not-properly-expanded-9621/16892)
**Author:** [@Till\_Maas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Till_Maas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-variables-from-var-files-are-not-properly-expanded-9621/16892 "2014-12-01T22:27:39Z")
Hi, this is a followup to https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/9621#issuecomment-64452216 --- ## [\[authorized\_key\] refactoring pull request, how can I help the reviewer?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authorized-key-refactoring-pull-request-how-can-i-help-the-reviewer/16923)
**Author:** [@Fabrice\_Bernhard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabrice_Bernhard)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/authorized-key-refactoring-pull-request-how-can-i-help-the-reviewer/16923 "2014-12-01T22:17:54Z")
Hi, along my discussions on adding possibility to handle multiple keys using the authorized\_key module, I realised the functionality was hidden in the code, but since it was supported without being documented I felt the… --- ## [parameterized role and with\_dict loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parameterized-role-and-with-dict-loop/16929)
**Author:** [@robb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/robb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parameterized-role-and-with-dict-loop/16929 "2014-12-01T22:14:19Z")
I have a role, route53-healthcheck, which execute a series of command: tasks using the aws cli (Ansible route53 module is for DNS records-only). I have a dictionary of Application names and metadata in group\_vars/all. I… --- ## [Consistent requirement of the state parameter between modules ec2\_group and rds\_subnet\_group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/consistent-requirement-of-the-state-parameter-between-modules-ec2-group-and-rds-subnet-group/16928)
**Author:** [@vaida.dan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vaida.dan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/consistent-requirement-of-the-state-parameter-between-modules-ec2-group-and-rds-subnet-group/16928 "2014-12-01T21:33:19Z")
Hi, Just for the sake of consistency, is there a particular reason why the state should be required for one module but not for the other one? Thanks. --- ## [Windows Support Stage 2: Engage Battlestations!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-support-stage-2-engage-battlestations/15604)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-support-stage-2-engage-battlestations/15604 "2014-12-01T21:30:28Z")
A while back we introduced some Windows support on the devel branch. http://docs.ansible.com/intro\_windows.html http://docs.ansible.com/list\_of\_windows\_modules.html http://www.ansible.com/blog/windows-is-coming Initi… --- ## [Ansible release process feedback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-release-process-feedback/16925)
**Author:** [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-release-process-feedback/16925 "2014-12-01T21:30:17Z")
Hi I just want to start a constructive feedback about the latest Ansible release process. The last 3 major releases, our user experience was not quite well and we rolled back. It makes use feel scary about upgrading t… --- ## [Running Ansible from source on Linux with F-Secure SSH instead of OpenSSH; only user privileges](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansible-from-source-on-linux-with-f-secure-ssh-instead-of-openssh-only-user-privileges/16877)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Voncken](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ed_Voncken)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-ansible-from-source-on-linux-with-f-secure-ssh-instead-of-openssh-only-user-privileges/16877 "2014-12-01T21:18:46Z")
Hi, Started discussing this on Twitter with a.o. @laserllama. I’m facing a nice (\*) challenge: As a regular user (no special sudo / root privileges), I need to run Ansible from source on a Linux which has /usr/… --- ## [packer/local vs remote, service restart failure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packer-local-vs-remote-service-restart-failure/16902)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Porter](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steve_Porter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/packer-local-vs-remote-service-restart-failure/16902 "2014-12-01T21:08:27Z")
Having a problem with a packer/local vs normal ansible remote provision. Remote On the remote, I provision mysql, then change the mysql settings and restart mysql - everything goes swimmingly. file: path={{ item }} … --- ## [Inventory with more than one server per host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-with-more-than-one-server-per-host/16888)
**Author:** [@Ronny](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ronny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-with-more-than-one-server-per-host/16888 "2014-12-01T21:07:45Z")
Hello, I am trying to make a playbook with the following inventory work: hosts \[applicationservers:children\] dev1\_appserver dev2\_appserver \[dev1\_appserver\] host1 \[dev2\_appserver\] host1 \[dev1\_appserver:vars\] app… --- ## [How do i send data to the callback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-send-data-to-the-callback/16899)
**Author:** [@Ritesh\_Shetty](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ritesh_Shetty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-send-data-to-the-callback/16899 "2014-12-01T21:06:20Z")
Hi All, My application trigger the playbook using the python api. Now since there are many tasks and each might take a long time, i need to keep the user informed of what is going on. So i have create a Job and Tasks ta… --- ## [Conditional include at playbook level would be great](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-include-at-playbook-level-would-be-great/16920)
**Author:** [@edrozenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/edrozenberg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-include-at-playbook-level-would-be-great/16920 "2014-12-01T20:53:06Z")
Certain roles/tasks need to be implemented very differently based on the OS. For example configuring tftpd on Mac vs Linux is done differently: launchctl command on Mac package install/service control on Linux For th… --- ## [Ansible 1.9 dev 34ec877fe3 hangs on gather facts phase](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-dev-34ec877fe3-hangs-on-gather-facts-phase/16918)
**Author:** [@Giorgio\_Valoti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Giorgio_Valoti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-9-dev-34ec877fe3-hangs-on-gather-facts-phase/16918 "2014-12-01T19:22:22Z")
Hi all, Ansible seems to hang on the gather facts phase. Some details: - The problem seems not related to password prompts and it was not hanging this way until now anyway. - The behavior seems 100% reproducible on … --- ## [benefit of Dynamic Inventory over static inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/benefit-of-dynamic-inventory-over-static-inventory/16922)
**Author:** [@William\_Muriithi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/William_Muriithi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/benefit-of-dynamic-inventory-over-static-inventory/16922 "2014-12-01T13:57:13Z")
Brian I have written dynamic inventory scripts https://dpaste.de/1mVa . But I dont get whats the benefit of using dynamic inventory. I still had to list all the things which I used in static inventory. could you tell… --- ## [npm with --save-dev flag](https://forum.ansible.com/t/npm-with-save-dev-flag/16913)
**Author:** [@juju](https://forum.ansible.com/u/juju)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/npm-with-save-dev-flag/16913 "2014-12-01T11:22:46Z")
Confused about how to run something like this with ansible ( the --save-dev flag part). Do I manually create a package.json file in my project root directory before using ansible to install the npm package? npm install … --- ## [Install GVM and Grails](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-gvm-and-grails/16901)
**Author:** [@Tze\_Yang\_Ng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tze_Yang_Ng)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-gvm-and-grails/16901 "2014-12-01T07:47:11Z")
Hi, Trying to use ansible to install GVM and Grails, but can’t seem to make it work, anyone can help? Tried both shell and command, but none seem work. name: gvm | Install gvm prerequisites for Grails shell: curl -s… --- ## [with\_items and default filter with empty list not working in ansible 1.8.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-and-default-filter-with-empty-list-not-working-in-ansible-1-8-1/16921)
**Author:** [@parnigot](https://forum.ansible.com/u/parnigot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-and-default-filter-with-empty-list-not-working-in-ansible-1-8-1/16921 "2014-11-30T18:08:19Z")
Hello guys, I’ve recently updated ansible to v1.8.1 and I’m having some issues with some playbooks that worked on older ansible versions. For example I’ve a reusable role that manages the installation of packages with … --- ## [Request for help in creating a new user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-help-in-creating-a-new-user/16919)
**Author:** [@xuxu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/xuxu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-help-in-creating-a-new-user/16919 "2014-11-30T18:03:08Z")
This is what my playbook looks like: --- ## [deploying with ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-with-ansible/15832)
**Author:** [@ramon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ramon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploying-with-ansible/15832 "2014-11-30T12:07:36Z")
Hey All, I posted some thoughts on deploying with Ansible, specifically some problems we tried to solve converting from Capistrano: http://www.future500.nl/articles/2014/07/thoughts-on-deploying-with-ansible/ Michael … --- ## [benefit of Dynamic Inventory over static inventory](https://forum.ansible.com/t/benefit-of-dynamic-inventory-over-static-inventory/16911)
**Author:** [@Usama\_Mehboob](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Usama_Mehboob)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/benefit-of-dynamic-inventory-over-static-inventory/16911 "2014-11-29T04:58:21Z")
I have written dynamic inventory scripts https://dpaste.de/1mVa . But I dont get whats the benefit of using dynamic inventory. I still had to list all the things which I used in static inventory. could you tell me in wha… --- ## [ansible-vault edit changes sha1 of file even when edits are not saved](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-edit-changes-sha1-of-file-even-when-edits-are-not-saved/16912)
**Author:** [@Jim\_McMahon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jim_McMahon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-edit-changes-sha1-of-file-even-when-edits-are-not-saved/16912 "2014-11-29T00:49:16Z")
I want to view a file that has been encrypted with ansible-vault, but I don’t want to make any changes. The ansible-vault command doesn’t have an option to just cat the decrypted file. Here are the options available: ➜ … --- ## [Copy single file from git repo](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-single-file-from-git-repo/16917)
**Author:** [@juju](https://forum.ansible.com/u/juju)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/copy-single-file-from-git-repo/16917 "2014-11-28T22:55:12Z")
New to Ansible. Looking to copy a single file from a public git repo to a project, with the condition that the file should only be copied from the repo if it doesn’t exist in the destination. How would i go about doing t… --- ## [Adding 2 new AWS VPC related modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-2-new-aws-vpc-related-modules/16916)
**Author:** [@herby.gillot1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/herby.gillot1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-2-new-aws-vpc-related-modules/16916 "2014-11-28T22:15:01Z")
First adds support for managing VPC peering connections ( https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/367 ), the second adds support for managing VPC network ACLs ( https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-cor… --- ## [hashlib errors on FreeBSD](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hashlib-errors-on-freebsd/16906)
**Author:** [@mike\_tancsa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mike_tancsa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hashlib-errors-on-freebsd/16906 "2014-11-28T16:37:13Z")
Hi, On a few of my FreeBSD boxes I want to start managing via Ansible, I have run into a python deprecation error / warning I am not sure how to deal with. I am using what is in the git repo, not the older version from … --- ## [Alternatives to ssh timeout for hosts with high load?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alternatives-to-ssh-timeout-for-hosts-with-high-load/16914)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Dur](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Dur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/alternatives-to-ssh-timeout-for-hosts-with-high-load/16914 "2014-11-28T15:37:06Z")
A couple hundred hosts we manage with ansible are HPC nodes. Sometimes during normal use a portion of these hosts may be heavily loaded. In this case the hosts will allow an ssh connection within the timeout constraints,… --- ## [Couldn't evaluate conditionals](https://forum.ansible.com/t/couldnt-evaluate-conditionals/16910)
**Author:** [@Zaitsev\_Dmitriy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Zaitsev_Dmitriy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/couldnt-evaluate-conditionals/16910 "2014-11-28T14:16:11Z")
I want to add a simple check on the version of nginx. But version with conditionals won’t work :frowning: name: check for install nginx shell: nginx -v 2\>&1 | awk ‘{print $3}’ | sed -e ‘s/nginx///g’ register: nginx … --- ## [Roles: How to structure a role(s) for a AWS configuration](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-how-to-structure-a-role-s-for-a-aws-configuration/16908)
**Author:** [@Stephen\_Melrose](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_Melrose)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-how-to-structure-a-role-s-for-a-aws-configuration/16908 "2014-11-27T21:10:33Z")
Hey, Sorry for the rubbish title. hard to summarise my question(s). I’m looking to restructure an AWS estate, and I’m going to be using Ansible to drive CloudFormation and other parts of AWS. The stacks will be more o… --- ## [Ansible 1.7.2, sudo\_user don't work properly](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-7-2-sudo-user-dont-work-properly/16862)
**Author:** [@Volkov\_Evgeny](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Volkov_Evgeny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-7-2-sudo-user-dont-work-properly/16862 "2014-11-27T14:05:48Z")
HI, I had some problems with sudo\_user switching. Config file not changed. ansible 1.7.2 test.yml [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=913) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=915)