# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=921 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 922 --- ## [For those at Amazon ReInvent Next Week in Las Vegas](https://forum.ansible.com/t/for-those-at-amazon-reinvent-next-week-in-las-vegas/16723)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/for-those-at-amazon-reinvent-next-week-in-las-vegas/16723 "2014-11-08T21:26:21Z")
We’ll have a booth (#1038) and I should be there a fair amount of the time. https://reinvent.awsevents.com/files/reInvent-Maps.pdf Come by and say hey! I’m told there will be shirts (and also hats, but apparently the … --- ## [v1.6.8 ERROR: a duplicate parameter was found in the argument string](https://forum.ansible.com/t/v1-6-8-error-a-duplicate-parameter-was-found-in-the-argument-string/15749)
**Author:** [@Aaron\_Bull\_Schaefer1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Aaron_Bull_Schaefer1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/v1-6-8-error-a-duplicate-parameter-was-found-in-the-argument-string/15749 "2014-11-07T23:44:33Z")
A new issue has cropped up for me with v1.6.8 when running a command through the shell module that has an equal sign in the command: - name: register the zone a nat instance shell: 'aws --region {{ aws\_region }} ec2 d… --- ## [Weird /tmp file issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-tmp-file-issue/16657)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Becker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Becker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-tmp-file-issue/16657 "2014-11-07T20:50:09Z")
Hello, I’m running ansible-playbook 1.7.2 on Centos 6 and after running ok for a couple of weeks, now I’m getting this: Note that the /tmp full path is missing. I used to get this: Same playbook, same command. The… --- ## [ansible -m setup takes extra 2 min on Fedora 20](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-m-setup-takes-extra-2-min-on-fedora-20/16663)
**Author:** [@pixel\_fairy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pixel_fairy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-m-setup-takes-extra-2-min-on-fedora-20/16663 "2014-11-07T19:47:06Z")
the setup module (and any playbooks) takes an extra 2 min for a fedora 20 based vm. other ansible modules, at least command(date) and yum (upgrade all), take less than a second, on an up to date machine. tried from os x… --- ## [Nagios Module allows setting downtimes for Nagios Service Groups?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nagios-module-allows-setting-downtimes-for-nagios-service-groups/16710)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Groning](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Groning)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nagios-module-allows-setting-downtimes-for-nagios-service-groups/16710 "2014-11-07T19:23:24Z")
Hi, the docs don’t make any remarks regarding the setting of downtimes for whole service groups, but the code has a function that seems to do exactly althoug it is not referenced anywhere in else in the code. My Questi… --- ## [EC2 - Delete on termination](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-delete-on-termination/16668)
**Author:** [@Carlos\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Carlos_V)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-delete-on-termination/16668 "2014-11-07T18:41:33Z")
Hello all, I’ve been experimenting with the Ansible ec2 modules and I’m looking for a way to set the default volume created to have the “delete on termination” option set. I found these volume options: \` volumes: d… --- ## [Ansible copy module takes lot of time on same machine](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-copy-module-takes-lot-of-time-on-same-machine/16705)
**Author:** [@Ethan\_Collins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ethan_Collins)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-copy-module-takes-lot-of-time-on-same-machine/16705 "2014-11-07T17:32:19Z")
I am using Ansible to copy a file from Debian to XP running on the same machine on Virtualbox. Copying the file (437KB) using ssh as transport is taking 5 secs. I profiled the same copy operation using scp and that takes… --- ## [Is it possible to provide options to ssh to enable tty?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-provide-options-to-ssh-to-enable-tty/16712)
**Author:** [@Craig\_Wickesser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Craig_Wickesser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-provide-options-to-ssh-to-enable-tty/16712 "2014-11-07T17:12:31Z")
When I SSH into a host it requires tty to perform sudo commands, is it possible to tell ansible to use “-t” or “-t -t” when SSHing to a host? I’m also on CentOS6 so it’s using paramiko. Thanks. --- ## [Config Files for Inventory Scripts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-files-for-inventory-scripts/16720)
**Author:** [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-files-for-inventory-scripts/16720 "2014-11-07T17:03:01Z")
Howdy everyone, I have a question around config files for inventory scripts. So far there are several inventory scripts that also include config files which are individually contained. I am currently working on adding… --- ## [Setting Ansible on Fedora](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-ansible-on-fedora/16479)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Anderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Anderson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-ansible-on-fedora/16479 "2014-11-07T16:37:07Z")
I’m using Fedora 20 and have failed to get Ansible working properly. Here are the commands I used to set everything up. Some of these are probably not necessary. Could someone let me know which of these I could leave out… --- ## [group\_vars - is this supported?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-is-this-supported/16715)
**Author:** [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/group-vars-is-this-supported/16715 "2014-11-07T16:30:04Z")
Can group\_vars have nested sub-directories? For example, can I have directories for groups “group\_one” and “group\_two” like this: \` group\_vars/ all group\_one/ all foo bar group\_two/ all foo bar \` Thanks, -T … --- ## [Templates - Create, but do NOT update](https://forum.ansible.com/t/templates-create-but-do-not-update/16706)
**Author:** [@Akos\_Vandra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akos_Vandra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/templates-create-but-do-not-update/16706 "2014-11-07T15:43:33Z")
Hello, This might be a wierd feature request at first, but would you accept a PR to add an option to the template module to create but do NOT update the generated file? I find myself needing this when generating secret… --- ## [Trouble Getting Vars in Ansible Callback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trouble-getting-vars-in-ansible-callback/16695)
**Author:** [@Rafe\_Colton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rafe_Colton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trouble-getting-vars-in-ansible-callback/16695 "2014-11-07T15:28:46Z")
Hi All, Having some trouble with a callback, hoping somebody can help me out. I’m trying to get information that the user has set in variables during the playbook\_on\_play\_start method by calling task.module\_vars.get(‘v… --- ## [Using Ansible with remote nodes running Windows 7](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-with-remote-nodes-running-windows-7/16601)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Anderson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Anderson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/using-ansible-with-remote-nodes-running-windows-7/16601 "2014-11-07T15:27:44Z")
Has anyone succeeded at running ansible with a remote node running Windows 7? I’m having problems getting win-ping to work in this configuration. I’ve tried Fedora 20 and CentOs7 with Ansible 1.8. My inventory and window… --- ## [extra\_vars don't override inventory variables in templates (continuing #9242)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extra-vars-dont-override-inventory-variables-in-templates-continuing-9242/16451)
**Author:** [@Hagai\_Kariti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hagai_Kariti)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/extra-vars-dont-override-inventory-variables-in-templates-continuing-9242/16451 "2014-11-07T14:37:00Z")
Hi I hope this is the right place to post this. I reported https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/9242 a few days ago and I still have issues after it was closed. I’ll give a similar example to the one I gave in the … --- ## [modprobe\_module, when setting state=present, where is it saved for adding the module at next boot ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modprobe-module-when-setting-state-present-where-is-it-saved-for-adding-the-module-at-next-boot/16716)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Eriksson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stefan_Eriksson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/modprobe-module-when-setting-state-present-where-is-it-saved-for-adding-the-module-at-next-boot/16716 "2014-11-07T14:27:45Z")
Hi Its unclear where modprobe module save the settings, I cant find a list of modules to load att boot in /etc/modprobe.d/ There’s also no info about this in the module website. for example kernel\_blacklist says: blac… --- ## [action plugin vs module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-vs-module/16707)
**Author:** [@Dariusz\_C](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dariusz_C)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-vs-module/16707 "2014-11-07T14:20:27Z")
Could You help and tell me the difference between an action plugin and a module? Why is an action plugin ‘synchronize’ and a module ‘synchronize’ at the same time? Thanks. --- ## [Ansible on StackShare](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-on-stackshare/16718)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-on-stackshare/16718 "2014-11-07T14:12:08Z")
Just found about this yesterday via twitter but here’s an interesting website that allows sharing your company’s tech stack: http://stackshare.io/ You can add “Ansible” in the “DevOps” category if you are using Ansible… --- ## [New error for me: failed to resolve remote temporary directory from $HOME/.ansible/tmp/](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-error-for-me-failed-to-resolve-remote-temporary-directory-from-home-ansible-tmp/16711)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Wedaa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Wedaa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-error-for-me-failed-to-resolve-remote-temporary-directory-from-home-ansible-tmp/16711 "2014-11-06T19:51:17Z")
I’m getting a weird new problem in Ansible. I just did a yum update on my Centos 6.6 machine, and now Ansible is throwing errors. (I cleaned up the errors below to make it a little more readable). fatal: \[shibboleth-er… --- ## [In the Bay Area and using Ansible to deploy OpenStack?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-bay-area-and-using-ansible-to-deploy-openstack/16709)
**Author:** [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/in-the-bay-area-and-using-ansible-to-deploy-openstack/16709 "2014-11-06T16:09:06Z")
The Ansible Bay Area Meetup would like to hear from you. :slight\_smile: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Ansible-User-Group/events/215837242/ If you're interested in speaking at this event, please ping me off-list. Thank… --- ## [action plugin vs module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-vs-module/16708)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/action-plugin-vs-module/16708 "2014-11-06T15:25:37Z")
action\_plugins are a special type of module, or a compliment to existing modules. action\_plugins get run on the ‘master’ instead of on the target, for modules like file/copy/template, some of the work needs to be done o… --- ## [Hi - Installed ansible (not the first time) but on a new box - and although pip install worked fine if I use ping command I get 'FAILED =\> paramiko is not installed'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hi-installed-ansible-not-the-first-time-but-on-a-new-box-and-although-pip-install-worked-fine-if-i-use-ping-command-i-get-failed-paramiko-is-not-installed/16702)
**Author:** [@Shaun\_Barker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shaun_Barker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hi-installed-ansible-not-the-first-time-but-on-a-new-box-and-although-pip-install-worked-fine-if-i-use-ping-command-i-get-failed-paramiko-is-not-installed/16702 "2014-11-06T12:44:57Z")
pip install paramiko PyYAML Jinja2 httplib2 --upgrade Requirement already up-to-date: paramiko in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages Requirement already up-to-date: PyYAML in /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages Requireme… --- ## [Undefined variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/undefined-variables/16678)
**Author:** [@Arangel\_Angov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arangel_Angov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/undefined-variables/16678 "2014-11-06T12:44:51Z")
Hi, I've upgraded to Ansible 1.7.2-1 (using Arch linux) last week and I've noticed that variables from the vault are not being recognized anymore. Tried to recreate this on several machines with the same version of Ansi… --- ## [Error while using variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-using-variables/16704)
**Author:** [@Erick\_Vitor\_de\_Barro](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Erick_Vitor_de_Barro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-using-variables/16704 "2014-11-06T01:59:42Z")
Hi ! Sorry for this newbie question…but…what is wrong with this? --- ## [ansible \>=1.7 fails unnecessarily by trying to open irrelevant vaults?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-7-fails-unnecessarily-by-trying-to-open-irrelevant-vaults/16651)
**Author:** [@Colin\_Nichols](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Colin_Nichols)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-7-fails-unnecessarily-by-trying-to-open-irrelevant-vaults/16651 "2014-11-05T22:41:45Z")
Hi all, I’ve been using ansible 1.6.x and I love it – soo much easier than how I’ve had to do things in the past :slight\_smile: I’m running into an issue upgrading to 1.7.x. Suddenly all my playbooks refuse to run; ans… --- ## [deploy artifacts - but download them only once, not for each host ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploy-artifacts-but-download-them-only-once-not-for-each-host/16685)
**Author:** [@Torsten\_Reinhard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Torsten_Reinhard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deploy-artifacts-but-download-them-only-once-not-for-each-host/16685 "2014-11-05T22:37:21Z")
Hi, we are working on some playbooks that will deploy Maven artifacts (\*.tar, \*.zip) to our target environments. Due to the fact the target environment cannot directly access the Nexus Server (artifact repository) we n… --- ## [Interpolating concatenated variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interpolating-concatenated-variables/16701)
**Author:** [@James\_Morgan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Morgan1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interpolating-concatenated-variables/16701 "2014-11-05T22:01:04Z")
Hi, I’d like to be able to build a variable name programatically in a similar fashion to http://docs.ansible.com/faq.html#how-do-i-access-a-variable-name-programmatically Instead of accessing a dict I would like to bu… --- ## [Optional dependencies](https://forum.ansible.com/t/optional-dependencies/16699)
**Author:** [@Stephen\_Gargan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stephen_Gargan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/optional-dependencies/16699 "2014-11-05T14:34:05Z")
I’d like to float the idea of having optional dependencies. For the most part I use supervisor to control the services that I install on my linux hosts, I’ve found that it is almost a prequisite dependency and its’s incl… --- ## [EC2 provisionning and configuring with variables from inventory/ec2.py](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-provisionning-and-configuring-with-variables-from-inventory-ec2-py/16683)
**Author:** [@Olivier\_Vernin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Olivier_Vernin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-provisionning-and-configuring-with-variables-from-inventory-ec2-py/16683 "2014-11-05T14:23:44Z")
Hi, I am facing a little problem and I don’t find a clear solution I need to provision a new EC2 (AWS) instance and configure it. During the configuration I use some variables from the inventory script ec2.py So I tr… --- ## [Is there a reason for forcing verbose directory structure inside roles?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-reason-for-forcing-verbose-directory-structure-inside-roles/16676)
**Author:** [@Teemu\_Kurppa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Teemu_Kurppa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-reason-for-forcing-verbose-directory-structure-inside-roles/16676 "2014-11-05T14:22:05Z")
Hi, continuing discussion from Twitter: https://twitter.com/Teemu/status/529356262862241792 Is there a reason for forcing verbose directory structure inside roles? When making roles for internal purposes, I often sta… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=920) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=922)