# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=922 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 923 --- ## [playbook conditional include another playbook not wokring](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-conditional-include-another-playbook-not-wokring/16690)
**Author:** [@jack1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jack1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbook-conditional-include-another-playbook-not-wokring/16690 "2014-11-05T14:14:49Z")
I have problem at conditional include playbook: For example, I am following three simple playbooks: playbook0.yml: --- ## [How does Ansible copy a module to a remote host?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-does-ansible-copy-a-module-to-a-remote-host/16700)
**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-does-ansible-copy-a-module-to-a-remote-host/16700 "2014-11-05T14:03:58Z")
Hi Craig, If you’re running the devel branch (which you should be if you’re wanting to edit module code), the modules are stored in the modules/{core,extras} directories in the main source tree. The path to the docker m… --- ## [python-boto needs an EPEL maintainer](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-boto-needs-an-epel-maintainer/16696)
**Author:** [@kahlil.hodgson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kahlil.hodgson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-boto-needs-an-epel-maintainer/16696 "2014-11-05T07:28:06Z")
Just saw the following announcement regarding orphaned EPEL packages: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/epel-announce/2014-November/000032.html Note that python-boto is on the list of packages to be retired by … --- ## [Finding out what groups a host is a member of in a template?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/finding-out-what-groups-a-host-is-a-member-of-in-a-template/16697)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Burton](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kevin_Burton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/finding-out-what-groups-a-host-is-a-member-of-in-a-template/16697 "2014-11-05T03:35:17Z")
For the life of me I can’t seem to find this in the docs but I’m sure it’s possible. I have a template and I want to expand a string to all the groups that host is a member of. I’m using them as tags in our monitoring … --- ## [Need help with error: msg: parameters are mutually exclusive: \['package', 'upgrade', 'deb'\]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-error-msg-parameters-are-mutually-exclusive-package-upgrade-deb/16692)
**Author:** [@Ayush\_Sharma](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ayush_Sharma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-help-with-error-msg-parameters-are-mutually-exclusive-package-upgrade-deb/16692 "2014-11-05T02:08:31Z")
I’m using the following task to install a few utilities: \`- name: install utilities apt: name={{ item.pkg }} state=present upgrade=full with\_items: pkg: ‘htop’ pkg: ‘mytop’ pkg: ‘iotop’ pkg: ‘pv’\` \`When executing i… --- ## [Managing Primary/Secondary relationship in cluster](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-primary-secondary-relationship-in-cluster/16684)
**Author:** [@Barry\_Morrison](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Barry_Morrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-primary-secondary-relationship-in-cluster/16684 "2014-11-05T01:34:32Z")
I have a pair of servers (server1..domain, server2..domain) in two environments (staging and production). Server1 is primary, server2 is secondary. When I originally built the playbook, I had aliases in the inventory fi… --- ## [Error in play using 'lineinfile' module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-in-play-using-lineinfile-module/16674)
**Author:** [@Will\_Dennis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Will_Dennis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-in-play-using-lineinfile-module/16674 "2014-11-04T23:05:36Z")
Hi all, Trying to add a line (or modify if existing) to “sshd\_config” to lock down who can SSH to the target server. On RHEL, there is no “AllowGroups” (or “AllowUsers”) line present in the as-shipped sshd\_config file. … --- ## [jumphost sudo su AND remote sudo su](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jumphost-sudo-su-and-remote-sudo-su/16694)
**Author:** [@Phil\_Taylor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Phil_Taylor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jumphost-sudo-su-and-remote-sudo-su/16694 "2014-11-04T22:13:18Z")
Hi everyone, I’m new here and to ansible so please be gentle :wink: I have a situation where to access the remote ansible host/s via SSH I need to: have my public key on the jumphost as my user acct (A) sudo su on… --- ## [Creating a file locally](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-file-locally/16681)
**Author:** [@Jacek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jacek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-a-file-locally/16681 "2014-11-04T21:31:40Z")
Hi, Is there a way to ask ansible to create a file locally on the controller node where my playbook exists? I need to create a property file for further build process and it would be great if I could do it automatically… --- ## [yum module: add support for check\_mode /w yum package groups](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-add-support-for-check-mode-w-yum-package-groups/16671)
**Author:** [@Jean-Francois\_Chevre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jean-Francois_Chevre)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/yum-module-add-support-for-check-mode-w-yum-package-groups/16671 "2014-11-04T21:01:55Z")
Hello ansible community! This is my first post and first pull request: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/264 FYI: I had sent a pull request before the ansible repos reorganizations and I have just ha… --- ## [How to copy to remote servers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-copy-to-remote-servers/16606)
**Author:** [@vinay.bhasker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vinay.bhasker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-copy-to-remote-servers/16606 "2014-11-04T18:09:11Z")
I am new to ansible and need suggestion as I how to perform different task in different hosts. I need to setup jdk & wls in one host and move the binaries(jdk/wls) from same server to other servers. I was able to setup… --- ## [Accessing hashes of lists](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-hashes-of-lists/16689)
**Author:** [@James\_Morgan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Morgan1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/accessing-hashes-of-lists/16689 "2014-11-04T17:11:47Z")
Hi, I need to store information about applications in a variable data structure and access it via key. If I store the information as follows I can access using with\_items hosts: localhost connection: local vars: a… --- ## [probably a dumb question, but ....](https://forum.ansible.com/t/probably-a-dumb-question-but/16677)
**Author:** [@Tennis\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tennis_Smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/probably-a-dumb-question-but/16677 "2014-11-04T15:03:34Z")
Why isn’t there a “galaxy” module for installing roles directly inside ansible? -T --- ## [Include + with\_items AGAIN.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-with-items-again/16687)
**Author:** [@Akos\_Vandra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akos_Vandra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/include-with-items-again/16687 "2014-11-04T14:36:00Z")
Hello, I know, I know… It’s getting boring, but… I keep bumping into this a LOT. I would like to bring back include + with\_items again. Consider having: one nginx role a few other roles, let’s say it’s a wordpress r… --- ## [Preview of first 3 chapters of the new O'Reilly Ansible Book from Lorin Hochstein](https://forum.ansible.com/t/preview-of-first-3-chapters-of-the-new-oreilly-ansible-book-from-lorin-hochstein/16686)
**Author:** [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/preview-of-first-3-chapters-of-the-new-oreilly-ansible-book-from-lorin-hochstein/16686 "2014-11-04T13:58:49Z")
For those interested: http://www.ansible.com/ansible-book --- ## [Troubleshooting templates - getting false instead of variable content](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshooting-templates-getting-false-instead-of-variable-content/16682)
**Author:** [@Francisco\_Reyes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francisco_Reyes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshooting-templates-getting-false-instead-of-variable-content/16682 "2014-11-04T02:30:51Z")
Have two roles, both with templates. I have defined variables for both in a host\_vars/HostFileName One role’s template works without issues and the second gets “false” instead of the variables contents. Any ideas or s… --- ## [How to use template inside of shell creates conditional check?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-template-inside-of-shell-creates-conditional-check/16666)
**Author:** [@hce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/hce)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-template-inside-of-shell-creates-conditional-check/16666 "2014-11-04T00:20:13Z")
Hi, The following examples gave me a syntax error, appreciate clues to use template inside creates statement. shell: “cp /tmp/{{ my\_server }}.crt /etc/{{ my\_server }}.crt” args: creates: /etc/{{ my\_server }}.crt Tha… --- ## [Is it possible to exclude a role in meta/main.yaml ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-exclude-a-role-in-meta-main-yaml/16672)
**Author:** [@Florian\_Dambrine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Florian_Dambrine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-it-possible-to-exclude-a-role-in-meta-main-yaml/16672 "2014-11-03T23:11:47Z")
Hi guys, I am trying to exclude a role in the meta/main.yaml according to a var that is defined in my main playbook. Is it possible to do it? Here is what I would like to do: --- ## [ability to gather CIDR ( /24 aswell as 255.255.255.0) from remote server.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-gather-cidr-24-aswell-as-255-255-255-0-from-remote-server/16675)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_Eriksson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stefan_Eriksson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-gather-cidr-24-aswell-as-255-255-255-0-from-remote-server/16675 "2014-11-03T23:10:04Z")
I would like facts to gather CIDR as well as netmask for my IPv4, Its useful for a lot of config files where it doesn’t take 255.255.255.0 but rather only allow /24, like quagga’s ospfd.conf Sample config: router ospf … --- ## [ansible and do-until loops with the ec2 cloud module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-do-until-loops-with-the-ec2-cloud-module/16679)
**Author:** [@Nate\_Dobbs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nate_Dobbs)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-do-until-loops-with-the-ec2-cloud-module/16679 "2014-11-03T23:04:25Z")
Does anyone have experience with ‘do-until’ loops with ‘extras’ modules? When I use one and the condition matches, I get an error while evaluating conditional. Refer to =\> http://pastebin.com/mjqU5pNC Am I using the loo… --- ## [Strane race condition in Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/strane-race-condition-in-ansible/14984)
**Author:** [@Juergen\_Brendel1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juergen_Brendel1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/strane-race-condition-in-ansible/14984 "2014-11-03T21:33:03Z")
Hello! I've found a weird issue, which makes a playbook fail 'sometimes' in a way that's entirely related to the local Ansible code. It looks like this: ... tasks: - name: … --- ## [What am I doing wrong? "make tests" returns "Ran 0 tests"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-make-tests-returns-ran-0-tests/16653)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Edwards](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Steven_Edwards)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-am-i-doing-wrong-make-tests-returns-ran-0-tests/16653 "2014-11-03T17:12:25Z")
Please help me understand this process. :slight\_smile: I want to add a new command-line option\*, so I forked and cloned the repo, made the relevant additions and changes on a new branch, and ran “make tests” with hopes … --- ## [ec2\_snapshot question: how to run only when needed?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-snapshot-question-how-to-run-only-when-needed/16593)
**Author:** [@Ted\_Zlatanov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ted_Zlatanov)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ec2-snapshot-question-how-to-run-only-when-needed/16593 "2014-11-03T16:52:22Z")
I'd like to snapshot EC2 volumes only when needed. I couldn't find an easy solution that didn't require calling out to boto or other tools. If it exists, please ignore the following :slight\_smile: I wanted to ask her… --- ## [Why does Ansible change to looking for the group name in ssh config if you add a group of groups.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-ansible-change-to-looking-for-the-group-name-in-ssh-config-if-you-add-a-group-of-groups/16670)
**Author:** [@ansible1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-ansible-change-to-looking-for-the-group-name-in-ssh-config-if-you-add-a-group-of-groups/16670 "2014-11-03T16:30:40Z")
Hi there, I have a simple inventory file and a ssh config entry for each host. Inventory file: \[webservers\] hostname01 \[databases\] hostname02 ssh config: Host hostname01 HostName hostname01.domain.com IdentityFile … --- ## [no password supply](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-password-supply/16664)
**Author:** [@Diogene\_Laerce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Diogene_Laerce)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-password-supply/16664 "2014-11-03T16:26:06Z")
Hi, I try to run this in a dedicated playbook test.yml : --- ## [invalid output was: SUDO-SUCCESS-grbzzdkcydzzgrmrppyxzipcdzydincy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invalid-output-was-sudo-success-grbzzdkcydzzgrmrppyxzipcdzydincy/16669)
**Author:** [@Matias\_De\_Carli](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matias_De_Carli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invalid-output-was-sudo-success-grbzzdkcydzzgrmrppyxzipcdzydincy/16669 "2014-11-03T15:38:29Z")
Hi, guys. Im trying to connect a local Vagrant machine using ansible with a CoreOs VM on the cloud. Right now, im getting GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<\[remote ip\]\> ES… --- ## [get\_url support custom headers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-support-custom-headers/16667)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Craft](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Craft)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-support-custom-headers/16667 "2014-11-03T15:02:09Z")
From what i can see get\_url doesn’t support specifying custom http headers like the uri module. What i am trying to do is download some files from the object storage in Softlayer (based on SwiftStack) Customised the s… --- ## [shell/command json output into variables](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shell-command-json-output-into-variables/15665)
**Author:** [@Stuart\_Reynolds](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stuart_Reynolds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shell-command-json-output-into-variables/15665 "2014-11-03T14:35:12Z")
(1) Many command line tools (such as the aws CLI tools) output results directory as JSON. Is there a way to slurp up stdout and json-to-pydict it? In many cases this would be preferable to using modules which are i) hig… --- ## [need a tip. this feels wrong](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-a-tip-this-feels-wrong/16662)
**Author:** [@andrewrothstein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/andrewrothstein)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/need-a-tip-this-feels-wrong/16662 "2014-11-03T14:32:38Z")
I like Ubuntu but I want to switch to Fedora. I’m trying to port my playbooks that I wrote to work on Ubuntu and port them to Fedora. Here is the most I’ve been able to factor my roles down to: --- ## [SSH connection slow after going from 1.6 to 1.8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection-slow-after-going-from-1-6-to-1-8/16654)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Fuchs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Fuchs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-connection-slow-after-going-from-1-6-to-1-8/16654 "2014-11-03T14:30:29Z")
Hi there! I’ve these options in my ansible.cfg: \[ssh\_connection\] pipelining=True ssh\_args=-o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=7200s On an older version (Ansible 1.6 development, shortly befor… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=921) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=923)