# Latest **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=962 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 963 --- ## [Feature Addition: Argument to Dynamic Inventory Scripts for Initial Parsing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feature-addition-argument-to-dynamic-inventory-scripts-for-initial-parsing/14305)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Seubert](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Justin_Seubert)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/feature-addition-argument-to-dynamic-inventory-scripts-for-initial-parsing/14305 "2014-06-10T16:15:32Z")
Currently, all scripts for dynamic inventory are expected to return all hosts that are only wanted using two passed arguments: --list and --host. There is no way from ansible, ansible-playbook, the base API or others to … --- ## [ImportError from third party modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importerror-from-third-party-modules/15428)
**Author:** [@Nitin\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nitin_Kumar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importerror-from-third-party-modules/15428 "2014-06-10T14:40:30Z")
Hi, I am using mac. I can notice for different module it takes two path. either it takes from '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages or '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib import jinja2 … --- ## [Ansible 1.6.3 has been released](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-6-3-has-been-released/15432)
**Author:** [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-1-6-3-has-been-released/15432 "2014-06-09T21:30:21Z")
Ansible 1.6.3 has been released, which addresses a few bugs: Corrects a regression where handlers were run across all hosts, not just those that triggered the handler. Corrects a regression in the order of variable mer… --- ## [tool for building roles, modules and playbooks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tool-for-building-roles-modules-and-playbooks/15425)
**Author:** [@andrew3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/andrew3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tool-for-building-roles-modules-and-playbooks/15425 "2014-06-09T20:52:19Z")
Recently released: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ansible-role-manager ( feedback & contributions welcome! ) Thought process on developing separate tool, rather than contributing it to ansible-galaxy CLI: Encourage re… --- ## [ansible\_ssh\_private\_key and IdentitiesOnly](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-private-key-and-identitiesonly/15423)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Keating](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jesse_Keating)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ssh-private-key-and-identitiesonly/15423 "2014-06-09T20:02:59Z")
With ansible, one can define ansible\_ssh\_private\_key=/some/key per-host, to define which private key will be sent along for which hosts. This is pretty useful, but I think it’s missing the next bit of usefulness, using t… --- ## [vsphere\_guest VM from template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-vm-from-template/15229)
**Author:** [@Nigel\_Metheringham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nigel_Metheringham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-vm-from-template/15229 "2014-06-09T18:49:11Z")
Mark Phillips wrote: I was looking at the new (to 1.6) vsphere\_guest module - nice. I was wondering if there were plans to roll in the ability to spin up a VM from a /template/\[1\] in VSphere? I've been using pysphere… --- ## [invalid output was: \[sudo via ansible, key=xfucmmnngaakrzojuosuatbjpbtjsqvc\] password:](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invalid-output-was-sudo-via-ansible-key-xfucmmnngaakrzojuosuatbjpbtjsqvc-password/15420)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Shaw](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Richard_Shaw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invalid-output-was-sudo-via-ansible-key-xfucmmnngaakrzojuosuatbjpbtjsqvc-password/15420 "2014-06-09T15:49:27Z")
Hi, hit a wall with a bug and verbose output isn’t helping GATHERING FACTS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \<127.0.0.1\> REMOTE\_MODULE setup \ ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: vagrant \ **Author:** [@Michael\_Mahemoff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Mahemoff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reusing-inventory-config/15398 "2014-06-09T15:42:22Z") As I have separate “staging” and “production” inventory files, I end up duplicating some group compositions (e.g. databases:children is mysql:children and redis:children, that kind of thing). I’m wondering if there’s a w… --- ## [Confused about variable precedence](https://forum.ansible.com/t/confused-about-variable-precedence/15427)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Hurrell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_Hurrell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/confused-about-variable-precedence/15427 "2014-06-09T15:21:16Z")
Hi, I had a playbook that I think used to work, but I’m finding now that variables other than the ones I intended are being applied to a particular host. Does the following minimal test case look sane? I have vars file… --- ## [Ansible RPM version](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-rpm-version/15214)
**Author:** [@Tracy\_Phillips](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tracy_Phillips)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-rpm-version/15214 "2014-06-09T12:17:01Z")
I was just about to install Ansible using EPEL and it seems to be behind in release version, currently, it is at 1.5.5. Does Ansible (the company) maintain this RPM? I don’t mind building 1.6 from the .spec file but sin… --- ## [FreeBSD support](https://forum.ansible.com/t/freebsd-support/11923)
**Author:** [@Nigel\_Metheringham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nigel_Metheringham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/freebsd-support/11923 "2014-06-09T08:58:15Z")
Is anyone working on enhancing FreeBSD support for the built in modules - specifically the user and service modules? Nigel. --- ## [vsphere\_guest: snapshots](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424)
**Author:** [@Dann\_Bohn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dann_Bohn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vsphere-guest-snapshots/15424 "2014-06-08T23:41:26Z")
I did a small proof of concept this morning, and it doesn’t seem terribly hard to add the ability to take snapshots. I’m not a python developer (yet), but I’m willing to take a stab at this if it’s something the project… --- ## [Doing a diff between two device's facts](https://forum.ansible.com/t/doing-a-diff-between-two-devices-facts/15417)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Edelman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jason_Edelman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/doing-a-diff-between-two-devices-facts/15417 "2014-06-08T20:32:56Z")
Hi, I have a single playbook using one module to gather facts about ONE device and this works all good. Upon execution, I register a variable and display several debug messages. All good. I added a second host to the ho… --- ## [Conditional Handlers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-handlers/13609)
**Author:** [@Casey\_Huggins](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Casey_Huggins)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conditional-handlers/13609 "2014-06-08T18:13:07Z")
Forgive me if this is covered in the documentation, but I was unable something that seemed like it would handle my use case. I have the following in my tasks file: name: verify myservice is installed yum: pkg=myservi… --- ## [Request for merging PR #7278](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-merging-pr-7278/15384)
**Author:** [@Ernest0x](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ernest0x)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/request-for-merging-pr-7278/15384 "2014-06-08T17:08:16Z")
Hello, An example is welcomed, but I don't want to see it sprawling in the commit message, and I still find this hard to understand. As such I think this does not fit our complexity threshold criteria. First of all… --- ## [Are Roles enough?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-roles-enough/15391)
**Author:** [@David\_Carmean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Carmean)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/are-roles-enough/15391 "2014-06-08T16:45:05Z")
I was happy to see “roles” when I came back to Ansible after a few months, but i’ve been struggling with how to apply them. I think this is partly because of cognitive dissonance between my mental model and the current t… --- ## [what is the standard Ansible rolling-deploy with continuous integration testing workflow?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-standard-ansible-rolling-deploy-with-continuous-integration-testing-workflow/15422)
**Author:** [@Gallagher\_Polyn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gallagher_Polyn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-standard-ansible-rolling-deploy-with-continuous-integration-testing-workflow/15422 "2014-06-08T15:34:56Z")
Hey all, Happily (and with help from folks on this forum) I am able to do rolling deploys a la the lamp\_haproxy example on all of the providers covered by Ansible’s cloud modules: rackspace, aws, do, linode and gce – ya… --- ## [Ansible vs FreeBSD 10 port install](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vs-freebsd-10-port-install/15426)
**Author:** [@Francisco\_Reyes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francisco_Reyes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vs-freebsd-10-port-install/15426 "2014-06-08T01:37:29Z")
Just filled a bug, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/7691, and was wondering if others are able to have ansible work with FreeBSD to install ports. So far the two ports I needed ansible to install so far both fa… --- ## [Initial setup of a FreeBSD VPS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/initial-setup-of-a-freebsd-vps/15385)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Gushee](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Gushee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/initial-setup-of-a-freebsd-vps/15385 "2014-06-07T21:53:41Z")
Hello, list– First of all, I’m new here, and have only begun to learn about Ansible, but so far I am really impressed with the tool and the documentation. So, many thanks to the devs for that. Anyway, I have a cloud VP… --- ## [A couple errors recently cropped up](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-errors-recently-cropped-up/15394)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Ottey](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_Ottey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-couple-errors-recently-cropped-up/15394 "2014-06-07T01:43:57Z")
A couple errors have recently cropped up when using Ansible, and the latest is causing me to not be able to use it at all. I tried searching for the fatal error(s), but was not able to find anythin mysef, I’m hopeful tha… --- ## [idempotentcy using ec2\_vpc ??](https://forum.ansible.com/t/idempotentcy-using-ec2-vpc/15414)
**Author:** [@Gregory\_Spranger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Gregory_Spranger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/idempotentcy-using-ec2-vpc/15414 "2014-06-06T18:11:34Z")
hi all, been testing out this fun module: http://docs.ansible.com/ec2\_vpc\_module.html curious if anyone has figured out a way to have “idempotency” when creating a VPC using this module … more specifically, our subnets… --- ## [Use plugin inventory ini in module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-plugin-inventory-ini-in-module/15381)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Johren](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Martin_Johren)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-plugin-inventory-ini-in-module/15381 "2014-06-06T15:21:20Z")
Hi, I have a question regarding the ini files in the plugin inventory section: Since I want to use the same config file to define a cloud username + api key for a module and an inventory plugin I would like to provide … --- ## [python requirements](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-requirements/15416)
**Author:** [@Sean\_McGowan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sean_McGowan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-requirements/15416 "2014-06-06T14:29:31Z")
Hi all, I can successfully compile python on some of my solaris boxes (they will be clients); however, the ctypes module is failing… is this module necessary for them to be ansible clients? thanks --- ## [Ansible, validate a custom configuration file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-validate-a-custom-configuration-file/15418)
**Author:** [@Servermanaged](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Servermanaged)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-validate-a-custom-configuration-file/15418 "2014-06-06T13:13:32Z")
Hello there already asked on IRC with no luck. In Ansible It is possibile to pass a custom filename to validate=‘’ rather than %s? I need to validate a main conf file which is not the templated one. While this works f… --- ## [Lack of response to pull requests](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lack-of-response-to-pull-requests/15408)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Sokolovsky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paul_Sokolovsky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lack-of-response-to-pull-requests/15408 "2014-06-06T12:47:14Z")
Hello, I have 2 pending pull requests: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7105 submitted 1.5 months ago https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/7369 submitted 3 weeks ago One submitted 1.5 ago at least got ini… --- ## [Breaking a loop](https://forum.ansible.com/t/breaking-a-loop/15410)
**Author:** [@Dario](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dario)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/breaking-a-loop/15410 "2014-06-06T12:41:01Z")
Hello, I have a loop that loops over a result from program execution. On every iteration a shell command is executed. However, it may happen that one of these shell commands fails. Is possible to prevent continuing the … --- ## [Best practice for referring to other host IPs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practice-for-referring-to-other-host-ips/15399)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Mahemoff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Mahemoff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/best-practice-for-referring-to-other-host-ips/15399 "2014-06-06T12:37:26Z")
I know this has come up before, but I’ve not come across a real answer for it. It’s common for a given host to depend on other hosts. App servers need to know the IP of databases they consume, databases need to know IPs… --- ## [with\_items and array concatenation?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-and-array-concatenation/15403)
**Author:** [@Dimon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dimon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/with-items-and-array-concatenation/15403 "2014-06-06T12:36:41Z")
Hi, I’ve got a usecase where I’d like to iterate over several servers based on groups, so task looks like: name: group A & B shell: echo {{ item }} \>\> /tmp/log with\_items: groups\[“A”\] groups\[“B”\] so what I get in /… --- ## [Question about roles, handlers, variables, and scope](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-roles-handlers-variables-and-scope/15396)
**Author:** [@Simon\_Fondrie-Teitle](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Simon_Fondrie-Teitle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/question-about-roles-handlers-variables-and-scope/15396 "2014-06-06T12:30:59Z")
Hi all, In a role I have, I’m including another file in the role, and setting a variable in the include statement. Then from the included file, I’m notifying a handler in that role. Should the handler be able to access … --- ## [syntax-check triggers vars\_prompt](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-check-triggers-vars-prompt/15397)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Keating](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jesse_Keating)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/syntax-check-triggers-vars-prompt/15397 "2014-06-06T12:29:56Z")
I’m trying to set up some simple validation tests to run on pull requests to one of our playbook repos. In doing this I’ve discovered that vars\_prompt is still being triggered. This is blocking the —syntax-check run from… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=961) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md?page=963)