# Can't i use prompt module in ansible tower?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-i-use-prompt-module-in-ansible-tower/24235>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 18, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-i-use-prompt-module-in-ansible-tower/24235 "2017-04-18T08:34:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![user45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7ab992/32.png) [@user45](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user45)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-i-use-prompt-module-in-ansible-tower/24235/1 "2017-04-18T08:34:46Z")

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In Ansible Tower, I can’t take any user input by using module prompt

But the module works fine in the Linux shell.

Are there people who have same problem like me ?

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-i-use-prompt-module-in-ansible-tower/24235/2 "2017-04-19T19:34:17Z")

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-i-use-prompt-module-in-ansible-tower/24235/3 "2017-04-19T19:39:52Z")

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Ansible won't prompt when not using a tty, like when it is invoked  
from another batch system like Tower, cron, etc.

For tower support [https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/new](https://access.redhat.com/support/cases/#/case/new)