# HOstname always change

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostname-always-change/22413>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostname-always-change/22413 "2016-08-29T12:44:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pietro\_Leone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@Pietro\_Leone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pietro_Leone)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostname-always-change/22413/1 "2016-08-29T12:44:16Z")

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Hi, I created this playbook:

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Dick\_Davies](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Davies)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hostname-always-change/22413/2 "2016-08-30T07:59:28Z")

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nomemacchina isn't a simple string.

add a debug: task to print it, it's a data structure. start with  
nomemacchina.stdout and take it from there.