# \#task **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/task/359.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [On the philosophy of task naming](https://forum.ansible.com/t/on-the-philosophy-of-task-naming/45096)
**Author:** [@bvitnik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bvitnik)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/on-the-philosophy-of-task-naming/45096 "2026-01-25T18:42:44Z")
Sometimes I don’t think to much about it so I end up using different styles of task naming in the same project, for example: Install the package (imperative form) Installation of the package (noun form) Installing the … --- ## [Setting environment variables at the task level](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-environment-variables-at-the-task-level/44373)
**Author:** [@RSchulze](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RSchulze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setting-environment-variables-at-the-task-level/44373 "2025-08-27T09:26:14Z")
Hi, I recently updated my ansible to version 2.19 and have been getting the following warning: \[WARNING\]: Found variable using reserved name 'environment'. The thing is that I’m actually trying to set environment vari… --- ## [Remove multiple lines of text from a JS file](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-multiple-lines-of-text-from-a-js-file/43622)
**Author:** [@RRohi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/RRohi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/remove-multiple-lines-of-text-from-a-js-file/43622 "2025-07-02T15:19:37Z")
Hello I’m struggling to find a solution to removing multiple lines from a js file thousands of rows long. I can’t use markers for blockinfile since after a version update, the function may be somewhere else and the mar… --- ## [Replacing value of list elements with info from another variable](https://forum.ansible.com/t/replacing-value-of-list-elements-with-info-from-another-variable/39256)
**Author:** [@JethCalark](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JethCalark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/replacing-value-of-list-elements-with-info-from-another-variable/39256 "2024-12-26T09:30:58Z")
Working on a role for Authentik; as with any IdP, I’m dealing with users and groups. Authentik gives an idempotent API path to use for updating groups, and it uses JSON for the body of its API calls, which is convenient,… --- ## [Task to enable dnf repos only if they are not enabled](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-to-enable-dnf-repos-only-if-they-are-not-enabled/38905)
**Author:** [@halloleo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/halloleo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/task-to-enable-dnf-repos-only-if-they-are-not-enabled/38905 "2024-12-09T15:27:49Z")
I have a task like this: - name: Enable repos ansible.builtin.command: cmd: "dnf config-manager --enable {{ item }}" loop: - codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-x86\_64-rpms - ansible-automat… --- ## [Failed Task for Python](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-task-for-python/4868)
**Author:** [@anon99813807](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anon99813807)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-task-for-python/4868 "2024-04-12T18:37:02Z")
Working through a Ansible course on Udemy where the instructor or pretty much anyone is helping with Q&A. I am in a section where I am doing more and more with .yml files. First few steps working good. I am running into… --- ## [Where discussion of the task "timeout" keyword should go](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-discussion-of-the-task-timeout-keyword-should-go/4665)
**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/where-discussion-of-the-task-timeout-keyword-should-go/4665 "2024-04-09T16:19:40Z")
We just accidentally re-implemented the task timeout keyword with a combination of async and poll, mostly because there is discussion of the latter two on the Asynchronous actions and polling page, but no discussion of t…