Questions tagged [ansible]
Ansible is an open-source software platform for configuring and managing computers. It combines multi-node software deployment, ad-hoc task execution, and configuration management.
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Ansible variable register in two tasks either one or the other
I have an Ansible role that manipulates some Zabbix components.
This role has this set of tasks to check the Zabbix Agent type (1 or 2) and version.
- name: Check if Zabbix Agent 2 is installed
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How to troubleshoot API requests sent by Ansible module?
Here's the context :
The following playbook (simplified to one task for this stackoverflow topic and for ease of use) got different results depends on where I launch it. It uses the nutanix.ncp galaxy ...
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AWX error X509 using custom EE image with pyopenssl
I'm currently setting up an AWX platform hosted on K8s cluster to get a proper UI + features for multi-user purpose.
Context :
I created an EE image pushed on a Nexus repository that AWX use in order ...
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not able to access apache 2 server running in vagrant from the host
I'm running apache2 inside the vagrant guest machine .
Below is my vagrant file-
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/...
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Ansible provider for Terraform roles support
I have an Ansible playbook with roles that I want to execute from Terraform.
site.yaml
---
- hosts: cluster
gather_facts: yes
become: yes
roles:
- role: prereq
roles/prereq/tasks/main.yml ...
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Ansible winrm Warning but ssh is used
I tested the last few days OpenSSH as connection method for windows hosts in Ansible, because we are a mixed environment and I want a similar approach for linux and windows.
I tested for windows 10 ...
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macOS: Open GUI application over SSH not possible
I'm working on automating the installation of a macOS application using Ansible. I am installing the application by copying its .app folder from a .dmg image to the /Applications/ directory.
After ...
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How to print a specific line from file based on UUID defined in variable?
I wanted to print the specific line from /etc/fstab based on UUID defined in a variable. But when I'm trying with below code it is not giving proper results.
Code:
---
- name: check
hosts: all
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runas become returns Win32ErrorCode 1314: A required privilege is not held by the client
and thanks in advance for reading and support.
I keep running into the error mentioned in title when using runas as become method from my Ansible controller towards Win10 Pro 22H2 host. I did my ...
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ansible pause not working with when conditionals
example play:
- name: WTF
debug:
msg: THIS WORKS "{{ inventory_hostname }} UPGRADE VAR IS "{{ upgrade }}"
when: upgrade and inventory_hostname is regex("switch.*a")
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Ansible playbook with 'async' outputs out of order when executing on multiple servers
I have a playbook that is suppose to run a script on 5-10 servers in parallel
- name: Run script & cleanup
ansible.builtin.shell: |
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bash {{ SCRIPT }}
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args:
executable: /...
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Openstack ansible aio network configuration
I did a fresh install of OpenStack but am unable to connect them to the internet.
Some informations around the environment:
1 physical nic, one vlan configured to be used as second nic.
Mac-Addresses ...
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Write a variable with multiline content into an yml file but keep it as-is
The task: what works/what not
Replacing/adding one-liners is working as expected
A file sentry/config.yml has the following line(s)
# ...
# github-app.webhook-secret: 'GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET' # Use ...
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How to share ansible variables between loop tasks
I'm trying to create a Fortinet FortiManager automation with their Ansible collection.
I've created a dynamic ADOM creation task which runs in a loop and now I'm trying to run another dynamic tasks ...
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ansible-pull with --tags flag doesn't work
I have a playbook that includes a file containing this:
- name: debug tags
debug:
msg: debug tags
tags:
- debugtags
When I run the following command, I would expect that only this play ...
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Ansible: Convert comma separated string with key:value pairs to dictionary
I'm launching a setup playbook for a docker-compose service (apache solr) via extra vars. Those vars are set while executing since this playbook should be flexible and multiple configurations exists ...
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kolla-ansible openstack bootstrap-servers failed on enabling ceph apt repository (ubuntu 22.04)
This is to deploy the recent kolla-ansible openstack. The problem happens since last week. I retested it on a good environment successfully deployed on 7/14/2023 and got bootstrap-servers failed ...
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Ansible export to csv
I want to get a csv with a list of new updates in this form:
testvm-001.localdomain,ImageMagick-6.9.11.27-4.el7
testvm-001.localdomain,ImageMagick-libs-6.9.11.27-4.el7
I have a code that will display ...
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Ansible update list
The task is to get a list of the latest updates. Approximately as the command issues dnf check-update
Ansible code:
tasks:
- name: List Available Patches (Non-Kernel)
dnf:
list: updates
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Not able to execute shell commands in ansible control node
Need your suggestion pls.
The below one is ansible file which calls an python file in the control node(localhost) and process an excel file which is also present in control node based on hostnames. ...
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Trigger a Ansible-Playbook when i create a VM in Netbox
Is it possible when i create a Virtual Machine in Netbox that can trigger an Ansible-Playbok what add stuff? for example Create the VM in CheckMK with the details whats written in Netbox.
Thanks ...
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Want to Use Ansible Lineinfile Module to Insert Private IP Addresses from Hosts in the zookeeperservers Inventory Group
I need to modify a line in a configuration file with the private IP addresses of the hosts in the zookeeperservers inventory group.
The config file is an .xml file.
The key word in the config file is &...
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How to specify an exclusion pattern in an inventory file
Is it possible to define a group with an exclusion pattern, when defining this group in an inventory file?
group1:
hosts:
xxx-[1:100]:
group2:
hosts:
xxx-2:
xxx-37:
# This should ...
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Ansible-pull does not find vars in group_vars directory
I have an ansible structure that contains some roles.
/usr/local/ansible
playbooks
roles
role1
role2
tasks
handlers
...
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Passing variable to next playbook in awx workflow
I'm having difficulties with the following setup:
AWX deployed in a self hosted k8s cluster
Playbooks are using the AWX-EE
Playbooks are executed in a workflow template as follows:
START -> 1. ...
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Ansible: ERROR! 'shell' is not a valid attribute for a Play
---
- name: Extract PS output.
shell: "ps -ef | grep pmon"
register: pmon
- name: Display PS output.
debug:
msg:
- "{{ pmon.stdout_lines }}"
Error:
ERROR! '...
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"[Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'net'" when trying to use Ansible localhost to connect to a Windows Shared Folder
I am unable to use Ansible localhost (Linux) to connect to a shared folder on a Windows Server.
I am getting [Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'net'. However, I have checked that my file path to ...
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Ansible error: The offending line appears to be:
I am getting code error in Ansible as below. please advise on this.
ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML,
these are the errors we got from each:
JSON: Expecting value: line 1 column ...
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How to pass Variable from previous host to next target host play in ansible playbook
I want to pass variable called ssh_user from the first play on ansible playbook to next different host play. I have tried to use "set_fact" but seems like it's still can't retrieve variable ...
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ERROR! unexpected parameter type in action Ansible Playbook
I have my playbook yml script below:
---
- name: Download files from FTP
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
vars_prompt:
- name: target_host
prompt: "Target Host IP: "
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Practice of high frequency scheduled Ansible playbook runs
I'm fairly new to administrating servers with configuration managers such as Ansible. I plan on running playbooks automatically on a schedule (via something like Ansible Semaphore, or even just Cron) ...
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Ansible: [WARNING]: The input password appears not to have been hashed
I'm facing an issue while using Ansible 2.9.27 on RHEL 7 to automate my infrastructure, specifically when working with encrypted passwords in my tasks.
When utilizing the password option of the ...
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Convert lscpu output to row based format in excel/csv table format
I have the below data (lscpu output) for 1000 servers and I want the same in excel but in row format and not as in command output in columns
1.2.3.4 CHANGED
Architecture: ...
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How to import all projects defined in a metadata.yml file?
This is my first foray into anything AWX/Ansible, so please be gentle :)
I've set up a new AWX instance in Kubernetes (using the AWX Operator), and am trying to import our existing job-templates from ...
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Ansible send hostnames in a list to python script
I wanted to send the hostnames from ansible role to python script.
In my host file there are 2 hosts 1ld900 and 1ld901.
my role as below
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- name:execute python
script: writetoexcel.py {{ ...
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k8s cron job using helm chart and docker
Two Helm chart for managing db cron jobs and monitoring cron jobs separately . Which k8s components can i use ? as k8s deprecated CronJob kind from v1.25, https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-...
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How to force Ansible 'shell' task to change state with 'changed_when' condition?
I am running script with Ansible task which installs some repositories and my goal is to show changed state when running change mode to notify, that script will run if check mode will not be activated....
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Ansible: How to log performed changes on the Remote Server?
Ansible: How to log performed changes on the Remote Server?
Ansible can show and log the performed changes (including file diffs) locally on the Control Node, e.g.
TASK [example_task : file mode] *****...
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Ansible: escaping special characters in a regexp loop
I been having problems getting this to work, can anyone provide any insights?
- name Configuring rsyslog.conf playbook
hosts: "{{host}}"
tasks:
- name: Configuring ...
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Monit with Ansible - invalid mail format '#015'
I've been trying to install monit with an ansible playbook. I'm changing the monitrc file and when the playbook restarts monit, I get :
Jun 8 08:00:30 myserver monit[1857462]: Starting daemon monitor:...
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UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Data could not be sent to remote host
I have SSH access for a particular server, but when I am trying to run the playbook for that server. I am trying to do the deployment for that server but I'm facing an issue.
fatal: [lapp999.corp.com]]...
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How can I shorten 'item' value in Ansible console output?
I'm struggling with the title for this question, so feel free to edit it to make it more meaningful.
Let's say you have a task in Ansible and you register the output. For example:
- name: Set up ...
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Should I use my personal admin user or create a dedicated 'ansible' user for SSH in Ansible?
I'm starting learining and using ansible and struggling a bit with the user ansible uses for ssh.
Is ansible supposed to use my personal admin user to ssh onto the invetory hosts and escalate ...
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Override hosts variable of Ansible playbook without command line
Have 2 hosts my_host1, my_host2
This code work for my_host1, I also need run it for my_host2
Can be overridden hosts value on ansible main.yml task without changing string "hosts: my_host1" ...
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ansible - couldn't resolve module/action 'amazon.aws.s3_object' / The module amazon.aws.s3_object was not found in configured module paths
Per requirements, I did installed all the required packages, however amazon.aws.s3_object is one of those things:
couldn't be resolved/found
was not found in configured module paths
step(s), I used ...
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Permission denied (publickey) error when managing GCP machine via Ansible (running on GCP VM) despite successful SSH connection
I deployed two machines to GCP via Terraform. Let's call them control-host and target-host. I want to manage the target-host via Ansible installed on the control-host.
Unfortunately, I keep getting ...
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how to give permissions to postgres_exporter user with ansible?
I need to give some rights to my user postgres_exporter to scrape metrics from postgres to grafana
I can do that on each server by
sudo -iu postgres psql -c 'GRANT pg_read_all_settings TO ...
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Setting mysql using ansible in ubuntu remote machine
I have written one ansible playbook for installing MySQL server in ubuntu remote machine but is not working here is the yaml code
---
- name: setting mysql in ubuntu
hosts: web01
become: yes
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You should set the `loop_var` value in the `loop_control` option for the task to something else to avoid variable
My environment:
# cat /etc/debian_version
11.7
# ansible-playbook --version
ansible-playbook [core 2.13.1]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/...
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Error tryng to retreive mount points and device of an host with ansible
Hi i'm trying to retreive some infos about hosts with ansible about mount points and device attached and a got an error . about the list object..
- name : Inventory
hosts: localhost
tasks:
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