Questions tagged [variables]
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How to permanently set vault token and url remote server in macos
On Linux I'm setting vault variables to /etc/environment next:
export VAULT_URL='https://some-remote-server.org:8200/'
export VAULT_TOKEN='SoMeToKeN'
But when I'm typeing this in macos, after $> ...
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SCP exit 0 when using un-initialized variable and fail to copy
I am trying to test if a file fails to transfer using SCP.
I noticed if I use a un-initialized variable, I get exit 0 even though the SCP fails.
For example, I have an empty variable called ...
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Bash script - check if a variable is located between 2 others variables?
In a Bash script I want to check if var1 is located between var2 and var3.
But I can't find how to do it.
Something like this.
var1=15
var2=10
var3=20
if [ "$var1" is located beetween "...
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Set PowerShell Azure SQL Connection String Parameter
I have an Azure SQL database in one resource group and a key vault in a separate resource group. Everything is already deployed but I'd like to assign the connection string values of the sql db to a ...
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BASH script variables have no values
I am writing a simple script to clean up log folders. This is the most basic thing I can think of, and yet it does not work because the variables don't seem to be set. Here is the shell script ...
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Saltstack - Jinja variable 'selinux_policy_dir' is undefined. New salt user
I'm a total n00b to writing salt states. The other day I created my first. It's just an automated deployment of a new auditing tool, along with a SELinux policy for it, etc. It seems to work fine.
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Variables covered in b' ' in Python 3
I am sure this is a fairly noob question, I have googled, and cannot find a straight answer, but I may be asking the wrong thing... I am trying to make an Out Of Box Configuration script, and all the ...
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ansible: difference between a variable and a fact
While I'm using Ansible for quite some time, I'm not sure I really understand the differences between a variable and a fact.
Could someone explain me, possibly with an example where it really make a ...
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Shell script to remove quotes when using SED
I'm trying to change a line of syntax in a config file where the line looks like the following:
host="192.0.2.100"
I'm writing a script that would require input the user to change the ip ...
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Nagios - Create a Costum Variable
I created a variable in define host {} like this :
define host {
[...]
_type box
}
I modified in C files to use this variable for a specific reason, but ...
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How costly are nginx variables?
nginx FAQ Is there a proper way to use nginx variables to make sections of the configuration shorter, using them as macros for making parts of configuration work as templates? ) saying (bold is mine):
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Get the previous day date as variable in batch file from powershell command output
The scenario is like this. I need a previous day date (i.e. Today -1) as variable in a batch file. But if previous day is Sunday (i.e. script running on Monday) it should return the Saturday's date (i....
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How does systemctl variable escaping work in a shell?
I want do a batch job with systemctl, something like:
systemctl status v2ray-haproxy@{1..5}
That's fine. But when i change 5 to a variable：
n=5;systemctl status v2ray-haproxy@{1..$n}
It's not ...
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ssh : user and host / host_ip as variables
I would like to create an array with the variables $user and $host in order to pass them to the ssh command.
I have tried:
my_array=('something1' 'something2' 'user' 'host_ip')
sudo ssh ${my_array[2]...
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Kickstart CentOS 7 with pre-defined static IP and hostname (%pre) and used in KS, possible?
I don't know if this is possible, but going to ask anyways.
I am trying to Kickstart newer servers of us with CentOS 7. So far I got most working, however for some reason if I use variables in the %...
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ANSIBLE how to locate dict at host_vars file?
I try to master the work with dictionaries at ansible.
When I include dict to playbook as at example all works like charm.
But when I try to include vars block to my host_vars/myserv.yml file like ...
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Ansible - manage installed apps and send output via email - variables are filling wrong
so i have this playbook, which checking, if there are installed selected packages. nothing special there. Then i would like to send an output to my email, if everything went right etc.
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- name: ...
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How can I add multiple variables in Ansible PB from another file
I plan to add few hundred of lines in some files using Ansible. My idea is to put all those lines in a file and then use a variable inside the playbook.
This is the first part.
The second one is ...
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Get PowerShell command output as a variable in bat (cmd) script
I'm trying to get FQDN of a host in some .cmd file. We have disjointed AD domain so "@echo %COMPUTERNAME%.%USERDNSDOMAIN%" does not work. I mean it works, but returns wrong value.
The solution I ...
