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Hey I'm trying to execute a playbook but I get the following error:

Hey, you have a syntax error as ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
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Return values of Ansible Commands

Hey @Rani, you could try something like ...READ MORE

Apr 2, 2019 in Ansible by Alia
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Requirements to run Ansible with Jenkins

These are the only requirements for running ...READ MORE

Apr 4, 2019 in Ansible by Himanshu
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When to use dynamic inventory?

If your Ansible inventory fluctuates over time, ...READ MORE

Mar 24, 2019 in Ansible by Nitesh
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Disadvantages of using Ansible Vault

There are two main disadvantages: If you lose ...READ MORE

Mar 6, 2019 in Ansible by William
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What are the requirements to run Anible on Azure?

Using the Azure Resource Manager modules requires ...READ MORE

Apr 5, 2019 in Ansible by ZA
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How does strategy : free improve performance for network playbook?

The strategy plugin tells Ansible how to order multiple ...READ MORE

Feb 1, 2019 in Ansible by Anisha
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Ansible with AWS Parameter store

Hey @Dipti, have a look at the ...READ MORE

Mar 24, 2019 in Ansible by Rhea
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Error while executing playbook to start ec2 instance

I have a playbook that starts an ...READ MORE

Mar 29, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
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print basic boto debug message

Debug Controls the level of debug messages ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Raymond
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Error while installing Ansible on Azure

There are few dependencies that you need ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Derryl
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Password prompt everytime I run a playbook is annoying

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Mar 7, 2019 in Ansible by William
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No debug messages from boto to be printed

Debug Controls the level of debug messages ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Raymond
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Install mean stack on ubuntu using ansible

You can have three roles  under /etc/ansible/roles -prerequisites -mongodb -nodejs under /etc/ansible ...READ MORE

Mar 15, 2019 in Ansible by Janice
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SSH encountered an unknown error during the connection - Ansible Error

I think you have not configured your ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2019 in Ansible by Monish
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Requirements to used aws_ssm module

The below requirements are needed on the ...READ MORE

Mar 24, 2019 in Ansible by Hitesh
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Playbook to wait for servers to come online - Ansible

Hey @Dipti, try something like this: - name: ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Jaz
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How to get details of playbook executions

Run these commands to enable logging before ...READ MORE

Jan 22, 2019 in Ansible by Tanishq
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How to run Ansible without hosts file?

Hey @Ruth, you can use ansible without using ...READ MORE

Feb 1, 2019 in Ansible by Anisha
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Encrypting few variables and embedding them in playbook

Hey @Camron, you can just encrypt those ...READ MORE

Mar 7, 2019 in Ansible by Fez
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How do i automatically install galaxy roles?

You should use a requirements.yml file for this use-case. ...READ MORE

Mar 12, 2019 in Ansible by William
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How do I use my static and dynamic inventory files together in an ansible playbook?

Add both your static and dynamic inventories ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2019 in Ansible by Monish
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Make Ansible throw an error inside the role

Hey @Nisha, you can use the block/rescue ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Kim
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Is there a way to recover lost Ansible Vault password?

Hey @Sridhar, There is no way to ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Akthia
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CRC check failed error when pulling ansible role from git

You can try adding --no-wait option to the ansible-galaxy import call ...READ MORE

Mar 14, 2019 in Ansible by Kanika
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Playbook to add ec2 instance to ELB

Hey, @Kishore, try something like this: - hosts: ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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Error saying "Package not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or a handler" - Ansible

This has been happening to a lot ...READ MORE

Jan 8, 2019 in Ansible by Takeshi
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Playbook to create availability disk for a VM

Hey @Chandan, try something like this: - name: ...READ MORE

Mar 27, 2019 in Ansible by Harsh
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View the encrypted file without decrypting - Ansible Vault

Hey @Laksha, you can view the file ...READ MORE

Mar 6, 2019 in Ansible by William
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How do I install Ansible on windows?

Hi Neha, you cannot have an entire ...READ MORE

Feb 28, 2019 in Ansible by Kavya
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Encrypt a single variable using ansible Vault

Adding to @Zunaid's answer, this can also ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Sid
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What is vault id?

A vault id is an identifier for ...READ MORE

Mar 7, 2019 in Ansible by William
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Manage large number of roles

I had close to 200 roles. All of ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Levin
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Ansible playbook with jenkins not working

When you execute the playbook under Jenkins, ...READ MORE

Jan 17, 2019 in Ansible by Sameer
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Error while installing ansible-galaxy on Mac

Run the following to upgrade setuptools under ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Haider
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How do I get an ENV variable and store it into a local variable - Ansible

Hey @Ninja, that is possible. What you ...READ MORE

Jan 24, 2019 in Ansible by Thomas
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Organize roles - Ansible roles

One of the ways is to use ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Haider
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What are Ad-Hoc commands?

Ad-Hoc command is something that you would ...READ MORE

Mar 6, 2019 in Ansible by Yogesh
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Ansible roles change workflow order by moving handlers.

Flush handlers with meta: flush_handlers before the task that ...READ MORE

Mar 12, 2019 in Ansible by William
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Error saying "msg: unsupported parameter for module: deb"

Hey @Laksha, I think an older version ...READ MORE

Feb 1, 2019 in Ansible by Ansiha
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Ansible use cases

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Jan 25, 2019 in Ansible by Chester
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Reset unreachable hosts - Ansible

If you try using the host that ...READ MORE

Feb 7, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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Creating non interactive ansible vault

Hey @Jolly,  You can use the --vault-password-file option for ansible-vault non-interactive ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Shah
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Ensure the package is latest version - Ansible

Ensure a package is at the latest ...READ MORE

Mar 6, 2019 in Ansible by Yogesh
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What are Action plugins in Ansible?

Action plugins work with the modules to ...READ MORE

Feb 19, 2019 in Ansible by Jobin
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My roles have a directory called files. What does it do?

This directory contains regular files that need ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Barbara
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How do I enable sudo privileges in the playbook?

Hey @Kiran, to set enable mode for ...READ MORE

Mar 6, 2019 in Ansible by Yogesh
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How do I copy files from my system desktop to my EC2 instance?

One of the ways is to upload ...READ MORE

Mar 5, 2019 in Ansible by Kyraa
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Why do people use Ansible roles?

Ansible roles are basically like functions in ...READ MORE

Mar 12, 2019 in Ansible by Yamini
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Error saying "ERROR! Unexpected Exception: 'module' object has no attribute '_vendor'"

Ansible is highly dependant on the python ...READ MORE

Jan 28, 2019 in Ansible by Varsha
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