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ERROR! The API server (https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/) is not responding, please try again later.

Hi@akhtar, It seems your ansible is connecting to the ...READ MORE

Sep 17, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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I'm setting up new Ansible control node, I need initial steps, to get server access (password less, DB with password access), from Ansible control node.

I'm setting up new Ansible control node, ...READ MORE

Oct 4, 2021 in Ansible by anonymous
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Ansible to rename a file if it exists

Hi@Jp, What output you are getting? Your playbook ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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##[error]Command failed with errors on Ansible machine

Hi@Vicky, By default, if one task fails, then ...READ MORE

Dec 17, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Ansible error "Could not find aptitude. Using apt-get instead"

Hey @Hita, use the apt module to ...READ MORE

Aug 26, 2019 in Ansible by Jinu
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"module_stdout": "Please login as the user \"ec2-user\" rather than the user \"root\".\r\n\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",

Hi@akhtar, You are trying to connect to your ...READ MORE

Sep 21, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to create a security group in AWS using Ansible-Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, You can use the ec2_group module in ...READ MORE

Aug 13, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Error: the field 'args' has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined - Ansible

Hey @Harsh, use with_items to access the result ...READ MORE

Apr 2, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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Create a network in Docker using Ansible playbook.

Hi@akhtar, The docker_network module (Ansible 2.2 or higher) can create ...READ MORE

Sep 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How do I add apt key by id from a keyserver? - Ansible

Hey @Altis, you can use the module ...READ MORE

Feb 11, 2019 in Ansible by Kyra
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Ansible vs Ansible Tower

Ansible is CM tool and orchestration engine. ...READ MORE

Jan 28, 2019 in Ansible by Haider
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ansible playbook to create and remove a WebSphere application server deployment manager profile

The below gives an example of creating ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2019 in Ansible by Tanmay
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Error saying "Cannot write to ControlPath" - Ansible

hey @Neel, this seems like your Linux ...READ MORE

Mar 29, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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How do I access shell environment variables using Ansible Playbook

Hey @Tina, If you need to access ...READ MORE

Jan 31, 2019 in Ansible by Mahir
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How to take user input in Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, To ask for user input, we will ...READ MORE

Aug 10, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Running a playbook using Ansible on Jenkins

Hey, @Asha seems like you've added a ...READ MORE

Apr 4, 2019 in Ansible by Akhil
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ansible-galaxy fails to validate the SSL certificateurlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] RROR! - you can use --ignore-errors to skip failed roles and finish processing the list.

Hi@MD, The most probable reason is that you ...READ MORE

Aug 28, 2020 in Ansible by akhtar
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One loop over multiple Ansible tasks

With_items has unfortunately stopped but it’s coming ...READ MORE

Jul 23, 2018 in Ansible by Kalgi
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Store ec2 instance IP using ansible playbook

Hey @Himanshu, you can use something like ...READ MORE

Mar 25, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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Is there any way to encrypt --private-key with ansible-vault and use it encrypted with Ansible Playbook

Hey @Kajol, Create a passphrase for the key openssl ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Anupam
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Error: One or more undefined variables: 'unicode object' has no attribute 'repo'

Hey change this in your role with_items: apt_repos By ...READ MORE

Mar 14, 2019 in Ansible by Haseeb
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How to install mongodb on centos 7 using ansible

Hi@Shashi, I think for MongoDB you need to ...READ MORE

Sep 16, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to remove old file using Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, You can remove your files using Ansible. ...READ MORE

Sep 17, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to encrypt and existing file using Ansible Vault?

Hey @Kyraa, to encrypt an existing file ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Kavya
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Multilines in shell script inside Ansible playbook

You could write your playbook in this ...READ MORE

Jan 25, 2019 in Ansible by Donna
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How to create a firewall rule using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has a module named firewalld to ...READ MORE

Sep 2, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Python script to decrypt while running the playbook - Ansible Vault

Ansible provides a feature where you can ...READ MORE

Mar 7, 2019 in Ansible by William
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How to configure httpd web server using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, You need to write one program file ...READ MORE

Jul 30, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Unarchive module overwriting - Ansible

Hey @joe, you can use the create option, ...READ MORE

Jan 30, 2019 in Ansible by Khadeer
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How do you stop Ansible from creating .retry files in the home directory?

[defaults] ... retry_files_enabled = True # Create them ...READ MORE

Apr 5, 2019 in Ansible by anonymous
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Playbook to add hosts to the known hosts list - Ansible

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

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Haider
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How to start httpd service in a remote system using Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has a module named service. This ...READ MORE

Jul 30, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Ansible playbook to create an S3 bucket

Hey @Alok, an ansible task like this ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Ansible by Vish
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Ansible playbook to install and update the IBM packages from local or remote repositories

Hi @Hannah, I have this and it ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2019 in Ansible by Tanmay
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ERROR! the role '/root/web' was not found in /root/roles:/root/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles:/root

Hi@akhtar, You are trying to use ansible role in your ...READ MORE

Aug 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How do I execute MySqL query using Ansible playbook

Dear team, I'm trying to execute MySQL , ...READ MORE

Oct 4, 2021 in Ansible by anonymous
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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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Ansible error while ansible -m ping all

It looks like ansible may be installed ...READ MORE

Mar 18, 2019 in Ansible by Vince
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Set up the necessary tools such as git, chromedriver(selenium), chromium browser(selenium) on the slave node through Ansible

- hosts: all vars : ...READ MORE

Dec 31, 2020 in Ansible by Onkar
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How to configure the Nginx server in AWS with Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, To configure the Nginx server in AWS, ...READ MORE

Oct 12, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Get MD5 checksum of a windows file using Ansible

Hi @Travis, you can use the win_stat ...READ MORE

Jun 11, 2019 in Ansible by Greg
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Ansible playbook to create a new database

Hi pravalika, its pretty simple.  You just ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Ansible by Trvais
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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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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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FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "src and content are mutually exclusive"}

Hi@akhtar, You can't use content and src argument ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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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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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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How to start a docker container with healthstatus using Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, You can use the docker_container module in ...READ MORE

Sep 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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What is dynamic inventory in Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, In a configuration especially a cloud setup such ...READ MORE

Sep 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Playbook to backup all mysql databases

Hey @Ruth, you could use a playbook, ...READ MORE

Feb 4, 2019 in Ansible by Anushri
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