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Check for certain package with specific version exists - Ansible

Hey @Kavya, to check if a package ...READ MORE

Mar 6, 2019 in Ansible by Devika
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"msg": "Depsolve Error occured: \n Problem: package docker-ce-3:19.03.12-3.el7.x86_64 requires containerd.io >= 1.2.2-3, but none of the providers can be installed\n

Hi@akhtar, It seems you need to download some ...READ MORE

Aug 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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ERROR! with_dict expects a dict - When creating a new keypair using Ansible

Depends on the version you're using. I'm ...READ MORE

Apr 9, 2019 in Ansible by Anshul
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What is the ask_pass module in Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, Ask_pass is the control module in an ...READ MORE

Aug 11, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Error saying "Failed to find required executable npm in paths"

Hey @Thomas,  Seems like those extra paths have ...READ MORE

Jan 10, 2019 in Ansible by Naina
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What is Puppet equivalent of the 'ignore_failure' in Chef or the 'ignore_errors' in Ansible?

There’s no need to ignore the error ...READ MORE

Jul 17, 2018 in Ansible by shelly
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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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Error Message: "No handler was ready to authenticate. 1 handlers were checked. ['HmacAuthV4Handler'] Check your credentials"

Hi@akhtar, A dynamic inventory script will cache results to ...READ MORE

Oct 12, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Set AWS credentials in boto config file

Go to your boto config file, and ...READ MORE

Mar 26, 2019 in Ansible by Raymond
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How to replace a line using lineinfile module in Ansible?

Hi@MD, You can use lineinfile module in Ansible. ...READ MORE

Sep 2, 2020 in Ansible by akhtar
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How to run Ansible-Playbook in the localhost?

Hi@akhtar, To run any playbook in the local ...READ MORE

Aug 11, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Ansible use cases

There are 6 main places where ansible ...READ MORE

Jan 25, 2019 in Ansible by Chester
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Permission denied error while building a project using Ansible on jenkins

Your Jenkins job is running as default ...READ MORE

Apr 2, 2019 in Ansible by Aleesha
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Testing server response with timeout using ansible

Got it working using wait_for and until ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2018 in Ansible by Atul
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How to switch a user per task or set of tasks?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has a concept of privilege escalation. ...READ MORE

Sep 17, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Getting numbered build artefact using ansible from jenkins

You can get the build number with ...READ MORE

Aug 20, 2018 in Ansible by ajs3033
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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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Ansible Playbook to create a Load Balancer

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

Mar 25, 2019 in Ansible by Jack
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How to create docker volume using Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, We can create a volume docker resource ...READ MORE

Sep 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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message saying "Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit..." when trying to install Ansible

Hi, I may not sure about the answer ...READ MORE

Jan 24, 2020 in Ansible by vivek
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What is cobbler? - Ansible

Cobbler is a Linux installation server that ...READ MORE

Mar 24, 2019 in Ansible by Kyraa
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ansible ssh and user module issue with edureka VM

Hi@Konakanchl, I guess you need to give your ...READ MORE

Jul 23, 2020 in Ansible by akhtar
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ERROR! - None of the provided paths was usable. Please specify a valid path with --roles-path

Hi@akhtar, You are trying to list down ansible roles ...READ MORE

Aug 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Error while running playbook consisting of roles - Ansible

You get this error because ansible was ...READ MORE

Mar 12, 2019 in Ansible by William
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Getting error in ansible. The lxc module is not importable. Check the requirements

Here is what you can try. If you ...READ MORE

Jul 24, 2018 in Ansible by Atul
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How to install httpd web server in remote node using Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, You need to use the package module in Ansible. ...READ MORE

Jul 30, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Playbook to create VM with managed disk - ansible with azure

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

Mar 27, 2019 in Ansible by Jobin
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want to comment cron job using ansible

- ...READ MORE

Jun 18, 2020 in Ansible by Disha Khandelwal
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Running ansible command on a single server when it is deployed to multiple servers

You can try the run_once attribute: Example from ...READ MORE

Jun 14, 2018 in Ansible by DareDev
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How to do SSH in EC2 instance using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, To configure your inventory dynamically you need ...READ MORE

Sep 21, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to mount a dvd in a folder using Ansible playbook?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has the mount module that is idempotent ...READ MORE

Sep 16, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to run an Ansible Playbook to a particular node?

Hi@akhtar, You can control the playbook from the ...READ MORE

Sep 16, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Error saying "FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "the python pymongo module is required"}"

Hey @Monish I figured what my issue ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2019 in Ansible by Manik
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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: List all installed Apps in RedHat

Try this to get a list of ...READ MORE

Jul 13, 2018 in Ansible by ajs3033
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how to write a shell module for running multiple command by passing password in consloe

May 4, 2019 in Ansible by Naveen
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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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[AnsibleProject] $ sshpass ******** ansible-playbook devopsproject.yml -i myinv -f 5 -u user1 -k sshpass: Failed to run command: No such file or directory FATAL: command execution failed

Hi, When we run any file from Jenkins, ...READ MORE

Aug 10, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to copy files in remote system using Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, You need to use the copy module ...READ MORE

Jul 30, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "No handler was ready to authenticate. 1 handlers were checked. ['HmacAuthV4Handler'] Check your credentials"}

Hi@akhtar, When we try to login to AWS ...READ MORE

Aug 12, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to enable Inventory Cache plugin in Ansible?

Adding to @Farookh's answer, if the inventory ...READ MORE

Feb 20, 2019 in Ansible by Shalaka
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FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "state is mounted but all of the following are missing: fstype"}

Hi@akhtar, You need to pass some more arguments ...READ MORE

Sep 16, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Using hyphen in ansible

Hyphen - is used to specify list ...READ MORE

Jul 10, 2018 in Ansible by Kalgi
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How to deploy war file into the Websphere using ansible playbook

Hi@M, You can use the below-given example. - name: ...READ MORE

Jun 29, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Is it possible to start ec2 Windows machine and run windows command using ansible playbook?

Hi@Lakshminarayanan, Yes, you can do that. But after ...READ MORE

Aug 14, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Role of subelement module in an Ansible playbook

Hey @Rahul thanks for a better question ...READ MORE

Jan 16, 2019 in Ansible by Emily
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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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Ansible: Deleting matching IPs from hosts file using regex

Ansible notation isn't the same as YAML ...READ MORE

Jul 25, 2018 in Ansible by DareDev
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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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ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

When you get the 400 number, that ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2022 in Ansible by Soham
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