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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 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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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want to comment cron job using ansible

- ...READ MORE

Jun 18, 2020 in Ansible by Disha Khandelwal
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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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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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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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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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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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Error: Failed to get data from the API server - when trying to create a new role structure using ansible galaxy

Check your python version. It should be ...READ MORE

Mar 14, 2019 in Ansible by Haider
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FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Parameter 'description' is required."}

Hi@akhtar, You got this error because you did ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How to filter IP address of remote system in Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, You can use the filter keyword in your ...READ MORE

Aug 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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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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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 login to Ansible Galaxy from command line?

Hi@akhtar, To login to Ansible Galaxy, you need ...READ MORE

Aug 28, 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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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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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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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 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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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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