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How do I backup my ansible playbooks?

In addition to the install.yml file included with your setup.sh setup ...READ MORE

Feb 4, 2019 in Ansible by Anushri
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How do I enable cache plugin in Ansible?

Hey @Jason, You can enable a cache plugin ...READ MORE

Feb 20, 2019 in Ansible by Yogesh
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How do I handle different machines needing different user accounts or ports to log in with?

Setting inventory variables in the inventory file ...READ MORE

Jan 31, 2019 in Ansible by Ansi
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Error saying "KeyError: 'ApiVersion'" - Ansible

The reason behind this error is that ...READ MORE

Jan 8, 2019 in Ansible by Sasha
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What are the different types of plugins available in Ansible?

Ansible provides a huge variety of plugins ...READ MORE

Feb 19, 2019 in Ansible by Priya
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Error saying "ERROR: ec2_vpc_subnet is not a legal parameter of an Ansible Play"

ec2_vpc_subnet is support from Ansible version 2.0 and ...READ MORE

Feb 8, 2019 in Ansible by Dee
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Importance of lineinfile module in Ansible.

Hi@akhtar, The lineinfile module will search a file ...READ MORE

Sep 2, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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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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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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Can Ansible modules be used from the command line?

Yes @Donna, you can execute a module ...READ MORE

Feb 11, 2019 in Ansible by Tariq
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How to delete an ECS Cluster using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, An Amazon ECS cluster is a logical grouping of ...READ MORE

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Do all Ansible modules mentioned in Playbook tasks actually run on the remote host machine?

Hey @Shruti, ansible tasks run on the ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2019 in Ansible by Monish
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How to add several lines in a file using lineinfile module?

Hi@akhtar, When we need to perform a task ...READ MORE

Sep 2, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Configuration for setting up windows VM using ansible and vagrant

Hey @Leena,  your configuration file group_vars/windows-dev should contain something like: ansible_user: ...READ MORE

Feb 4, 2019 in Ansible by Vaishu
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Can I use Kubespray without using kubespray_git_repo?

Hey @Sparsh, Obviously you can, follow these ...READ MORE

Jan 23, 2019 in Ansible by Shankar
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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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Why are facts gathered in puppet and ansible?

The facts gathered by these tools are ...READ MORE

Feb 21, 2019 in Ansible by Vismaya
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What all can I do with Ansible?

Ansible is capable of doing a lot ...READ MORE

Jan 8, 2019 in Ansible by Takeshi
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How to create a role in Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, You can create a role in Ansible ...READ MORE

Aug 20, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How do I manage my config snapshots? - Ansible

Hey @Pandora, You can use the aci_config_snapshot module ...READ MORE

Feb 11, 2019 in Ansible by Kyra
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style.css not getting executed while installing lamp stack using ansible

Hey @Kishore make sure, your folder directory ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2019 in Ansible by Monish
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stopping different hosts from reading the same value when usign ansible in loop

Try using this. Create a new directory ...READ MORE

Jul 27, 2018 in Ansible by DareDev
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Requirements to install MySQL and MariaDB on ubuntu - Ansible

You don't really need anything specific. Just ...READ MORE

Oct 24, 2019 in Ansible by Bob
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What files can be encrypted using the Ansible Vault?

Yes @Umang, Ansible Vault is used to ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Kavya
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Unable to install Ansible on centOS

Seems like you're stuck at creating ansible ...READ MORE

Dec 20, 2018 in Ansible by Alan
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What are the system requirements I need to fulfill for the ec2_vpc_subnet module to work - Ansible

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

Feb 8, 2019 in Ansible by Dee
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Get ports using vagrant

You can get the correct ports using ...READ MORE

Feb 4, 2019 in Ansible by Husna
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How to create an encrypted bucket in AWS using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, Sometimes it is required to encrypt the ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Install snap for Kubernetes cluster automation

Hey @Mohit, there is no snap module ...READ MORE

Jan 22, 2019 in Ansible by Veronica
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User on the target VM - Ansible

Yes @Nisha, You can run a shell ...READ MORE

Jan 28, 2019 in Ansible by Kavya
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Can I limit the execution of a playbook on selected clients?

Create a group in the inventory file ...READ MORE

Oct 23, 2020 in Ansible by Varshitha
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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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Playbook to Create a VM with OS and multiple data storage accounts

Hey @Neha, you can write a task ...READ MORE

Mar 27, 2019 in Ansible by Frankie
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where to install Ansible galaxy?

Hey Gayatri, This can be done with ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Kavya
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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-galaxy on Mac

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

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Haider
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How to create template in Ansible?

Hi@akhtar, A template in Ansible is a file ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Playbook to start ec2 instance

- name: Create an ec2 instance ...READ MORE

Apr 9, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
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Execution of Ansible playbook now reflecting any changes

Hey @Moana, you playbook is missing the ...READ MORE

Jan 17, 2019 in Ansible by Sameer
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Encrypt an encrypted file - Ansible Vault

Hey @Fez, This is one of the way ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Cerci
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Mention Kubernetes version while using it with ansible

Hey @Dustin, The default value for roles is kube_version: ...READ MORE

Jan 22, 2019 in Ansible by Anushri
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Install ansible galaxy roles

Here is a very basic example that ...READ MORE

Jan 10, 2019 in Ansible by Disha
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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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Showing different Ansible version

Seems like you have two versions of ...READ MORE

Jan 14, 2019 in Ansible by Natasha
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lookup_plug in file too distributed

Hey @laksha, you can wrap it into ...READ MORE

Jan 29, 2019 in Ansible by Kavya
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How to decrypt a vault in Ansible?

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

Aug 11, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Clear the entire provision setup if fails to execute even a single command

Of course this is possible @Kiara, you ...READ MORE

Feb 7, 2019 in Ansible by Pragya
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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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Virtualization Infrastructure supported by Ansible

Yes, Vagrant supports Ansible, in-fact Ansible is ...READ MORE

Jan 25, 2019 in Ansible by Sai
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Is it mandatory to have Ansible Controller Machine (ACM) and Jenkins Master on the same server/instance ?

Make git, Jenkins, Docker, ansible master as ...READ MORE

Sep 30, 2020 in Ansible by Adil
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