Most voted questions in Ansible

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getting error while installing ansible on redhat8

Solution is to update epel.  https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3358 Try and let ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2019 in Ansible by Raveendiran
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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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"msg": "Using a SSH password instead of a key is not possible because Host Key checking is enabled and sshpass does not support this.

Hi@akhtar, You are getting this error because when ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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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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Can you give example for environment module and also explain about environmnet

Hi @Vivek So basically when you are working ...READ MORE

Jan 16, 2020 in Ansible by Kalgi
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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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Ansible-playbook to install and configure Nginx+Nodejs+Npm+PM2

Try this out: --- - hosts: all become: yes tasks: - name: ...READ MORE

Sep 3, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
• 52,340 points
10,212 views
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How download artifactory(.tar.gz file) from jfrog artifactory using ansible playbook in linux servers?

Hey @Anil, download the artifactory(.tar.gz) file and ...READ MORE

Aug 13, 2019 in Ansible by Kamal
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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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Ansible Playbook cannot locate the role

Use requirements.yml file and running it with: ansible-galaxy install -r ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by krishti
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[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

Hey @Sitara,   I just found it is because ...READ MORE

Jan 22, 2019 in Ansible by Naina
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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
• 530 points
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Pass variable to ansible playbook through command line

ansible-playbook test.yml --extra-vars "arg1=${var1} arg2=${var2}" Use is like ...READ MORE

May 7, 2019 in Ansible by Bobin
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What is the difference between ansible playbook and roles?

Hi, Roles: Roles containing certain vars_files, tasks, and handlers ...READ MORE

Jan 21, 2020 in Ansible by vivek
• 530 points
22,466 views
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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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Is it possible to append a large amount of text to a file using Ansible?

Here is concept which you can follow. blockinfile is ...READ MORE

Jul 30, 2018 in Ansible by Atul
• 10,240 points
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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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2,683 views
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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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2,856 views
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Error message “Failed to connect to the host via ssh” while running ping command on host machines using Ansible

I hadn't created the ssh connection between ...READ MORE

Apr 23, 2019 in Ansible by Lavanya
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I want to check package kexec in all server how do i do it

I want to check package kexec in ...READ MORE

Apr 19, 2023 in Ansible by anonymous

edited Mar 5 254 views
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How to extract information about remote linux servers using ansible?

It is important to gather data from ...READ MORE

Dec 15, 2022 in Ansible by Edureka
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unable to deploy ansible playbook onto node servers

Hi all, I am getting below error while ...READ MORE

Oct 16, 2022 in Ansible by Karthik

edited Mar 4 232 views
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I want to copy folder (k-uat) src:/var/www and dest:/var/www with different name

I want to copy a folder (k-uat) ...READ MORE

Sep 23, 2022 in Ansible by Ashok

edited Mar 4 212 views
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Ansible - ssh connection is established between ansible and remote servers, but while running the playbook getting below error

Able to connect ansible and remote servers ...READ MORE

Aug 29, 2022 in Ansible by anonymous

edited Mar 4 188 views
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In Ansible playbook after creation of EC2 instance how to get return values like instance id, vpc id in output?

I am creating Ec2 instance using Ansible ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2022 in Ansible by sivasai

edited Mar 4 179 views
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why with_items is not looping properly in yml , any suggestions

This is the yml file:  - name: Update ...READ MORE

Jun 30, 2022 in Ansible by anonymous

edited Mar 4 120 views
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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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I could install Git, can u please explain how to set up chromedriver(selenium), chromium browser(selenium) on the slave node through Ansible

Hi@Vinodkumar, Did you go through the related question ...READ MORE

Dec 22, 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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Can we use Ansible and Rundeck together, or using either one is enough?

Hi@akhtar, It depends on your requirement. According to ...READ MORE

Dec 16, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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2,089 views
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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

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to create ECS service on VPC network using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, An Amazon ECS service enables you to run and ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to create an ECS cluster using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, You can create or terminate ECS clusters. ANsible has ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to create an ec2 snapshot using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, You can create an EC2 snapshot from an existing ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to copy an AMI in a different region using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has one module to copy AMI ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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How to remove an S3 bucket using Ansible playbook?

Hi@akhtar, You can create or remove an S3 ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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1,564 views
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How to create a simple S3 bucket on Ceph Rados Gateway using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@MD, Ansible has one module that can create ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by akhtar
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1,605 views
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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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1,058 views
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How to create an S3 bucket using Ansible Playbook?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has a module that can create ...READ MORE

Dec 4, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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2,611 views
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How to install python package using Ansible playbook?

Hi@akhtar, Ansible has a pip module to install ...READ MORE

Dec 2, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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Using ansible to install applications.

Hi@Manny, Every application has some dependencies. Then only ...READ MORE

Nov 24, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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1,887 views
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I am having issues installing basic packages using ansible

Hi@akhtar, Every application has some dependencies. Then only ...READ MORE

Nov 24, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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992 views
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How to write ansible playbook to setup ubuntu workstation and install any updates on it

Hi@Shashi, Ansible has one module named ec2. This is ...READ MORE

Nov 19, 2020 in Ansible by MD
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1,677 views
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How to make every machine password less SSH in Ansible?

Do have access to all 1000 machines? ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2020 in Ansible by Anil
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How to write ansible playbook for storage health checking? Any references?

Why ansible in particular? You can use ...READ MORE

Oct 29, 2020 in Ansible by Lohith
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