Questions tagged [ansible-playbook]
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Ansible playbook "path specified in src not found"
I am runnning into this message when I do this :
ansible-playbook -i inventory junos_config_new.yml --check -vvv
ansible-playbook 2.9.9 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules',…
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How to separate variables using awk and append it to Text file using ansible
What I got as extra variable to ansible playbook is "CHOW_app/timmy_app1/johnn_app3/harper_app4/mona_app5". This is passed as single variable to the playbook. I have to separate it and save it in a text file in this format.
REVOKE CHOW app
REVOKE…

saffron
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How to stop the playbook if the service is already installed using win_service module?
How to stop the playbook if the service is already installed?
I am trying:
- hosts: windows
tasks:
- name: check services
win_service:
name: serviceName
register: service_info
when: service_info.exists
Thank You!

rafp
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Ansible: Index value in template file per instance
I am trying to deploy multiple instances of a service on a single host. The service has a config file, and in this config file, I'd like to include the index of the instance that it belongs to. For example:
# main.yml
- name: Configure each…

user3270760
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List tags that exists in a playbook
I have a play that runs one or more roles. I would like to list available tags without parsing all the code. I am indeed experimenting some difficulties in remembering all the tags I put during developing phase..
How can I list all the tags in the…

MUY Belgium
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How to send password with special characters from ansible to Python script?
I am invoking a python script from ansible playbook. While invoking I am passing the credentials to the python script as arguments. The password has some special characters.
But in Python script, I am receiving the password without the special…

saffron
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Ansible Unable Non Root User Unable to Install using APT
I create a new user using ansible called nginx, nginx is part of the sudo group a, but when I try to do an apt install with this user I get the below error
: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to lock apt for exclusive operation"}
What…

George
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Ansible: vmware_guest: VM Deployment
I'm currently trying to figure out how best to approach a situation where a vCenter has one or more Datacenters with the same name but in different Folder Locations. Because of this I'm unable to deploy to the correct Cluster: Currently Ansible…

n_foley
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Ansible: How to Remove /etc/hosts entries on the remote server using Ansible playbook. I need only the default entries to be present
How to Remove /etc/hosts entries on the remote server using Ansible playbook. I need only the default entries to be present.
I need only below entries to be present:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 …

celcoprab
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Using "echo" in a pipe in ansible's shell module
I'm using the shell module:
- name: trust gpg key
become: true
shell: echo -e '5\ny\n' | gpg --homedir /root/.gnupg --command-fd 0 --edit-key 1401d4d21e93 trust
But this complains with
gpg: cannot open '/dev/tty': No such device or…

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Installing Multiple Packages on Multiple OS with Ansible
I have a host with 2 servers: one has CentOS and the other Ubuntu installed.
I decided to install apache, nginx and php-fpm on both servers and wrote 3 playbooks.
ubuntu.yml (/home/ansible/playbook):
---
- name: Ubuntu Playbook
hosts: ubun
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Subramanian Lakshmanan
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How to use ansible to assign multiple existing users to a new group
I created a new group in OS. Now I want to assign 5 or more existing users to that group using ansible. I believe I could do this for single user.
---
- name: add user to a group
become: 'yes'
become_method: sudo
hosts: all
tasks:
-…

Dr. Mian
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Ansible create files with user permissions in homedir of existing users
I have homedir of few users like that
/home/user1
/home/user2
/home/user(n-1)
I need ansible to get list of homedir and create file inside every homedir with correct permission.
Now i have this playbook
---
- hosts: pc070
tasks:
- name: Find…

Иван Иванов
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Ansible won't create yum repository
I'm trying to get Ansible to set up the EPEL repository on a new AWS instance. It fails if I use the yum_repository module. If I use the yum module and try to install it over the wire it reports as successful but doesn't actually do…

theillien
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Ansible provided user always asking passpharse
I created a jenkins user with Ansible, when I would connect to the machine its always asking passpharse. I didn't set it. The provided key has no passpharse
Here is the user creation:
- name: Create Jenkins user
user:
name: jenkins
state:…

GergA
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