[ansible-project] changing hostname/ipadress

LS, When a play I write changes the adres or name by which a host is adressed (i.e. ansible_host value) is it possible to tell ansible to use a new value for this target from there on? I am trying to recreate an instance in a cloud. after the recreation some simple lineinfile, user,

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible API : Expand variables

Actually, the dictionary looks like this- d2 = {'4.4.4.4':'10.0.0.0/8,11.0.0.0/8', '5.5.5.5':'10.0.0.0/8'} On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 8:05:23 AM UTC-8, amit bhagat wrote: > > I have written a custom module "filter_prefix" that accepts "host" and > "prefixes". > > I have a dictionary that

[ansible-project] Copy to local

I am trying to write a file to my local machine with a dynamic inventory. I am running the following script in Ansible Tower: --- - hosts: all tasks: - name: Copy the file connection: local run_once: true copy: content="Hello, World!" dest=/tmp/hello.txt This works when I run it

Re: [ansible-project] Group variables conditional based on OS distribution release

yes, you need to gather facts before that variable is available, you might want to use |default filter to avoid the error -- -- Brian Coca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [ansible-project] Use requirements.yml in a lookup?

​vars_files or include_vars will read a yaml file into a data structure you can then use in template module​ On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:34 AM, Johan wrote: > Hello! > > I would like to take my requirements.yml and make a config for > https://github.com/beefsack/git-mirror >

Re: [ansible-project] Re: win_template always changing?

the way checksums are calculated on the unix side had changes and they seem to have affected the windows side also, mdavis recently made an update to compensate for that, please check against current devel to see if the problem persists. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:05 PM, 'J Hawkesworth' via

Re: [ansible-project] Trying to dynamically load var files

first, don't put anything under group_vars/host_vars that you want to selectively load, these files will load automatically if matched. Using include_vars against group/host_vars is not recommended. 2nd the easiest way is putting them in a vars/ folder adjacent to play (or in role) and use

[ansible-project] Trying to dynamically load var files

I'm not seeing a clear way on how to do this in the docs, and maybe there is some other way to go about it. Basically I want to load up data about multiple applications to use in a template. I tried using include_vars, but I'm not seeing how to dynamically load that. I currently have this

[ansible-project] How do I pass a password as an argument?

I have a playbook that installs the appropriate packages for Active Directory Authentication. When it gets to the "join" portion, Ansible just sits there because the join process is asking the user for the password of the account that has access to join the system to Active Directory. How can

[ansible-project] How to pass a password as an argument?

I have a playbook that installs the appropriate packages for Active Directory Authentication. When it gets to the "join" portion, Ansible just sits there because the join process is asking the user for the password of the account that has access to join the system to Active Directory. How can

Re: [ansible-project] ansible_env is undefined

As per https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/CHANGELOG.md "Fix to make implicit fact gathering task correctly inherit settings from play, this might cause an error if settings environment on play depending on 'ansible_env' which was previously ignored" On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 7:44 PM,

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible windows modules

Actually, when I update with all the latest updates from Windows, I can go through the problem, means, with the latest Windows update, you're good with msu installation. Thank you all! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To

[ansible-project] ansible_env is undefined

After upgrading ansible versions: ncohen@breathe ~/s/f/fn-ansible (master)> ansible --version ansible 2.0.1.0 config file = /Users/ncohen/software/face/fn-ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides I'm getting an error on first usage of ansible_env variable

[ansible-project] Python - ValueError: I/O operation on closed file

Ansible 2.0.1 When I ssh into a Linux server and run: $ ansible-playbook -vv build.yml it runs fine. But if I ssh into the Linux server and run: $ nohup ansible-playbook -vv build.yml or $ ansible-playbook -vv build.yml > output & or $ nohup ansible-playbook -vv

[ansible-project] Re: Docker module giving error after image is pulled

I figured it out - I didn't realise, but the installation instructions for docker on Ubuntu have changed. I went through the instructions at https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntulinux/ and the issue is now fixed. I guess the older lxc-docker package was configured to use the

[ansible-project] Re: Docker module giving error after image is pulled

For the record, this was working fine a couple of hours ago. On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 3:13:45 PM UTC-8, Guy Knights wrote: > > I have a role that runs nginx in a docker container using the official > nginx image from docker hub. The docker task returns the following error > after it

[ansible-project] Docker module giving error after image is pulled

I have a role that runs nginx in a docker container using the official nginx image from docker hub. The docker task returns the following error after it pulls the image: "failed": true, "msg": "Unrecognized status from pull.", "status": "docker.io/library/nginx: this image was pulled from a

Re: [ansible-project] Re: selinux-python and ansible 'identification'

Brilliant, I think that gives me everything I need other than to dive deeper into selinux contexts, thanks Brian, regards, Richard On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 4:07:21 PM UTC-5, Brian Coca wrote: > > So the current yum module can install from an rpm, even if you cannot use > the copy module

Re: [ansible-project] Re: selinux-python and ansible 'identification'

So the current yum module can install from an rpm, even if you cannot use the copy module you should be able to : - shell: scp ​selinux-python.xxx.rpm {{inventory_hostname}:/path/to/temp: connection: local - yum: name=/path/to/temp/selinux-python.xxx.rpm or if you can publish to an internal

[ansible-project] Re: selinux-python and ansible 'identification'

Thanks to Brian for the reply, it begs a couple more questions, but first let me state my 'new understandings' based on some sleuthing I did through our testenv logs and ansible core modules code while trying to figure this out. It looks to me like when you first use ansible a .ansible dir is

Re: [ansible-project] selinux-python and ansible 'identification'

I see now that I forgot to add the important comment that these machines do not have internet access. Hence I would need to copy the selinux-python rpm to the target machines, which it would seem that I cannot do until I have that rpm installed. Or am I missing something? I could just scp the

Re: [ansible-project] selinux-python and ansible 'identification'

So responding the the main points: - You should not need to do install selinux-python by hand, you could just use the 'yum' module in a 'boostraping' play (or worst case, 'raw' module). - The modules shipped with Ansible are all python (version 2), but in general they can be language

[ansible-project] Variable Inheritance?

Hi everyone, does someone know if/how it is possible to get variables inherited/extened? I have a hostgroup develop with a dict applied to all hosts. Now i would like to append a single entry to the dict just for one host of the group (without specifying the whole dict again of course).. Eg.:

[ansible-project] Variable Inheritance?

Hi everyone, i am searching the docs but couldn't find a good reference... Is ther a way to inherit/extend variables from group_vars -> host_vars? E.g.: group_vars/develop.yml groups: web: gid: 1002 state: present host_vars/host1.yml groups: sys: gid: 1001 state: present

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible docker module does not allow me to use bind mode :Z

What version of ansible are you running? According to the doc strings in the docker.py module: volumes: description: - List of volumes to mount within the container - 'Use docker CLI-style syntax: C(/host:/container[:mode])’ - You can specify a read mode for the mount with

[ansible-project] selinux-python and ansible 'identification'

We will be making changes to nearly a hundred client machines using ansible. We've used ansible before, albeit we're still pretty new at it, but have a pretty good handle on it and have done before what we want to do now, which is edit a config file. The new target machines have selinux

[ansible-project] Re: Unable to use "os_keypair" module, while "nova keypair-add" works

Hi! You first need to upgrade your version of shade. The latest version is 1.4.0. Second, you should not expect a clouds.yaml to be read from the current directory because of the way Ansible works (copying modules to temp directories on the target host before running them). Instead, place it

[ansible-project] Re: win_template always changing?

Hi I have noticed this behaviour when running the windows integration tests. As far as I can tell it is something that has started happening relatively recently. What version of ansible are you using? Many thanks, Jon On Monday, 29 February 2016 11:39:43 UTC, Chris Bennett wrote: > > Hi

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible gets stuck during first npm install

I have the exact same problem. Doing: - name: update node packages npm: path=/my-path Makes the playbook get stuck, so I have to manually ssh and do npm install :s On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 1:55:51 PM UTC+10, an...@octonius.com wrote: > > Hi, > > Ansible gets stuck during execution

Re: [ansible-project] How to use --extra-vars option to pass host variables in ansible-playbook

No. I don't have idea in specifying it as dynamic inventory script or custom facts module. Could you please provide me an examples or documentation. On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 8:31:00 PM UTC+5:30, Tom Bamford wrote: > > On 29 Feb 2016, at 9:41 AM, Dinesh Sekar >

Re: [ansible-project] NameError: global name 'ssh_common_args' is not defined

This should be resolved now. You will need to update your git clone or however you initially installed. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Krishna Kishore Bonagiri < write2kish...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed Ansible from github and was trying to start with the > ping

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible managing Windows hosts with non admin user

Yes you are right. I tried running ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1 but it failed. I'm sorry I don't have the error message. I have little experience of Powershell, but I managed to work through the script and run the individuals settings manually. Of course I could have missed something,

[ansible-project] Ansible API : Expand variables

I have written a custom module "filter_prefix" that accepts "host" and "prefixes". I have a dictionary that looks like this - d2 = {'4.4.4.4':'10.0.0.0/8','11.0.0.0/8', '5.5.5.5':'10.0.0.0/8'} In the API script, I have - hosts = d2.keys() device_inventory = Inventory(hosts) pb = Runner(

[ansible-project] Unable to use "os_keypair" module, while "nova keypair-add" works

Hey guys! Ansible is AWESOME!:-D I'm planning to move away from running "shell:" via Ansible, in favor of native modules, but, it is not working, as follows... Can someone explain to me, why this task works: --- - name: ubuntu | uploading SSH Keypair into OpenStack environment: "{{

[ansible-project] Use requirements.yml in a lookup?

Hello! I would like to take my requirements.yml and make a config for https://github.com/beefsack/git-mirror Any idea for how to accomplish this? I thought about using a lookup somehow, but with requirements.yml already being YAML maybe there is a better way? Basically I'd like to take each

[ansible-project] delegate_to not working after fix released

Hello, Experiencing issues with delegate_to in ansible 2.0, after some research I found the ticket https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12127 where my issues is described exactly. I noticed today that the fix was released in v 2.0.1.0, upgraded my ansible but experience the same issue.

[ansible-project] Prevent caching when calling ansible 2.0 from Python API

Hi all, our general setup is based on the idea to have an ansible environment with roles and vars and everything, that can be used both by command line and also programatically from python. It was quite easy with ansible 1.9, but i struggle to get it with newer ansible 2.0. Here is the point, i

[ansible-project] NameError: global name 'ssh_common_args' is not defined

Hi, I recently installed Ansible from github and was trying to start with the ping command, "ansible all -m ping -vvv" but it is throwing this error. I could not find the reason, can someone please give a hint on why is it happening or how to fix this? Using

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible 2.0.1 OpenStack network module issue with static IP's

You should be able to use the os_port.py module to first create a port with your static IP. Then use the port ID returned by setting 'port-id' in the 'nics' parameter of the os_server.py module. This method assumes you have a neutron service running. Supporting nova networking only would

[ansible-project] Ansible networking preview update 2.0.0-0.2 is available

Hi Everyone, As you undoubtedly heard we released the first version of Ansible 2.0 with networking support as a technology preview at AnsibleFest London. In case you missed the announcement, details can be found here (

Re: [ansible-project] How to use --extra-vars option to pass host variables in ansible-playbook

On 29 Feb 2016, at 9:41 AM, Dinesh Sekar wrote: > > Yes. If I give the arguments as below, then it would be normal variables or > global variables. > > ansible-playbook -i hosts .yaml --extra-vars > '{"management_interface":{"int": "em0","ip": "192.168.56.3"}}' >

[ansible-project] Re: Galaxy 2.0.1 Release

Galaxy upgrade completed. w00t! --c On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 10:36:16 AM UTC-5, Chris Houseknecht wrote: > > Smarter people than me pointed out that Monday morning would be better. > They may be right. Galaxy 2.0.1 will release Monday morning at 7:30AM EST. > > --c > > On Friday,

[ansible-project] win_template always changing?

Hi there, I've just starting hitting some Windows hosts with Ansible & winrm and when I use the win_template module, it changes every run: conf: == - name: Install nxlog.conf template win_template:

[ansible-project] Ansible docker module does not allow me to use bind mode :Z

When i try to run the following task: - name: start docker container docker: name: container image: img state: started expose: - 8301:8182 volumes: - /mydata/folder:/opt/mydata/:Z Ansible poses an error - {"changed": false,

[ansible-project] Re: Ansible windows modules

Hi Quang, you can also try to extract the x64-Windows8.1-KB2934520-x64.msu, which will give you the Windows8.1-KB2934520-x64.cab. For the installation try this: DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\Temp\Windows8.1-KB2934520-x64.cab /NoRestart /Quiet You'll have to reboot the server