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How can I ensure dependencies in a custom ansible module without having to copy the required libraries manually?
I have created an Ansible module, but I don't want to keep everything in one file, but split it into packages. In this respect, my custom module is dependent on these packages. When I run my playbook. ...
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Deploy artifact to multiple azure web apps using Ansible
I have jar file that i want to deploy to diffrent hosts using ansible
so i configured my inventory with the domains of my webapps
[webapps]
domainofwebapp1.com resource_group=RG web_app=WEBAPPname
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How to specify a specific package version in Ansible for apt_rpm module
Target host for Ansible is AltLinux server v10.2.
Now I do not know how to specify a specific package version for installation via apt_rpm module.
In official doc https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/...
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Ansible - Error when trying to stop a windows service with "$" in it
How to stop Windows services with special characters using Ansible win_service module?
I am facing an error when I try to stop SQL Server services using win_service module when the service has $ in it ...
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In Ansible Python module, how to differentiate between options passed as argument and options with default value?
How can you differentiate between a non-required module parameter that's passed to an Ansible Python module with a null value, and a non-required module parameter that's not given in the invocation?
E....
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After running a SQL query using the ansible mysql_query module, how do I extract the data returned?
I have a playbook that is retrieving data from a test database, but I am unable to figure out how to extract the rows returned from the database.
The whole purpose of the exercise is to pull the value ...
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Ansible Custom Module: How to implement conditional parameter?
I want to create a Custom Module call API which will take
action: get or search
resource: car/truck/plane/ship
optional parameters - dynamic parameter based on action and resource
For example if ...
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Using a shared file in multiple ansible modules
I am currently developing a number of Ansible modules using Python.
My directory structure looks like this:
/
playbook.yml
library/
module1.py
module2.py
Using this, I can run the ...
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What are Ansible module attributes?
Each Ansible module's documentation page has an "Attributes" section.
For example, here is the one for the command module. It has these attributes: check_mode, diff_mode, platform and raw.
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Ansible-Lint warning for custom module argument exception
I have a custom module to manage Keycloak realms. That module takes a long list of arguments including a sub-dictionary for smtp_server:
def keycloak_argument_spec():
return dict(
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How do I get the latest Amazon LInux 2 ami using Ansible?
I'm using Ansible to provision AWS EC2 instances with the Amazon.Aws collection. On the cli, if I want to get the latest Amazon Linux 2 AMI I may run something like this:
$ aws ec2 describe-images \
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How to use the options `sourcelist`, `sourceparts`, `List-Cleanup` in Ansible `apt` module?
I want to run the following apt command via an Ansible module.
apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist="sources.list.d/mypackages.list" -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="-" -o APT::Get::...
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How to access tasks parameters from an Ansible task in the Python module code?
Is it possible to access Ansible tasks parameters from the Python module code?
Specifically, I would like to check if there is a register on the task in order to return a more complete info set.
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Ansible should only print 'FAILED' after completion of all retries in until loop, not for every iteration
I have an Ansible task almost identical to the top answer here: Ansible playbook wait until all pods running
- name: Wait for all control-plane pods become created
shell: "kubectl get po --...
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Ansible - recursive argument_spec
I'm trying to create a role with argument validation via the meta/arguments_spec.yml file, and I'd like a user to be able to pass in a tree of arbitrary depth as one of the arguments. In other words, ...
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Pass Ansible variables into custom Ansible module
I have a custom module that resides in the library/ directory of my Ansible role. I can call the module from within my playbook, and the code executes correctly, but only if the values it expects are ...
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How to get args for an ansible module written in bash?
I wrote an ansible module is bash. It is working fine, but if want to pass arguments to that module and read them in the bash module how can I do that .. please help
- name: get top processes ...
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Ansible modules parameter syntax
Why is it that on the playbook.yml under the command task to be executed, some modules have a quotation mark while some does not?
For example, if you check the syntax below, the module line is with ...
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Can I specify that an argument can't be used with a specific choice in Ansible module spec?
I'm looking for a way of specifying that a module argument can't be used if another argument has a certain value.
You can specify required_if to require an argument if another argument has a specific ...
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Kubernetes Module appears to be missing but looks like it is installed
I get this error:
ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'kubernetes.core.k8s'. This often indicates a misspelling, missing collection, or incorrect module path.
However, I thought I installed it and ...
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Ansible module for Brocade/ICX is misbehaving
I've to perform some network automation in my infra using ansible.
When I'm trying to use ansible module for icx switches it seems to be misbehaving.
Playbook I used
---
- name: ICX switch testing
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Ansible - Filter Dictionary Values
I have gathered the list of all users using getent_module:
- name: Get user info
getent:
database: passed
This returns this variable as getent_passwd, a dictionary like this:
{
"uuidd&...
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Ansible check disk space of a folder
Is there a module that allows me to check disk space of a folder like the command df -h /path/to/folder?
I want to avoid using the shell or command module, I can't believe there is no module for it.
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Problem while comparing two arrays due to unecessary chars
I have to two array from mysql query and I want to make a host comparison.
For example, the result of mysql result is like list1 & list2.
- name:
set_fact:
list1:
- host: '[\"X....
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Enhacing a playbook by storing the hostname of the changed machines locally
I am trying to enhance my playbook by storing the hostname of the changed machines locally, and I want to use as much as possible of the ansible module that is why I choosed the usage of th copy ...
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