Trending 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 playbook to check if http support for apt is installed

Hi @Hannah, this ansible task should do ...READ MORE

Nov 25, 2019 in Ansible by Aria
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Ansible task to know if a path exists and if its a directory

Hi @Nisha, use the stat module provided ...READ MORE

Apr 2, 2019 in Ansible by Alok
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Ansible playbook to start or stops a Liberty Profile server in WebSphere deployment

Check this out: - name: Start liberty_server: ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2019 in Ansible by Tanya
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Playbook to install and start nginx on ubuntu

Write your playbook like this: --- - hosts: droplets ...READ MORE

Mar 15, 2019 in Ansible by Deep
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How to create AMI from running instance using ansible?

Hi, I need to take AMI(amazon machine ...READ MORE

Sep 9, 2019 in Ansible by Lakshminarayanan
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edited Sep 9, 2019 by Lakshminarayanan 4,350 views
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Variables needed to write ansible playbook to install Mysql and mariadb on ubuntu

You need three main variables, one to ...READ MORE

Oct 24, 2019 in Ansible by Bob
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Error saying "Failed to find required executable gpg in paths"

Hey @Nisha, according to your error, your ...READ MORE

Mar 13, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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Can we run parallel jobs in Ansible

Running parallel tasks in Ansible is not ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
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ansible playbook that installs or uninstalls IBM Installation Manager

have a look at this ansible-playbook. It ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2019 in Ansible by Yesha
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ansible playbook to create and remove a WebSphere Application Server Node Agent profile

This should workout: - name: Create profile_nodeagent: ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2019 in Ansible by Tanishq
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Pass sudo password while executing Ansible playbook

Hey @Bob, try something like this: ansible-playbook playbook.yml ...READ MORE

Jul 22, 2019 in Ansible by Akash
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logic that creates or removes a Liberty server at the runtime - Ansible for WebSphere deployment

You can use the ansible module called ...READ MORE

Oct 30, 2019 in Ansible by Tanya
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Ansible error "Could not find aptitude. Using apt-get instead"

Hey @Hita, use the apt module to ...READ MORE

Aug 26, 2019 in Ansible by Jinu
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I am trying to installing an ubuntu instance hosted in Vultr. Apparently my SSL certificate is failing.

The cert.pem file is a somehow moving to ...READ MORE

Oct 15, 2019 in Ansible by Yogesh

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Ansible playbook to copy database dump file to remote host and restore it to another database

Hey @Pavan, you can use the following ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
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How to write a playbook for websphere deployment?

Oct 19, 2019 in Ansible by Rajendra
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Ansible task to copy file to S3 bucket

Hey @Adarsh, try this task definition: --- - hosts: ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Ansible by Vish
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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 is the difference between tags and delegate_to in ansible?

Hey @Rajendra, If you wish to perform ...READ MORE

Sep 24, 2019 in Ansible by Kalgi
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Error while creating resource group on Azure using Ansible

Please check you indentation, remove all spaces ...READ MORE

Mar 17, 2020 in Ansible by Shrikant Yerge
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Ansible playbook to create a new database

Hi pravalika, its pretty simple.  You just ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Ansible by Trvais
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what is the difference between tags and delegate_to in ansible? [closed]

Sep 23, 2019 in Ansible by Rajendra
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closed Sep 24, 2019 by Kalgi 1,024 views
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Ansible playbook to create an S3 bucket

Hey @Alok, an ansible task like this ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Ansible by Vish
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How do I configure a jump host to access servers that I have no direct access to?

You can set a ProxyCommand in the ansible_ssh_common_args inventory variable. Any ...READ MORE

Jan 31, 2019 in Ansible by Mahir
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How to launch ec2 instance with allocating EIP?

I have tried to launch EC2 instance ...READ MORE

Sep 10, 2019 in Ansible by Lakshminarayanan
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ansible playbook: using multiple variables in loops

Use an indexed hostname, and then define ...READ MORE

Jul 16, 2018 in Ansible by DareDev
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Ansible playbook for a shall script

You can convert a shell script to ...READ MORE

Aug 26, 2019 in Ansible by Anjali
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Ansible task to determine if a path exists and is a symlink

Hi @neha, you can write your task ...READ MORE

Apr 2, 2019 in Ansible by Alok
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Error "script not found" when suing ansible playbook to start an application using pm2

I have written an ansible task to ...READ MORE

Sep 4, 2019 in Ansible by Tara
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Delete an object from a bucket - ansible playbook

You have to use the following task ...READ MORE

Aug 26, 2019 in Ansible by Hari
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Ansible playbook to delete multiple S3 buckets

Hey @Hari, you can use the following ...READ MORE

Aug 30, 2019 in Ansible by Chris
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Ansible Error "ERROR! 'vars_files' is not a valid attribute for a PlaybookInclude"

vars_files is not supported for included playbooks ...READ MORE

Jun 3, 2019 in Ansible by Tara
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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
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Getting error when using Ansible playbook. error message: “msg”: “boto required for this module”

Hey @Vardhan, you're missing out on the ...READ MORE

Mar 29, 2019 in Ansible by Himanshu
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ansible playbook to get get a specific version of an s3 object

You can use an ansible task, something ...READ MORE

Aug 26, 2019 in Ansible by Rhea
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How to create MySQL tables using Ansible?

--- - hosts: dbserver   tasks:    - name: create a table ...READ MORE

Mar 19, 2019 in Ansible by Ankit Tyagi
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1 master 10 clients - run ansible playbook only on 5

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

Aug 8, 2019 in Ansible by Tanya
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Use parameters stored in aws parameter store in ansible playbook

Use aws_ssm module for this purpose: - name: ...READ MORE

Jul 23, 2019 in Ansible by Vishnu
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it will executing but skipping the tomcat and Jenkins

---   - hosts: all     become: yes     tasks:       - name: installing tools         yum: ...READ MORE

Aug 17, 2019 in Ansible by Rajendra
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Delete an object/file from an s3 bucket

Hey @Jinu, you can try the following ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Ansible by Barbara
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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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Ansible playbook for moving files from one node to another remote node

The best way to do this is: copy ...READ MORE

Jan 16, 2019 in Ansible by Nigya

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What is the difference between the host file and an inventory file in ansible?

Actually both are same. hosts file is ...READ MORE

Feb 12, 2019 in Ansible by Amith
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Get MD5 checksum of a windows file using Ansible

Hi @Travis, you can use the win_stat ...READ MORE

Jun 11, 2019 in Ansible by Greg
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How do I access environment variables in Ansible?

Yes @Nagray, you're right! You can access ...READ MORE

Jan 24, 2019 in Ansible by Tessie
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Install Ansible using cygwin

Follow these steps to install ansible using ...READ MORE

Jan 10, 2019 in Ansible by Kush
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What are the SCM tools supported by jenkins?

Hey @Jugnu, below are Source code management ...READ MORE

Feb 13, 2019 in Ansible by Imran
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