Ansible¶

Knowledge Base¶

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AWX¶

Windows¶

Enable Windows Host¶

To enable a windows host in order to be connected by ansible, run the following in PowerShell:

$url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
$file = "$env:temp\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
(New-Object -TypeName System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $file)
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File $file -Verbose -EnableCredSSP

And, add user to be used as ansible_user within AWX, with administrative privileges.

AWX Configuration¶

Configure ansible vars at HOST or GROUP level

---
ansible_user: <administrator user @ windows host>
ansible_password: <administrator password @ windows host>
ansible_connection: winrm
ansible_winrm_transport: credssp
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore

Helpful Commands¶

Enumerate WinRM Listener

winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener

Current service configuration options

winrm get winrm/config/Service
winrm get winrm/config/Winrs

Enable CREDSSP

Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server -Force
Set-Item -Path "WSMan:\localhost\Service\Auth\CredSSP" -Value $true