Installing pywinrm is included in the documentation at
http://docs.ansible.com/intro_windows.html#installing-on-the-control-machine
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Damon Overboe <damon.over...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I somewhat remember doing that too, now, but I don't see it in the
> documentation.
>
> I'm supposed to patch something else in the Windows docs, so I'll add this
> to that patch.
>
>
> On Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:34:21 PM UTC-5, Damon Overboe wrote:
>>
>> Found it:
>>
>> sudo pip install pywinrm
>>
>> ansible windows -m win_ping
>>
>> # clone1 | success >> {
>> "changed": false,
>> "ping": "pong"
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:28:31 PM UTC-5, Damon Overboe wrote:
>>>
>>> OK it is a python problem on my new host, I just don't know / remember
>>> what I did the first time around (if anything) to get winrm.
>>>
>>> Python still pukes when I tell it to install it, but on my current host,
>>> I ran:
>>>
>>> find / -name "winrm"
>>> # /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/winrm
>>>
>>> Checking on my new host, that directory is missing, so... I'm obviously
>>> missing a dependency.
>>>
>>> For now, I'm going to try copying that directory over and see how much
>>> havoc I can wreak on that server.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 28, 2014 3:24:57 PM UTC-5, Damon Overboe wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a current Linux control machine that can talk to many Windows
>>>> clients.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running from source on it (calling `. hacking/env-setup`).
>>>>
>>>> I'm now trying to bring a new Linux control host (Ubuntu 12.04) online,
>>>> calling the same Windows clients and it's failing.
>>>>
>>>> Both control hosts have Python 2.7.3.
>>>>
>>>> I took the same steps setting up this control machine; the pip installs
>>>> of the dependencies went fine.
>>>>
>>>> But, I'm attempting to win_ping any of the existing clients on the new
>>>> control, and getting the error:
>>>>
>>>> FAILED => winrm is not installed
>>>>
>>>> This control machine is in the same domain as the other control
>>>> machine, and the firewall rules on the Win clients are set to allow Domain
>>>> (and I can ping them successfully).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, that makes me think, my new Linux control machine must be missing
>>>> winrm;
>>>>
>>>> But, on both control machines:
>>>>
>>>> 1. `which winrm` returns nothing
>>>> 2. `pip install winrm` fails to find the package
>>>> 3. `easy_install winrm` also fails ".."
>>>> 4. `apt-get install winrm`: E: Unable to locate package winrm
>>>> 5. `find -name "winrm"` returns nothing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And `ansible windows -m win_ping -vvvv` doesn't provide any additional
>>>> errors or info.
>>>>
>>>> So that makes me think it's complaining about the Win clients, but, I
>>>> have them working correctly with the old control already, which is why I
>>>> was looking at the control machine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So next, just in case it is an issue where the clients were caching
>>>> their hosts credentials, I set up a new Win client, and tried connecting to
>>>> it from the new host first.
>>>>
>>>> I still get the winrm is not installed error.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So....... I tested adding a new Win client, and tried connecting to it
>>>> from the new host; no luck, same error.
>>>> I then attempted to connect to it from my old host, and it succeeded;
>>>> ping pong.
>>>>
>>>> That tells me that there is something wrong with my new control host,
>>>> but I have no idea what else to test or try to install... Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Here's the code I ran:
>>>>
>>>> # Copy configs, host files, group_vars from current host to new host;
>>>> # /etc/ansible has been created on new host, with appropriate permissions
>>>> for my user
>>>>
>>>> cd /etc/ansible
>>>> scp -r * newhost:/etc/ansible
>>>>
>>>> ssh newhost
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # On new host, prep the tools, pull & launch the source
>>>>
>>>> sudo pip install paramiko PyYAML jinja2 httplib2
>>>>
>>>> git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
>>>> cd ./ansible
>>>> source ./hacking/env-setup
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # test it, with the error on the next comment
>>>> ansible windows -m win_ping
>>>> # clone1 | FAILED => winrm is not installed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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