I am trying to setup windows remoting for ansible. I have Ansible version 1.7.2, ee-bryan is Windows 8.1, ee-csg is Windows Server 2012. Both have Powershell 4.
under /etc/ansible I have created hosts as [windows] ee-bryan ee-csg and I have created /etc/ansible/group_vars/windows.yml with #It is suggested that these be encrypted with ansible-vault: # ansible-vault edit group_vars/windows.yml # ansible_ssh_user: Administrator ansible_ssh_pass: password ansible_ssh_port: 5986 ansible_connection: winrm but on testing I get # ansible windows -m win_ping ee-csg.ee.ic.ac.uk | FAILED => Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 561, in _executor exec_rc = self._executor_internal(host, new_stdin) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 666, in _executor_internal return self._executor_internal_inner(host, self.module_name, self.module_args, inject, port, complex_args=complex_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 837, in _executor_internal_inner conn = self.connector.connect(actual_host, actual_port, actual_user, actual_pass, actual_transport, actual_private_key_file) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/connection.py", line 34, in connect self.active = conn.connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/winrm.py", line 132, in connect self.protocol = self._winrm_connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/winrm.py", line 90, in _winrm_connect err_msg = str(exc.args[0]) IndexError: tuple index out of range ee-bryan.ee.ic.ac.uk | FAILED => Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 561, in _executor exec_rc = self._executor_internal(host, new_stdin) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 666, in _executor_internal return self._executor_internal_inner(host, self.module_name, self.module_args, inject, port, complex_args=complex_args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/__init__.py", line 837, in _executor_internal_inner conn = self.connector.connect(actual_host, actual_port, actual_user, actual_pass, actual_transport, actual_private_key_file) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/connection.py", line 34, in connect self.active = conn.connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/winrm.py", line 132, in connect self.protocol = self._winrm_connect() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/winrm.py", line 90, in _winrm_connect err_msg = str(exc.args[0]) IndexError: tuple index out of range -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/90692532-ec85-48c9-a897-32eda1bf4e9f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.