Have you prepared your Windows nodes as per documentation? Basically, yuu need to enable WinRM connections over HTTPS, and enable Baisc auth for your WinRm endpoint. Look at the documentation, there's a script that will do those things for you. I've uploaded a newer version of that script here: https://gist.github.com/trondhindenes/2cd162d4b17c2c28ec40
_Trond On Friday, October 17, 2014 5:02:06 PM UTC+2, Bryan Cochrane wrote: > 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/5a2d00b4-3009-4912-abe9-28c9764dc9f8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
