Hi Rob,
Maybe you could try this structure in your playbook file:
---
> - hosts: windows
> tasks:
> - name: install
> win_chocolatey:
> package: notepadplusplus
> state: present
> # Install git
> - win_chocolatey:
> package: git
Hope that helps.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Rob White <robwhit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nope, doesn't work.
>
> My file structure is:
>
> windows_playbook.yml
> group_vars/windows
> inventory/win
>
> My playbook:
> ---
> - name: Configure instance
> hosts: windows
> gather_facts: true
> tasks:
> - name: Install common packages from chocolatey
> win_chocolatey: package=notepadplusplus state=present
>
>
>
> group_vars/windows has:
>
> ansible_ssh_user: administrator
> ansible_ssh_pass: hidden
> ansible_ssh_port: 5986
> ansible_connection: winrm
>
> inventory/win is simply:
>
> [windows]
> 1.2.3.4
>
> Output is always:
>
> ERROR: win_chocolatey is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or
> handler
>
> I've tried specifying variables at the command line. I.e.
>
> ansible-playbook hosts_windows.yml -i inventories/windows -u administrator
> -k -c winrm
>
> It asks for the password then fails with the same error.
>
> Again, this command works fine:
>
> ansible -v windows -i inventories/windows -m win_chocolatey -c winrm -u
> administrator -k -a 'package=notepadplusplus'
>
>
> Any further suggestions welcome :)
>
>
> On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:14:18 UTC+11, Chris Church wrote:
>>
>> Trying using ansible-playbook with -c winrm, or add
>> ansible_connection=winrm to your inventory for Windows hosts.
>>
>> Ansible will only find PowerShell modules when using the winrm connection.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Rob White <robwh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> # Install common packages
>>> - name: Install common packages from chocolatey
>>> win_chocolatey:
>>> package: notepadplusplus
>>> state: present
>>> showlog: true
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 11:26:17 UTC+11, Chris Church wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Could you paste the task from your playbook that's causing the error?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Rob White <robwh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm having trouble with win_chocolatey module in a playbook.
>>>>>
>>>>> I upgraded from 1.7 to 1.9 and then ran the following successfully:
>>>>>
>>>>> ansible windows -i inventories/windows -m win_chocolatey -c winrm -u
>>>>>> administrator -k -a 'package=notepadplusplus'
>>>>>> SSH password:
>>>>>> 1.2.3.4 | success >> {
>>>>>> "changed": true,
>>>>>> "chocolatey command": "C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\bin\\choco.exe
>>>>>> install notepadplusplus -source https://chocolatey.org/api/v2/";,
>>>>>> "chocolatey_success": "true"
>>>>>
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So then I added to a playbook as per the documentation but I get the
>>>>> following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> ansible-playbook hosts_windows.yml -i inventories/windows
>>>>>> ERROR: win_chocolatey is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or
>>>>>> handler
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why would ansible see the module, but ansible-playbook fail?
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