Thanks for the tip. In my case it would be simpler to keep everything in the hosts file.
But actually I did have the ansible_ssh vars in the etc/ansible/group_vars/windows.yml On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 12:31:25 PM UTC-5, skinnedknuckles wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting win_ping to work with or without SSL. Here are > my details... > > > CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core) > > ansible 1.8 (devel 57d2622c8c) last updated 2014/10/17 18:19:13 (GMT -500) > > > using pywinrm-0.0.3-py2.7 > > > I started winrm on the remote node using this script from Hindenes/Church > <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1> > > > windows.yml file contains... > > > ansible_ssh_user: ansible > > ansivle_ssh_pass: ansible123 > > ansible_ssh_port: 5986 > > ansible_connection: winrm > > > > hosts file contains... > > [windows] > ComputerName > > > > > This is my output when trying to run win_ping > > [ansmgr@dhcp1-60-20 ansible]$ ansible windows -m win_ping -vvvv > > <www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com>> ESTABLISH > CONNECTION FOR USER: ansmgr > > <www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com>> REMOTE_MODULE > win_ping > > <www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com>> EXEC ssh -C -tt > -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o > ControlPath=/home/ansmgr/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r -o > KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o > PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey > -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 www.example.com > <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p > $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1427994666.99-36837830948182 && chmod a+rx > $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1427994666.99-36837830948182 && echo > $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1427994666.99-36837830948182' > > www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> | FAILED => SSH > encountered an unknown error. The output was: > > OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013 > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 56: Applying options for * > > debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master > > debug1: Control socket > "/home/ansmgr/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-www.example.com-22-ansmgr" does not > exist > > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 > > debug1: Connecting to www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> > [123.123.123.123] port 22. > > debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK > > debug1: connect to address 123.123.123.123 port 22: Connection refused > > ssh: connect to host www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> > port 22: Connection refused > > > -- 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/f4f86d79-b6e0-43ee-a617-5f81feccf7a4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
