maybe this might be a bit more insight: ansible windows -m win_ping -vvvv
<10.40.1.31> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: *root* on PORT 5986 TO XXXXXXX <10.40.1.31> WINRM CONNECT: transport=plaintext endpoint=https://XXXXX:5986/wsman <10.40.1.31> WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: 500 WinRMTransport. [Errno 111] Connection refused 10.40.1.31 | FAILED => 500 WinRMTransport. [Errno 111] Connection refused I've got a group_var/windows.yml: ansible_user: user@domain.local ansible_password: XXXXXXXX ansible_port: 5986 ansible_connection: winrm # The following is necessary for Python 2.7.9+ when using default WinRM self-signed certificates: ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 4:01:55 PM UTC-5, Nikhil Shah wrote: > > > > Feb 2, 12:42 > > Hello, > > I followed the guidelines in setting up a windows node. > http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_windows.html#windows-system-prep > > I am using Windows 2008 R2, which had PowerShell 2.0 installed; I upgraded > to PowerShell 4.0 (since the requirements said PowerShell 3.0).... > > When trying to run ansible, I am running the following and getting the > below listed error message: > > ansible-playbook -i hosts ipconfig.yml --ask-vault > Vault password: > > PLAY [test raw module] > ******************************************************** > > TASK: [run ipconfig] > ********************************************************** > fatal: [qa-codegen01.theorchard.local] => 500 WinRMTransport. [Errno 111] > Connection refused > > FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting > > > > Note - I went ahead and enabled winRM and configured with the following > settings: > > winrm quickconfig -q > > winrm set winrm/config/winrs '@{MaxMemoryPerShellMB="300"}' > > winrm set winrm/config '@{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"}' > > winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}' > > winrm set winrm/config/service/auth '@{Basic="true"}' > > > -- 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/b8d26c35-3223-4d9b-b2b4-0686f158a983%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
