I would recommend trying the win_package module which can take properties and, if you capture the product_id you can use that in your playbook to make sure it only attempts installation once.
Hope this helps, Please report back if this works for you so others can learn from your experience. Many thanks Jon On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 04:02:23 UTC, Quang Truong wrote: > > Hi all, > > I start learning Ansible to run some deployment tasks on Windows platform. > I encounter some hiccups with Windows modules as below: > > - Install the executable package (.NET 4.5.2 framework) > > > - I download the offline installer ( > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642) then > run the installation with a raw command from my playbook then it return an > error ("rc": 16389) > > failed: [x.x.x.x] => {"rc": 16389} > stdout: An error was encountered. > > > Unspecified error > > > - I did some searching then this error might relate to the cache size > then I use the Web installation ( > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42643) then > Ansible can run the package and download the package in middle then throw > an error ("rc" 5) (something relates to access denied). I try to use with > administrator account for the host inventory but no luck with that move > > - Install an MSI with properties > > > - I try to use win_msi module and see the win_msi.ps1 script that > execute the installation by "msiexec.exe /i $params.path /qb /l > $logfile $extra_args;" so I try to input the properties within the path > parameter, for ex: C:\tool.msi property1=A perty2=b. However, seems my > syntax is not correct with the parse function then I got this error > > This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package > exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to > verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package. > > > - Then I try to run the raw command in playbook: raw: msiexec.exe /i > C:\Tool.msi property1=a property2=b /qn . This way can install this msi, > in > conclusion, we can't not the win_msi module at the moment for installation > with properties? > > > Thank you very much for your help > Quang > -- 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/29f920ba-f062-48a4-a0b9-c74bdea19d18%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
