Hi When run this ansible command " ansible windows -m win_ping" I am getting the below error , please can anyone help to fix this issue
10.51.239.192 | UNREACHABLE! => { "changed": false, "msg": "Authentication or permission failure. In some cases, you may have been able to authenticate and did not have permissions on the remote directory. Consider changing the remote temp path in ansible.cfg to a path rooted in \"/tmp\". Failed command was: PowerShell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -EncodedCommand UwBlAHQALQBTAHQAcgBpAGMAdABNAG8AZABlACAALQBWAGUAcgBzAGkAbwBuACAATABhAHQAZQBzAHQACgAoAE4AZQB3AC0ASQB0AGUAbQAgAC0AVAB5AHAAZQAgAEQAaQByAGUAYwB0AG8AcgB5ACAALQBQAGEAdABoACAAJABlAG4AdgA6AHQAZQBtAHAAIAAtAE4AYQBtAGUAIAAiAGEAbgBzAGkAYgBsAGUALQB0AG0AcAAtADEANAA3ADYAMwA2ADYANgAwADEALgA1ADgALQAyADAANwA1ADgANgA1ADMANAA4ADQANgA3ADEAMgAiACkALgBGAHUAbABsAE4AYQBtAGUAIAB8ACAAVwByAGkAdABlAC0ASABvAHMAdAAgAC0AUwBlAHAAYQByAGEAdABvAHIAIAAnACcAOwA=, exited with result 1", "unreachable": true } I am trying to connect to windows (windows 2012 R2) host ip 10.51.239.192 I have created a windows.yml under /etc/ansible/group_vars , below is the connect of the yml file , in my inventory file I have added the ip of this windows host 10.51.239.192 ansible_user: Administrator ansible_password: P@ssw0rd 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 #ansible_winrm_transport: ssl using this same setting I am able to ping to another windows machine which is also windows server 2012 Thanks Arnab Chowdhury -- 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/e08ea49f-d7ac-4273-9700-3dcb87b389e4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.