win_ping it is, I'll stop messing with ping itself then.

So my question surrounding win_ping still stands, I'm getting a 
StackOverflowError back after the process hangs for an extended period. Any 
more insights from anyone before I head over to the github and post it as a 
possible bug/issue?


On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 1:03:43 PM UTC-4, Matthew Davis wrote:
>
> Definitely a bit of a Rube Goldberg setup there, but no reason it 
> shouldn't work. The big problem is that you need to be using the Windows 
> modules to manage the Windows host (eg, win_ping, not ping).
>
> On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 11:39:16 AM UTC-7, Taylor Jackwood wrote:
>>
>> Afternoon!
>>
>> I am attempting to set up an Ansible Docker container for managing both 
>> other containers running in Docker, as well as my host machine (Running 
>> Windows 10).
>>
>> Using Ansible 2.8, I'm attempting to get the SSH connection to my host 
>> machine to work, as using WinRM isn't ideal for my scenario. I have set up 
>> OpenSSH Server on my machine, and done all of the steps to allow SSH 
>> tunneling from my container to my host machine. I can even go so far as to 
>> "docker exec -it ansible bash" into my container, then run an "ssh 
>> dockerhost" command, and it successfully uses my SSH keys to authenticate 
>> and SSH back into my host machine.
>>
>> My problem comes when I attempt to use Ansible from inside the container 
>> to ping my host machine. Whenever I try to run "ansible dockerhost -m 
>> ping", I'm met with this error:
>>
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> *dockerhost | FAILED! => {*
>> *    "changed": false,*
>> *    "module_stderr": "Exception calling \"Create\" with \"1\" 
>> argument(s): \"At line:4 char:21*
>> *+ def _ansiballz_main():*
>> *+                     ~*
>> *An expression was expected after '('.*
>> *At line:13 char:27*
>> *+     except (AttributeError, OSError):*
>> *+                           ~*
>> *Missing argument in parameter list.*
>> *At line:15 char:7*
>> *+     if scriptdir is not None:*
>> *+       ~*
>> *Missing '(' after 'if' in if statement.*
>> *At line:22 char:7*
>> *+     if sys.version_info < (3,):*
>> *+*
>> *     ~*
>> *Missing '(' after 'if' in if statement.*
>> *At line:22 char:30*
>> *+     if sys.version_info < (3,):*
>> *+*
>> *                 ~*
>> *Missing expression after ','.*
>> *At line:22 char:25*
>> *+     if sys.version_info < (3,):*
>> *+*
>> *              ~*
>> *The '<' operator is reserved for future use.*
>> *At line:24 char:32*
>> *+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)*
>> *+                                ~*
>> *Missing expression after ','.*
>> *At line:24 char:33*
>> *+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)*
>> *+                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
>> *Unexpected token 'imp.PY_SOURCE' in expression or statement.*
>> *At line:24 char:32*
>> *+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)*
>> *+*
>> *    ~*
>> *Missing closing ')' in expression.*
>> *At line:24 char:46*
>> *+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)*
>> *+*
>> *                                          ~*
>> *Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement.*
>> *Not all parse errors were reported.  Correct the reported errors and 
>> try *
>> *again.\"*
>> *At line:6 char:1*
>> *+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])*
>> *+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
>> *    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], 
>> MethodInvocationException*
>> *    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException*
>>  
>> *The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that 
>> was not *
>> *valid. It must result in a command name, a script block, or a 
>> CommandInfo *
>> *object.*
>> *At line:7 char:2*
>> *+ &$exec_wrapper*
>> *+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
>> *    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException*
>> *    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression*
>> * ",*
>> *    "module_stdout": "",*
>> *    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",*
>> *    "rc": 1*
>> *}*
>>
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> I've also attempted this same ping test using the win_ping module, but 
>> get a different failed result. The command hangs for an extended period of 
>> time, then eventually returns with this error:
>>
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> *<dockerhost> (1, '', '#< CLIXML\r\n\nProcess is terminated due to 
>> StackOverflowException.\n')*
>> *<dockerhost> Failed to connect to the host via ssh: #< CLIXML*
>>
>> *Process is terminated due to StackOverflowException.*
>> *The full traceback is:*
>> *Traceback (most recent call last):*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 
>> 144, in run*
>> *    res = self._execute()*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_executor.py", line 
>> 648, in _execute*
>> *    result = self._handler.run(task_vars=variables)*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/action/normal.py", line 
>> 46, in run*
>> *    result = merge_hash(result, 
>> self._execute_module(task_vars=task_vars, wrap_async=wrap_async))*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py", line 
>> 917, in _execute_module*
>> *    res = self._low_level_execute_command(cmd, sudoable=sudoable, 
>> in_data=in_data)*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py", line 
>> 1060, in _low_level_execute_command*
>> *    rc, stdout, stderr = self._connection.exec_command(cmd, 
>> in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/connection/ssh.py", line 
>> 1188, in exec_command*
>> *    stderr = _parse_clixml(stderr)*
>> *  File 
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/shell/powershell.py", 
>> line 46, in _parse_clixml*
>> *    clixml = ET.fromstring(data.split(b"\r\n", 1)[-1])*
>> *  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1311, in XML*
>> *    parser.feed(text)*
>> *  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1659, in feed*
>> *    self._raiseerror(v)*
>> *  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1523, in 
>> _raiseerror*
>> *    raise err*
>> *ParseError: syntax error: line 2, column 0*
>>
>> *dockerhost | FAILED! => {*
>> *    "msg": "Unexpected failure during module execution.",*
>> *    "stdout": ""*
>> *}*
>>
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> ==========================================================================================================================
>>
>> So I'm at a bit of a loss. I can independently confirm that the SSH setup 
>> works, since I can SSH into and out of the Ansible container at will. I 
>> also believe I set everything up correctly in terms of using the 
>> experimental SSH connection to a Windows host.
>>
>> My questions are these:
>>
>> 1) Is the ping command supposed to work with the Windows SSH feature? Or 
>> am I looking to just make the win_ping module work correctly?
>> 2) Is there something I'm missing in my setup? Or is this possibly a bug 
>> I should report on the GitHub?
>>
>> Thanks! And let me know if I can provide any additional details.
>>
>> Ansible Version: 2.8
>> Host Machine: Windows 10 Pro
>>
>> =============================================================
>> My hosts file:
>> *[host]*
>> *dockerhost ansible_user=TJackwood*
>>
>> *[host:vars]*
>> *ansible_connection=ssh*
>> *ansible_shell_type=cmd*
>> *ansible_python_interpreter='C:\Program Files\Python\Python3.6.4'*
>>
>> *[dockerContainers]*
>> *ansible ansible_connection=local*
>> *apache-wls ansible_connection=docker*
>> *oracle11g ansible_connection=docker*
>> *mock-vadir ansible_connection=docker*
>> *alt-idp ansible_connection=docker*
>> =============================================================
>> My .ssh config file within the Ansible container:
>> *Host **
>> *    # disable host key checking: avoid asking for the keyprint 
>> authenticity*
>> *    StrictHostKeyChecking no*
>> *    UserKnownHostsFile /root/.ssh/known_hosts*
>> *    #enable hashing known_host file*
>> *    HashKnownHosts yes*
>> *    # IdentityFile allows to specify exactly which private key I wish to 
>> use for authentification*
>> *    IdentityFile /root/.ssh/ch33-shared-rsa*
>>
>> *Host dockerhost*
>> *    HostName host.docker.internal*
>> *    User TJackwood*
>> *    Port 22*
>> =============================================================
>>
>>

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