Thank you. Yes. we can fetch using powershell. I was wondering why wild card support given in the documentation is not working. Now I am able to use '*' like given in the first example below and it works. But the second example given in the documentation doesn't work.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_dns_client_module.html - name: Set multiple lookup addresses on all visible adapters (usually physical adapters that are in the Up state), with debug logging to a file win_dns_client: adapter_names: '*' - name: Configure all adapters whose names begin with Ethernet to use DHCP-assigned DNS values win_dns_client: adapter_names: 'Ethernet*' On Thursday, 13 August 2020 01:43:11 UTC+5:30, J Hawkesworth wrote: > > You proably need to fetch the adaptor name which you can do with > Get-NetAdapter powershell command > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/netadapter/get-netadapter?view=win10-ps > > then pass that to the module parameters. > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 11:39:57 AM UTC+1, Prakash PMS wrote: >> >> >> ansible 2.9.6 on ubuntu 20.04 >> >> On Wednesday, 12 August 2020 16:05:44 UTC+5:30, Dick Visser wrote: >>> >>> what ansible version are you running >>> >>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 12:15, Prakash PMS <praka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > when wild card is used for adapter_names in win_dns_client to set DNS >>> in windows machines, it is not recognizing the interface. >>> > >>> > tasks: >>> > - name: Set DNS to Primary Domain Controller >>> > win_dns_client: >>> > adapter_names: 'tap*' >>> > ipv4_addresses: '{{ ad_domain_server }}' >>> > >>> > Following is the error. >>> > >>> > TASK [Set DNS to Primary Domain Controller] >>> ************************************ >>> > An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full >>> traceback, use -vvv. The error was: at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 207 >>> > fatal: [X.X.X.X]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unhandled >>> exception while executing module: Invalid network adapter name: tap*"} >>> > >>> > The documentation says wild card is supported and also given example >>> for Ethernet*. When windows instances are provisioned in openstack or kvm >>> using redhat virtio driver, it creates interface with tapxxx format. >>> > >>> > Regards >>> > Prakash >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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...@googlegroups.com. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5b186bd8-10de-42ea-97e1-24153555914ao%40googlegroups.com. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dick Visser >>> Trust & Identity Service Operations Manager >>> GÉANT >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/ace67023-fa5e-45f2-aa1b-2881e32921f7o%40googlegroups.com.
