Access Denied Error while installing SQLServer using Ansible on remote Windows host.

Hi All,

i am trying to install SQLServer in silent mode on remote windows machine using ansible. in middle of execution its failed with below error. my target host is Azure Windows.

2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Action: Calculating default service account for AS engine Service
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Data: User Name = NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Data: Role=
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Data: Is Domain Controller =False
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to determine if the password is required for account ‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to determine if the account ‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’ is Virtual Account
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to get local system account name
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to get NT account from sid S-1-5-18
2018-01-30 12:27:47,300 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to get account from sid S-1-5-18
2018-01-30 12:27:47,315 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to get account sid for user account NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
2018-01-30 12:27:47,315 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: Attempting to get sid for user account NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
2018-01-30 12:27:47,315 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Sco: GetSidForAccount normalized accountName NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM parameter to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
2018-01-30 12:27:47,315 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Data: User Name = NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM after calculating default service account.
2018-01-30 12:27:47,315 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Result: Completed calculating default service account for AS engine service
2018-01-30 12:27:47,331 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Action Scenario: Install, Feature Scenario: Install, Resolved Scenario Install
2018-01-30 12:27:47,331 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Action Scenario: Install, Feature Scenario: Install, Resolved Scenario Install
2018-01-30 12:27:47,347 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - SqlEngine: Calculating default service account for engine service. Current value of SqlAccount: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
2018-01-30 12:27:47,347 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - SqlEngine: Completed calculating default service account for engine service. Final value of SqlAccount: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
2018-01-30 12:27:47,382 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Error: Action “Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SetupExtension.FinalCalculateSettingsAction” threw an exception during execution.
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException: There was an error generating the XML document. —> Microsoft.SqlServer.Chainer.Infrastructure.ChainerInfrastructureException: There was an error generating the XML document. —> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error generating the XML document. —> System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Access is denied.
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - at System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData.Protect(Byte userData, Byte optionalEntropy, DataProtectionScope scope)
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - at Microsoft.SqlServer.Common.SqlSecureString.WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriter.WriteSerializable(IXmlSerializable serializable, String name, String ns, Boolean isNullable, Boolean wrapped)
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationWriterSqlEngineSetupPublic.Write7_SqlEngineSetupPublic(String n, String ns, SqlEngineSetupPublic o, Boolean isNullable, Boolean needType)
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationWriterSqlEngineSetupPublic.Write8_SqlEngineSetupPublic(Object o)
2018-01-30 12:27:47,393 [StandardOutput] INFO PATools - — End of inner exception stack trace —

The problem is how do i run .exe with Run as Administrator mode using Ansible. the current execution user is a part of Administrative group only. Please suggest how do i fix this.

Please find complete installation log of SQLServer.

Thanks,
Suresh.

I tried with Win_shell and Win_command module both are giving same error.