Hi All,
I am trying to run a PowerShell code as ansible task and it isn’t working. The same script when run locally from the remote server works fine.
Code:
- name: Session Based Desktop Deployment - Add Servers to Server Manager
become: true
become_method: runas
become_user: “{{ DomainUser }}”
vars:
ansible_become_password: “{{ DomainPassword }}”
ansible.windows.win_powershell:
script: |
try {
Get-Process | Where-Object {$.ProcessName -eq “ServerManager.exe”} | Stop-Process -Force
$file = Get-Item “$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml”
Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $file-backup -Force
$xml = [xml] (Get-Content $file )
$newserver1 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()
$newserver1.name = “{{ DomainController }}”
$newserver1.lastUpdateTime = “$(Get-Date -Format “yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss”)”
$newserver1.status = “1”
$xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver1)
$xml.Save($file.FullName)
$newserver2 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()
$newserver2.name = “{{ RDSServer }}”
$newserver2.lastUpdateTime = “$(Get-Date -Format “yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss”)”
$newserver2.status = “1”
$xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver2)
$xml.Save($file.FullName)
}
catch {
Write-Host “Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager” -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host $.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
Error:
TASK […/roles/rds_setup : Session Based Desktop Deployment - Add Servers to Server Manager] ***
task path: /home/sre_admin/myagent/work/r1/a/provisioning-services/playbooks/made2manage/roles/rds_setup/tasks/main.yml:63
Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_powershell.ps1
Pipelining is enabled.
<10.177.38.137> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Cloudops_Admin on PORT 5985 TO 10.177.38.137
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
changed: [10.177.38.137] => {
“changed”: true,
“debug”: [],
“error”: [
{
“category_info”: {
“activity”: “Get-Item”,
“category”: “ObjectNotFound”,
“category_id”: 13,
“reason”: “ItemNotFoundException”,
“target_name”: “C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml”,
“target_type”: “String”
},
“error_details”: null,
“exception”: {
“help_link”: null,
“hresult”: -2146233087,
“inner_exception”: null,
“message”: “Cannot find path ‘C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml’ because it does not exist.”,
“source”: “System.Management.Automation”,
“type”: “System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException”
},
“fully_qualified_error_id”: “PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand”,
“output”: “Get-Item : Cannot find path ‘C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml’ \r\nbecause it does not exist.\r\nAt line:3 char:13\r\n+ $file = Get-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\ …\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\Amitab…\ServerList.xml:String) [Get-Item], \r\nItemNotFoundException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand\r\n \r\n”,
“pipeline_iteration_info”: [
0,
1
],
“script_stack_trace”: “at , : line 3”,
“target_object”: “C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml”
}
],
“failed_when_result”: false,
“host_err”: “”,
“host_out”: “Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager\nCannot bind argument to parameter ‘Path’ because it is null.\n”,
“information”: [
{
“message_data”: {
“BackgroundColor”: null,
“ForegroundColor”: {
“String”: “Yellow”,
“Type”: “System.ConsoleColor”,
“Value”: 14
},
“Message”: “Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager”,
“NoNewLine”: false
},
“source”: “Write-Host”,
“tags”: [
“PSHOST”
],
“time_generated”: “2022-12-21T15:20:48.4275023Z”
},
{
“message_data”: {
“BackgroundColor”: null,
“ForegroundColor”: {
“String”: “Yellow”,
“Type”: “System.ConsoleColor”,
“Value”: 14
},
“Message”: “Cannot bind argument to parameter ‘Path’ because it is null.”,
“NoNewLine”: false
},
“source”: “Write-Host”,
“tags”: [
“PSHOST”
],
“time_generated”: “2022-12-21T15:20:48.4431276Z”
}
],
“invocation”: {
“module_args”: {
“arguments”: null,
“chdir”: null,
“creates”: null,
“depth”: 2,
“error_action”: “continue”,
“executable”: null,
“parameters”: null,
“removes”: null,
“script”: "try {\n Get-Process | Where-Object {$.ProcessName -eq "ServerManager.exe"} | Stop-Process -Force\n $file = Get-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml"\n Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $file-backup -Force\n $xml = [xml] (Get-Content $file )\n $newserver1 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()\n $newserver1.name = "DM2MDC01.DM2MDEV.LOCAL" \n $newserver1.lastUpdateTime = "$(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss")"\n $newserver1.status = "1"\n $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver1)\n $xml.Save($file.FullName)\n $newserver2 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()\n $newserver2.name = "DM2MSAASRDS01.DM2MDEV.LOCAL" \n $newserver2.lastUpdateTime = "$(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss")"\n $newserver2.status = "1"\n $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver2)\n $xml.Save($file.FullName)\n}\ncatch {\n Write-Host "Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager" -ForegroundColor Yellow\n Write-Host $.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow \n}\n"
}
},
“output”: ,
“result”: {},
“verbose”: ,
“warning”:
}
The same command works fine when I run locally from the remote server in PowerShell ISE.
Success Expectation as it is shown:
The user is a domain administrator as well as local administrator to the remote machine.
What exactly am I doing wrong?