cannot get win_template to work

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someone please help me out. I cannot get win_template or win_copy to work. I’m able to do a simple ipconfig test to confirm that ansible is working with windows I’ve got some powershell scripts that I need to have in a template with vars so I can put them on the windows box and run them. I’ve got a roles structure setup

when I do this>>

  • name: check file dir
    win_stat: path=C:\temp
    register: win_test

  • name: debug
    debug: var=win_test

output of the debug

ok: [172.16.0.81] => {
“var”: {
“win_test”: {
“changed”: false,
“invocation”: {
“module_args”: “path=C:\temp”,
“module_name”: “win_stat”
},
“stat”: {
“exists”: true,
“isdir”: true
}
}
}
}

  • name: copy template
    win_template: dest=C:\temp src=“{{ template_ps1 }}”

but when I try and use the win_template I get:
“ERROR: win_template is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler”

2

Hi Jake,

Seems like the win_template module was readded 6 days back , are you testing this in the latest devel branch ?

  • Benno
3

Thanks for the reply, I’ve got a work around but do need to figure out what was going wrong:

  • name: create script locally
    local_action: template dest=“{{ my_dest }}” src=“{{ my_template }}”

  • name: run ps script on remote
    script: “{{ my_ps_script }}”

4

Which ansible version are you using?

1.9.1 contains the action plugin for win_template, but needs win_file and win_copy modules to work, which weren’t included in that release.

I just pushed a couple of PRs to improve win_copy / win_file / win_template and would be grateful for any feedback if you could test.

PRs are:

ansible/ansible#11086
and
#1438

Jon