current devel branch does not work on windows

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The last working commit I can find which works on windows is ca e2e9319f06b058098cdf4272689766abb95b80f2 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e2e9319f06b058098cdf4272689766abb95b80f2) note that I haven’t tried all of them. From the logs it looks like ansible is trying to run python code on windows:

elk.admigration.local | FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“failed”: true,
“msg”: “#< CLIXML\r\n<Objs Version="1.1.0.1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/2004/04\”><Obj S="progress" RefId="0"><TN RefId="0">System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObjectSystem.Object<I64 N="SourceId">1<PR N="Record">Preparing modules for first use.0-1-1Completed-1 <Obj S="progress" RefId="1"><TNRef RefId="0" /><I64 N="SourceId">1<PR N="Record">Preparing modules for first use.0-1-1Completed-1 <S S="Error">/usr/bin/python : The term ‘/usr/bin/python’ is not recognized as the name of x000D__x000A<S S="Error">a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of x000D__x000A<S S="Error">the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try x000D__x000A<S S="Error">again.x000D__x000A<S S="Error">At line:1 char:7_x000D__x000A_<S S="Error">+ Try { /usr/bin/python "C:\Users\ansible\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tm …x000D__x000A<S S="Error">+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~x000D__x000A<S S="Error"> + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (/usr/bin/python:String) , Par x000D__x000A<S S="Error"> entContainsErrorRecordException_x000D__x000A_<S S="Error"> + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException_x000D__x000A_<S S="Error"> x000D__x000A",
“parsed”: false

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We're aware. It seems
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4b895f04e398deb9c156d4e8b6435073fc2e6f18
broke the lookup for PowerShell modules.

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Hi Chris,

Can you tell me whether this issue is fixed in ansible version: 2.0.0.2 as I’m having an issue while running ansible playbook on aws windows instances.

My playbook looks like this:

  • name: ensure security group is present
    ec2_group:
    name: WinRM RDP
    description: Inbound WinRM and RDP
    region: “{{ target_aws_region }}”
    rules:

  • proto: tcp
    from_port: 80
    to_port: 80
    cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0

  • proto: tcp
    from_port: 5986
    to_port: 5986
    cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0

  • proto: tcp
    from_port: 3389
    to_port: 3389
    cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
    rules_egress:

  • proto: -1
    cidr_ip: 0.0.0.0/0
    register: sg_out

  • ec2_ami_find:
    region: “{{ target_aws_region }}”
    platform: windows
    virtualization_type: hvm
    owner: amazon
    name: Windows_Server-2012-R2_RTM-English-64Bit-Base-*
    no_result_action: fail
    sort: name
    sort_order: descending
    register: found_amis

None of these modules: ec2_group, ec2_ami_find work for me as it throws this error:

An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:
At line:4 char:1

  • /usr/bin/python "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tmp-145442138 …

fatal: [aws-win-host]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module_name”: “ec2_group”}, “msg”: “The term ‘/usr/bin/python’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.”}

Please tell me if I’m doing something wrong.

Thanks,
Balaji

4

I have 2.0.0.2 working fine with local windows machines.

Are you running from source? If so perhaps you need to update your submodules

Hope this helps,

Jon

5

Hi jhawkesworth,

Yes I’m running from source.

I have cloned the git repository with option set to --recursive and also i have updated the submodules using git submodule update --init --recursive.

Still it’s not working.

While checking the logs, i found that it was using /usr/bin/python in place of C:/Python27/python.

Try
{
C:/Python27/python “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tmp-1454428251.01-120917033280940\ec2_ami_find.ps1”
}
Catch

So i added this in aws_hosts file:

aws-win-host ansible_ssh_host=52.18.216.106 ansible_python_interpreter=“C:/Python27/python”

But now i get this error:

An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tmp-1454428251.01-120917033280940\ec2_ami_find.ps1”, line 484, in
import grp
ImportError: No module named grp

fatal: [aws-win-host]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module_name”: “ec2_ami_find”}, “parsed”: false}

Thanks,
Balaji

6

I am not familiar with the ec2 modules but I imagine that you need to run them on the ansible controller by using delegate_to: localhost as the scripting language used by ansible on windows hostsis powershell, not python.

I suggest reading http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_delegation.html

Hope this helps,

Jon

7

Looks like this is the github issue for tracking this: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14233

8

Balaji Chandrababu,
Did you ever figure out a resolution to this issue? I’m having the same problem and not coming up with any solutions.
Thanks,
Sam

9

Hi, I am facing same issue. Have you found the solution?

10

This is a very old thread, the original issue described here was fixed before ansible 2.0 was released (over a year ago now).

What version of ansible are you using? Are you running from source?

If you can share a specific playbook that isn’t working I can help (I use ansible against windows all the time).

Jon

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Thanks for the quick responce

I am new to ansible and to download some files from s3 bucket, using s3 module.
Ansible version 2.2.1.0

Error :

an exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:
At line:4 char:1

  • /usr/bin/python 'C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tmp-149008935 …

fatal: [ec2-52-200-207-123.compute-1.amazonaws.com]: FAILED! => {

“changed”: false,
“failed”: true,
“invocation”: {

“module_name”: “s3”

},
“msg”: “The term ‘/usr/bin/python’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.”
}

my playbook:

  • name: Downloading TcRS base kits from S3

s3:
bucket: “{{s3_bucket_app_kits}}”
object: “{{zip_base_kit_1_wnt}}”
dest: “{{dir_base_loc}}”
mode: get

Is it correct or is there any different module for windows?

Thanks,
Sayali

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Windows modules use powershell, not python so this won’t work straight onto a windows machine.

You might be able to work around it by downloading from s3 to your ansible controller and then using win_copy to copy whatever it is you want to your windows machines. But a module would save you downloading to an intermediate machine first.