# current devel branch does not work on windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [September 10, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233 "2015-09-10T20:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/1 "2015-09-10T20:15:44Z")
The last working commit I can find which works on windows is ca e2e9319f06b058098cdf4272689766abb95b80f2 ([https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/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\\System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObjectSystem.Object\1\Preparing modules for first use.0-1-1Completed-1 \\\1\Preparing modules for first use.0-1-1Completed-1 \/usr/bin/python : The term ‘/usr/bin/python’ is not recognized as the name of _x000D\_\_x000A_\a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of _x000D\_\_x000A_\the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try _x000D\_\_x000A_\again._x000D\_\_x000A_\At line:1 char:7\_x000D\_\_x000A\_\+ Try { /usr/bin/python "C:\Users\ansible\AppData\Local\Temp\ansible-tm …_x000D\_\_x000A_\+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _x000D\_\_x000A_\ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (/usr/bin/python:String) , Par _x000D\_\_x000A_\ entContainsErrorRecordException\_x000D\_\_x000A\_\ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException\_x000D\_\_x000A\_\ _x000D\_\_x000A_", “parsed”: false ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Church1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@Chris\_Church1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Chris_Church1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/2 "2015-09-11T02:01:59Z")
We're aware. It seems [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4b895f04e398deb9c156d4e8b6435073fc2e6f18](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4b895f04e398deb9c156d4e8b6435073fc2e6f18) broke the lookup for PowerShell modules. ---
**Author:** ![Balaji\_Chandrababu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Balaji\_Chandrababu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balaji_Chandrababu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/3 "2016-02-02T14:11:57Z")
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 … - ```auto ``` 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 ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/4 "2016-02-02T14:36:07Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Balaji\_Chandrababu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Balaji\_Chandrababu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Balaji_Chandrababu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/5 "2016-02-02T15:57:13Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/6 "2016-02-02T17:09:14Z")
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](http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_delegation.html) Hope this helps, Jon ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/7 "2016-02-02T17:26:42Z")
Looks like this is the github issue for tracking this: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14233](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14233) ---
**Author:** ![sbrelsfoard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sbrelsfoard](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sbrelsfoard)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/8 "2016-10-13T17:15:44Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Sayali\_Patki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sayali\_Patki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sayali_Patki)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/9 "2017-03-21T09:30:47Z")
Hi, I am facing same issue. Have you found the solution? ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/10 "2017-03-21T09:40:22Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Sayali\_Patki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Sayali\_Patki](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sayali_Patki)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/11 "2017-03-21T11:42:57Z")
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 … - ```auto ``` fatal: [[ec2-52-200-207-123.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://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 ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/current-devel-branch-does-not-work-on-windows/19233/12 "2017-03-21T13:14:15Z")
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.