Not able to connect windows server due to the Error "module_stderr": "An error occurred while creating the pipeline.\r\n"," while trying with win_ping

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Hi,

I am trying to do ping test to some windows machine using win_ping but getting the below error when i run the ping yml.

$ansible win_prod -i /tmp/winhosts.yml -m win_ping -k
[WARNING] Ansible is in a world writable directory (/tmp), ignoring it as an ansible.cfg source.
SSH password:
Friday 14 September 2018 20:19:32 +0200 (0:00:00.053) 0:00:00.053 ******
abcd01.com | FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“module_stderr”: “An error occurred while creating the pipeline.\r\n”,
“module_stdout”: “”,
“msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”,
“rc”: 1
}

[win]
abcd01.com

[win:vars]
ansible_user=xxx@abc.com

ansible_connection=winrm
ansible_port=5986
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=‘ignore’
ansible_winrm_transport=ntlm

I tried to connect through ‘ntlm’ since its a AD account and the same way i am able connected to other hosts successfully which are under same domain. But not able to connect only this host.

Please help to solve the above issue.

regards,
Usha.

2

Can you run with -vvvvv as that will show more info on the connection process that can help identify your issue.

3

Hi Jordan,

Executed with -vvvvv…please check the below output:

$ ansible win_prod -i /tmp/winhosts.yml -m win_ping -k -vvvvv
[WARNING] Ansible is in a world writable directory (/tmp), ignoring it as an ansible.cfg source.
ansible 2.6.1
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [‘/home/uyerra/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.4 (default, Jul 10 2018, 11:29:28) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
SSH password:
setting up inventory plugins
Parsed /tmp/winhosts.yml inventory source with ini plugin
Loading callback plugin minimal of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal.py
Loading callback plugin profile_tasks of type aggregate, v2.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py
META: ran handlers
Tuesday 18 September 2018 09:50:30 +0200 (0:00:00.053) 0:00:00.053 *****
Using module file /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win_ping.ps1
<abcd.xxx.com> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: user@xxx.com on PORT 5986 TO abcd.xxx.com
checking if winrm_host abcd.xxx.com is an IPv6 address
<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM CONNECT: transport=ntlm endpoint=https://abcd.xxx.com:5986/wsman
<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM OPEN SHELL: 6C0BD575-66ED-4E41-A232-740078229E47
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM EXEC ‘PowerShell’ [‘-NoProfile’, ‘-NonInteractive’, ‘-ExecutionPolicy’, ‘Unrestricted’, ‘-’]
<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM RESULT ‘<Response code 1, out “”, err “An error occurred wh”>’
<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM CLOSE SHELL: 6C0BD575-66ED-4E41-A232-740078229E47
abcd.xxx.com | FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“module_stderr”: “An error occurred while creating the pipeline.\r\n”,
“module_stdout”: “”,
“msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”,
“rc”: 1
}
Tuesday 18 September 2018 09:50:32 +0200 (0:00:01.632) 0:00:01.685 *****

4

Hi Jordan,

Could you please help on the below?

regards,
Usha

5

Not sure, there’s nothing really being returned in the output that tells us what is happening. It sounds like PowerShell itself is broken or not working properly and I recommend you rebuild the host if it is just the one.

The error is occurring when first starting the task and hasn’t even reached the module execution part.

Thanks

Jordan