# Run Ansible against a standalone Windows server

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-against-a-standalone-windows-server/23426>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [January 11, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-against-a-standalone-windows-server/23426 "2017-01-11T03:08:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric\_Chong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/eric_chong/32/9436_2.png) [@Eric\_Chong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Eric_Chong)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-against-a-standalone-windows-server/23426/1 "2017-01-11T03:08:13Z")

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Is there a way to run Ansible against a standalone Windows server that is not in a domain? The document shows how to setup kerberos with Windows domain. What if the Windows server is not in any domain?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Matt\_Davis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Davis)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/run-ansible-against-a-standalone-windows-server/23426/2 "2017-01-12T01:57:54Z")

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Kerberos only functions on domain-joined hosts. The default authtype is Basic, so as long as you have Basic auth enabled in your WinRM config (our setup script does this), you’re fine to use local users with ansible\_user/ansible\_password. You can also change the authtype to NTLM via ansible\_winrm\_transport=ntlm.