# Support for installing Ansible on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [August 26, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129 "2019-08-26T18:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Thompson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@John\_Thompson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/1 "2019-08-26T18:39:19Z")
Hi, I have done some searching but can’t see if there is any update on supporting the installation of Ansible on Windows? I’d be interested to know if there are any plans? [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/windows\_faq.html#can-ansible-run-on-windows](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/windows_faq.html#can-ansible-run-on-windows) Also, as the FAQ gives the only option as WSL, but states this isn’t supported by Ansible are there plans to support WSL at least in the future? Thanks. John ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/2 "2019-08-26T18:57:07Z")
someone else can answer officially but, as far as I know there is no plan to support installing ansible on windows. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Thompson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@John\_Thompson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/3 "2019-08-27T19:35:11Z")
Thanks for the reply Jonathan. Much appreciated. Is there an official answer out there publicly, or someone who can confirm in the product group? J ---
**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/4 "2019-08-27T19:55:12Z")
No plans, it will work but in the odd case it doesn’t you won’t get any help from GitHub unless you ca replicate it on an actual Linux platform. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Thompson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@John\_Thompson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/5 "2019-08-28T21:42:54Z")
Thanks for the response Jordan. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Favorite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@John\_Favorite](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Favorite)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/6 "2019-08-28T21:52:02Z")
Give it a try from docker! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/support-for-installing-ansible-on-windows/31129/7 "2019-09-02T17:02:35Z")
I use ansible from WSL most days and it works just fine for me. Unless you are calling stuff which attempts to use a system call that hasn't been implemented in WSL translation layer it will be fine. The above shouldn't be an issue with WSL 2 but I haven't tried that myself. That said I use Linux vms for production and have no plans to change that. But it is fine for developing playbooks and roles.