unable to execute a perl script on windows server

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Hi,

I am trying to run a run a perl script in the windows server using ansible playbook located in linux and getting the below error.Can some one help me.

“changed”: false,
“module_stderr”: "Exception calling "Create" with "1" argument(s): "At line:4 char:21\r\n+ def _ansiballz_main():\r\n+ ~\r\nAn expression was expected after ‘(’.\r\nAt line:13 char:27\r\n+ except (AttributeError, OSError):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:15 char:7\r\n+ if scriptdir is not None:\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing ‘(’ after ‘if’ in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:7\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing ‘(’ after ‘if’ in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:30\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ‘,’.\r\nAt line:22 char:25\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nThe ‘<’ operator is reserved for future use.\r\nAt line:27 char:34\r\n+ def invoke_module(modlib_path, temp_path, json_params):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:28 char:40\r\n+ z = zipfile.ZipFile(modlib_path, mode=‘a’)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:31 char:33\r\n+ zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo()\r\n+ ~\r\nAn expression was expected after ‘(’.\r\nAt line:34 char:25\r\n+ z.writestr(zinfo, sitecustomize)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nNot all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again."\r\nAt line:6 char:1\r\n+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException\r\n \r\nThe expression after ‘&’ in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must result in a command name,\r\n a script block, or a CommandInfo object.\r\nAt line:7 char:2\r\n+ &$exec_wrapper\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: , RuntimeException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression\r\n ",
“module_stdout”: “”,
“msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”,
“rc”: 1
}

Playbook:

  • hosts: SRM

vars:
ansible_become_user: ‘{{ ansible_user }}’
release_version: “Latest”

tasks:

  • name: “upgrade DW for {{dw_instance_1}}”
    become: yes
    become_user: Administrator
    shell: ssh {{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host }} “D:” && cd D:\AMG\SRM\{{ kit_name.stdout }}\ && perl srm_upgrade.pl –dw-instance={{dw_instance_1}}
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shell: ssh {{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host }} “D:” && cd D:\AMG\SRM\{{ kit_name.stdout }}\ && perl srm_upgrade.pl –dw-instance={{dw_instance_1}}

Why do you do the ssh? ansible does that by default. Does your Windows machine support ssh? perl?

Walter

3

Hi,

Modified it without ssh and still got the same error. Ran the perl script manually and connection from ansible to the windows machine works as well.

Modified to below:
shell: ‘“D:” && cd D:\AMG\SRM\{{ kit_name.stdout }}\ && perl srm_upgrade.pl –dw-instance={{dw_instance_1}}’

ASK [upgrade DW for 41] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /opt/ansible/tsn_playbooks/playground/upgrade-srm.yaml:24
Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/commands/command.py
Pipelining is enabled.
<159.79.80.120> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: svc_sentf_ssh
<159.79.80.120> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ‘User=“svc_sentf_ssh”’ -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/opt/ansible/.ansible/cp/a65f93f539 159.79.80.120 ‘chcp.com 65001 >nul 2>&1 && PowerShell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -EncodedCommand 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’
<159.79.80.120> (1, ‘’, ‘#< CLIXML\r\nSystem.Management.Automation.PSCustomObjectSystem.Object1Preparing modules for first use.0-1-1Completed-1 Exception calling “Create” with “1” argument(s): "At line:4 char:21_x000D__x000A_+ def ansiballz_main():x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AAn expression was expected after '('.x000D__x000AAt line:13 char:27_x000D__x000A+ except (AttributeError, OSError):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000AAt line:15 char:7_x000D__x000A_+ if scriptdir is not None:x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.x000D__x000AAt line:22 char:7_x000D__x000A_+ if sys.version_info < (3,):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.x000D__x000AAt line:22 char:30_x000D__x000A_+ if sys.version_info < (3,):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing expression after ','.x000D__x000AAt line:22 char:25_x000D__x000A_+ if sys.version_info < (3,):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AThe '<' operator is reserved for future use.x000D__x000AAt line:27 char:34_x000D__x000A_+ def invoke_module(modlib_path, temp_path, json_params):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000AAt line:28 char:40_x000D__x000A_+ z = zipfile.ZipFile(modlib_path, mode='a')x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000AAt line:31 char:33_x000D__x000A_+ zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo()x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AAn expression was expected after '('.x000D__x000AAt line:34 char:25_x000D__x000A_+ z.writestr(zinfo, sitecustomize)x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000ANot all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again."x000D__x000AAt line:6 char:1_x000D__x000A_+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])x000D__x000A+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~x000D__x000A + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException_x000D__x000A_ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException_x000D__x000A_ x000D__x000AThe expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must result in a command name,x000D__x000A a script block, or a CommandInfo object.x000D__x000AAt line:7 char:2_x000D__x000A_+ &$exec_wrapper_x000D__x000A_+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~x000D__x000A + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: , RuntimeException_x000D__x000A_ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression_x000D__x000A_ x000D__x000A’)
<159.79.80.120> Failed to connect to the host via ssh: #< CLIXML
System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObjectSystem.Object1Preparing modules for first use.0-1-1Completed-1 Exception calling “Create” with “1” argument(s): "At line:4 char:21_x000D__x000A_+ def ansiballz_main():x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AAn expression was expected after ‘(’.x000D__x000AAt line:13 char:27_x000D__x000A+ except (AttributeError, OSError):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000AAt line:15 char:7_x000D__x000A_+ if scriptdir is not None:x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing ‘(’ after ‘if’ in if statement.x000D__x000AAt line:22 char:7_x000D__x000A_+ if sys.version_info < (3,):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing ‘(’ after ‘if’ in if statement.x000D__x000AAt line:22 char:30_x000D__x000A_+ if sys.version_info < (3,):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing expression after ‘,’.x000D__x000AAt line:22 char:25_x000D__x000A_+ if sys.version_info < (3,):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AThe ‘<’ operator is reserved for future use.x000D__x000AAt line:27 char:34_x000D__x000A_+ def invoke_module(modlib_path, temp_path, json_params):x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000AAt line:28 char:40_x000D__x000A_+ z = zipfile.ZipFile(modlib_path, mode=‘a’)x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000AAt line:31 char:33_x000D__x000A_+ zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo()x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AAn expression was expected after ‘(’.x000D__x000AAt line:34 char:25_x000D__x000A_+ z.writestr(zinfo, sitecustomize)x000D__x000A+ ~x000D__x000AMissing argument in parameter list.x000D__x000ANot all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again."x000D__x000AAt line:6 char:1_x000D__x000A_+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])x000D__x000A+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~x000D__x000A + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException_x000D__x000A_ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException_x000D__x000A_ x000D__x000AThe expression after ‘&’ in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must result in a command name,x000D__x000A a script block, or a CommandInfo object.x000D__x000AAt line:7 char:2_x000D__x000A_+ &$exec_wrapper_x000D__x000A_+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~x000D__x000A + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: , RuntimeException_x000D__x000A_ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression_x000D__x000A_ x000D__x000A
fatal: [SE20GITVRST10]: FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“module_stderr”: "Exception calling "Create" with "1" argument(s): "At line:4 char:21\r\n+ def _ansiballz_main():\r\n+ ~\r\nAn expression was expected after ‘(’.\r\nAt line:13 char:27\r\n+ except (AttributeError, OSError):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:15 char:7\r\n+ if scriptdir is not None:\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing ‘(’ after ‘if’ in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:7\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing ‘(’ after ‘if’ in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:30\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ‘,’.\r\nAt line:22 char:25\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nThe ‘<’ operator is reserved for future use.\r\nAt line:27 char:34\r\n+ def invoke_module(modlib_path, temp_path, json_params):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:28 char:40\r\n+ z = zipfile.ZipFile(modlib_path, mode=‘a’)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:31 char:33\r\n+ zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo()\r\n+ ~\r\nAn expression was expected after ‘(’.\r\nAt line:34 char:25\r\n+ z.writestr(zinfo, sitecustomize)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nNot all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try again."\r\nAt line:6 char:1\r\n+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException\r\n \r\nThe expression after ‘&’ in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must result in a command name,\r\n a script block, or a CommandInfo object.\r\nAt line:7 char:2\r\n+ &$exec_wrapper\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: , RuntimeException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression\r\n ",
“module_stdout”: “”,
“msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”,

4

I will have to defer to others on this one. I don’t run ssh or perl on Windows servers. Our ansible connections to Windows servers are made over WinRM.

Walter

5

I was able to create a directory as well as copy over some files to the windows machine using ansible using shell module. but I couldn’t run this script. So bit confused over here.