# "Win\_Command" module not working to connect localhost to run Powershell script from ansible which is installed in windows10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [April 16, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-command-module-not-working-to-connect-localhost-to-run-powershell-script-from-ansible-which-is-installed-in-windows10/32695 "2020-04-16T08:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pavan\_K\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@Pavan\_K\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pavan_K_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-command-module-not-working-to-connect-localhost-to-run-powershell-script-from-ansible-which-is-installed-in-windows10/32695/1 "2020-04-16T08:59:37Z")
Hello Experts, I’m new to Ansible and PowerShell. I have installed cygwin in my windows 10 Operating system and installed ansible and its related packages as per below mail. [https://geekflare.com/ansible-installation-windows/](https://geekflare.com/ansible-installation-windows/) **Here are the environment details** Ansible version: 2.8.4 python version : 3.7.7 (default, Apr 10 2020, 07:59:19) [GCC 9.3.0] Powershell Version: 5.1.17763.1007 on above successful setup, i tried to run my below sample ansible script with hosts as “localhost” > - hosts: localhost > > tasks: > > - name: “run whoami” > > win\_command: whoami > > register: whoami\_out > > - debug: var=whoami\_out.stdout\_lines but, i am ending up with the below error > 1. [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ > > PLAY [localhost] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > > TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > ok: [localhost] > > TASK [run whoami] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “/home/Pavan.Kammara/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1586957425.671443-215768864612631/AnsiballZ\_win\_command.ps1 : The term \r\n’/home/Pavan.Kammara/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1586957425.671443-215768864612631/AnsiballZ\_win\_command.ps1’ is not \r\nrecognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if \r\na path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.\r\nAt line:1 char:1\r\n+ /home/Pavan.Kammara/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1586957425.671443-215768 …\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \r\n + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (/home/Pavan.Kam…win\_command.ps1:String) , CommandNotFoundException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException\r\n \r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1} > > PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 and i tried the 2nd approach by creating my windows 10 machine ip address in etc/ansible/ansible.cfg and referred the same in asnible playbook as below > - hosts: all > tasks: > - name: “run whoami” > win\_command: whoami > register: whoami\_out > - debug: var=whoami\_out.stdout\_lines this time also ended up with the different error, PFB > PLAY [all] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > > TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > fatal: [192. **_._.** _]: UNREACHABLE! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 192.__.._\*\* port 22: Connection refused", “unreachable”: true} > > PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > 192. **_._.** \* : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=1 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignore Kindly help me, is it something the environment set up issue. Im completely clueless why it is not working as im new to this technology. Thanks in advance! ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-command-module-not-working-to-connect-localhost-to-run-powershell-script-from-ansible-which-is-installed-in-windows10/32695/2 "2020-04-16T10:43:08Z")
You cannot run Windows modules over localhost, they are designed to run through a connection plugin like winrm, psrp, or ssh. Also I would highly advise not running Ansible through cygwin, it may work in some places but will then fall flat in others. If you are on Windows 10 then WSL is a lot better in terms of compatibility but nothing will trump a VM running Linux. You also avoid issue like this where you try to run Windows stuff on localhost when Ansible isn’t designed for that. ---
**Author:** ![Pavan\_K\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@Pavan\_K\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pavan_K_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-command-module-not-working-to-connect-localhost-to-run-powershell-script-from-ansible-which-is-installed-in-windows10/32695/3 "2020-04-16T11:14:40Z")
Hello Jordan, Thank you very much for your reply. that is very much informative. could you please guide how do i can setup the basic environment to play around ansible with powershell. i need to develop a scripts, which needs to communicate each other **(Powershell script ↔ Ansible)** to achieve some functionality. Thank you again!! ---
**Author:** ![Thanh\_Nguyen\_Duc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Thanh\_Nguyen\_Duc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thanh_Nguyen_Duc)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-command-module-not-working-to-connect-localhost-to-run-powershell-script-from-ansible-which-is-installed-in-windows10/32695/4 "2020-04-16T13:19:10Z")
Localhost is your ansible server and it doesn’t work with windown module, you need to specify the client group name