win_ping not getting executed

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Hello ,

I am trying to use win_ping module to connect to a windows server. but it keeps defaulting to SSH

→ ansible --version
ansible 1.7.1
linbynd@linbynd-Inspiron:~/packer_prac
→ ansible -i hosts win -m win_ping -u Administrator -vvv
<192.168.1.4> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator
<192.168.1.4> REMOTE_MODULE win_ping
<192.168.1.4> EXEC [‘ssh’, ‘-C’, ‘-tt’, ‘-q’, ‘-o’, ‘ControlMaster=auto’, ‘-o’, ‘ControlPersist=1800s’, ‘-o’, ‘ControlPath=/home/linbynd/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r’, ‘-o’, ‘Port=22’, ‘-o’, ‘KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no’, ‘-o’, ‘PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey’, ‘-o’, ‘PasswordAuthentication=no’, ‘-o’, ‘User=Administrator’, ‘-o’, ‘ConnectTimeout=10’, ‘192.168.1.4’, “/bin/sh -c ‘mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1408141292.45-166274142953398 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1408141292.45-166274142953398 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1408141292.45-166274142953398’”]
^CTraceback (most recent call last):

Any idea what could be the issue, I am trying to use for windows.

  • Vinit
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Have you set ansible_connection=winrm in your inventory file?

http://docs.ansible.com/intro_windows.html#inventory

There are several inventory vars required to identify the host as windows.

Alternatively you can specify “-c winrm” on the command line for this too.

3

Looks like you might have Control-C’d the system but not pasted the full traceback.

Can you please paste the full output or was that it?

The traceback is the most valuable part for us.

Thanks!

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sure let me try setting the winrm variable, I have not done that… If I am facing the issue even with that I will just paste the traceback as well. @Michael, I did a crtl-c. But let me paste the whole out put too.

Thanks

  • Vinit