windows host automation

Archives Ansible Project
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For windows host

How to write tasks in ansible :

  1. Login into RDP machine
  2. Login into other machines from RDP machine
  3. Read email before starting the patching in the scheduled time
  4. Run any commands in rdp machine , like below :
  5. To shutdown : shutdown /r /f /m \
  6. Reboot status : systeminfo /s | find “ System Boot Time “
  7. Verify the timezone
  8. Uptime of the server , store it in a file
  9. Check ToNCR task from task scheduler , task is scheduled as cron job in every 5minutes
  10. Send email to predefined recipients for task update
  11. Read logs , scheduler logs , hmlogs , publish logs
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For of all ansible does not use rdp not any windows gui automation. Translate that to actions that you can do programmatically and come back

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You won’t use rdp to communicate with windows.

You can use winrm, 3389 is the port.
windows_upadate module is available in ansible.

You can use * in category name Or you can create an array and pass the update type.

Reboot too can be achieved by giving a boolean attribute.

Rather taking system update in the same play, use another play for ping test and system info so that you will get a comprehensive list.