Windows Playbook Fails Using win_user

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Trying to run a playbook to add a user on a windows server and getting errors, see below

[root@localhost group_vars]# ansible-playbook createuser.yml

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.

The error appears to have been in ‘/etc/ansible/group_vars/createuser.yml’: line 2, column 1, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  • name: Add a user

hosts: all

^ here

I have a /etc/ansible/group_vars/windows.yml setup as follows

ansible_ssh_user: Administrator

ansible_ssh_pass: Liverpool27

ansible_ssh_port: 5986

ansible_connection: winrm

ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore

I have a /etc/ansible/group_vars/createuser.yml as follows

  • name: Add a user

hosts: all

gather_facts: false

tasks:

  • name: Add User

win_user:

name: ansible1

password: “@ns1bl3”

state: present

groups: [“Users”]

Also have a hosts file setup under /etc/ansible/hosts

[windows]
10.10.128.0

When I run the command manually with the one liner it works fine -
ansible windows --module-name=win_user --args=“name=ansible password=fooBar1+3”

If I try and run it with the following it still doesnt work → ansible-playbook -i 10.10.128.0 createuser.yml

Suggestions welcome… Thanks

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Unless it’s just Google Groups eating the formatting, it looks like your YAML indentation is hosed up (Ansible’s failing on the control side, not on the Windows module). YAML is whitespace-sensitive, so it should look like:

  • name: Add a user
    hosts: all
    gather_facts: false
    tasks:
  • name: Add User
    win_user:
    name: ansible1
    password: “@ns1bl3”
    state: present
    groups: [“Users”]
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That was perfect. Thanks!