Hi guys, Please don't bump old threads :)
And no, it's not guaranteed that Ansible will continue to run on a Windows host, we reserve the right to use native Linux services (even /dev/random) so you will need to run Ansible from a Linux/Unix/OSX control host. Managing Windows remote hosts is something on our roadmap, but I don't have a specific date to share. Like I've said before, we're going to do it right (natively and securely, of course). On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Timothy Vandenbrande < [email protected]> wrote: > Just FYI, it's also possible to run Ansible without any install on a > Windows host. > Send commands through WinRM (pywinrm as Python implemention) en send files > over SMB to administrative shares. Just make sure you only allow the > ansible host on it through the firewall. > The only downside is the WinRM authentication. This passes by in flat text > so is a security flaw. Same for the SMB authentication, since on an > ansible-playbook -v you can clearly read your user/pwd information. > But on the upside, it is possible to do so. Just mount the administrative > share > do your things > clean up. It is slower than a linux > linux > environment, but gets the job done. > > > > Op zondag 21 juli 2013 14:13:38 UTC+2 schreef Eric Palmer: > >> Just wondering what the plans are for using a windows system for the >> controlling ansible host. I use mac and various linux versions and don't >> use windows but I have been talking up ansible to friends and some of them >> are more windows centric. >> >> This is not a request to do windows. I hope to never have to use windows >> again. >> >> thanks >> Eric Palmer >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> CTO, AnsibleWorks, Inc. http://www.ansibleworks.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
