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. On Friday, August 15, 2014, Vinit Khandagle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ansible-project%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/7d523a09-fd95-4f93-9b93-06bf8cfc15d0%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/7d523a09-fd95-4f93-9b93-06bf8cfc15d0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matt Martz [email protected] http://sivel.net/ -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAD8N0v8MJ8oAjvhJbthJywddPR6OJHxGNvi1ku16tmiLW3n2PQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
