For now those are the only ones i know of. when wmf 5 is out, we can use dsc from ansible, and i think that will become the staple of how we manage windows. if you want to try it,
https://github.com/trondhindenes/Ansible-win_dsc On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 2:24:21 PM UTC-7, Joshua Adelman wrote: > > I started playing around with Ansible (1.9.2) today for the first time > (first time using any software in > thttps://github.com/trondhindenes/Ansible-win_dschis category before), with > the goal of running a number of deploy steps on a Windows machine. I went > through the setup instructions and I believe I have everything configured > properly, such that I can run playbooks with tasks based on > windows-specific modules (win_ping, win_stat, etc). > > After convincing myself that I could run those basic commands, I wanted to > try to clone a git repo to the remote Windows machine using the git module, > but kept on getting error messages like: > > Module command not found in configured module paths. Additionally, core >> modules are missing. > > > I think this warning is specious, since I can run basically the same git > task locally on my mac through ansible using a modified playbook. It then > dawned on me that perhaps none of the standard core modules are actually > supported on windows. Reading through the windows intro in the docs ( > http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_windows.html) again, I realized > that the "What modules are available" section is actually a bit vague. > > I was hoping someone could clarify, whether it's the case that if a module > isn't specifically a windows module, then basically it doesn't work on > windows targets. In that case, am I correct in my understanding that the > only mode of executing custom tasks on windows targets is to do it via > powershell scripts (using the "script" module)? > > Any insight from more experienced users would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Josh > > > -- 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/e5d1f4c1-3d18-4cc6-a8fe-02f215b7c123%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
