I'd prefer to use a local Windows account without installing Moba SSH. I found very little documentation on how to set up Ansible with Windows servers. I have a Linux server running Ansible. I am trying to configure Ansible to push files to a Windows server. I have a basic playbook. The /etc/ansible/hosts file has an entry for an IP address for the Windows server. The /etc/ansible/hosts file is configured to use a local user account on the Windows server. I am not using Kerberos. I am not trying to use Windows domain authentication. Do I need to use Kerberos or Windows domain authentication to have Ansible manage Windows servers?
When the /etc/ansible/hosts file has this entry (in the [windows:var] section): ansible_connection=winrm I can run a playbook and get the following output: ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION... fata [x.x.x.x] => 401 Unauthorized The above playbook run corresponds with no event logging on the Windows server. The below output corresponds with Windows Server System Log events. When the /etc/ansible/hosts file has this entry (in the [windows:var] section, and instead of the ansible_connection entry above): ansible_ssh_connection=winrm and I run a playbook, I get this output: ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER... PasswordAuthentication=no ... fatal: [x.x.x.x] => SSH Error: Connection timed out during banner exchange ... unreachable = 1 ... I expect the Playbook to work. I don't expect the PasswordAuthentication to be set to no. I'm not sure how SSH works with a Windows server. I want to use Ansible to manage a Windows server with local authentication. -- 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/accc4d02-16f0-42a6-bd21-f5e2f729f476%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
