That is very good to know Matt, thanks. While the Ansible docs site makes it *very* clear that Ansible doesn't work under native Windows, it is not clear to a newbie like me that Ansible wouldn't be supported under Cygwin.
Your response is very helpful to those of us who wonder why Ansible isn't supported under any form of Windows (currently). It might be wise to put your great response (below) up on the Ansible docs site so that the newbies like me understand that 1) Ansible is not supported under any form of Windows including Cygwin and 2) *why* Ansible is not supported under Cygwin. Thanks again for your response. If there is anything I can do in order to speed up making Ansible supported under Windows, please let me know. Just in case you are wondering, re-writing Cygwin's fork() syscall is out of my programming abilities. :-) On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 1:17:50 AM UTC-4, Matt Davis wrote: > > Ansible is most decidedly *not* supported or tested under cygwin (or any > mechanism under Windows except a Linux VM, currently). Cygwin's fork() > syscall is unstable (even by their own admission > <https://www.cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures>), so you > *will* run into issues and heisenbugs, even more so under 2.0+ where we're > making extensive use of fork() behavior that's more likely to break under > Cygwin. > > Ansible *may* at some point be supported under the new Bash/Ubuntu on > Windows stuff in Win10 (because their fork() is actually functional), but > even there things are not working 100% yet. > > As the "Windows Guy" at Ansible, nothing would make me happier than to > have full Windows support for running the controller on my favorite OS, but > there are major technical hurdles to doing so reliably, which is the reason > we don't. > > *Please* don't run the Ansible controller for anything real on Windows. > *Please*. :) > > Love, > > Matt Davis > Ansible Core Engineering (The Windows Guy) > > > > On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 7:37:11 PM UTC-7, Subhankar Sengupta wrote: >> >> Robert, >> Can you switch to paramiko? AFAIK Ansible is supported on Cygwin. >> Thanks, >> S >> >> Disclaimer: This is a personal post and not related to my present or past >> employer. All content provided on this post is for learning purposes only. >> >> On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 10:28:32 PM UTC+8, Robert Haskins wrote: >>> >>> I am having an issue with Ansible ping failing intermittently. My >>> environment is as follows: >>> >>> *version*: ansible 2.2.0 (devel 643a7ec01d) last updated 2016/06/03 >>> 13:22:45 (GMT -400) >>> *config settings (changed from defaults)*: >>> control_path = %(directory)s/%%C >>> retries = 2 >>> *control host OS version*: Windows 7 running babun v1.2.0/cygwin v1.7.35 >>> *remote hosts OS version*: CentOS 6.8 >>> *hosts*: all virtual, running on several CentOS 6.8 libvirt/QEMU hosts >>> >>> The issue occurs whether or not I run with Ansible debug on. >>> >>> This is the output I get: >>> >>> { ~ } ยป ansible all -m ping >>> build6.ntelx.net | FAILED! => { >>> "failed": true, >>> "msg": "failed to transfer file to >>> /home/rhaskins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465221831.67-12026639274555/ping.py:\n\nmm_send_fd: >>> >>> sendmsg(2): Broken pipe\r\nmux_client_request_session: send fds >>> failed\r\nlost connection\n" >>> } >>> wiki07.ntelx.net | FAILED! => { >>> "failed": true, >>> "msg": "failed to transfer file to >>> /home/rhaskins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1465221831.71-85630275169614/ping.py:\n\nmm_send_fd: >>> >>> sendmsg(2): Broken pipe\r\nmux_client_request_session: send fds >>> failed\r\nlost connection\n" >>> } >>> bdealey07.ntelx.net | SUCCESS => { >>> "changed": false, >>> "ping": "pong" >>> } >>> ftp07.ntelx.net | SUCCESS => { >>> "changed": false, >>> "ping": "pong" >>> } >>> repo.ntelx.net | SUCCESS => { >>> "changed": false, >>> "ping": "pong" >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >> -- 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/d236e96e-c3a8-41e5-976d-be24aaf7f3a6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
