You can do a manual installation and then look in the registry in HKLM:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or for 32 bit programsHKLM:Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Or you can just a fake product id, install it and then find the product id and fix your playbook to have the correct product id Jon On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 7:36:53 AM UTC+1, megha sharma wrote: > > Hi, > > In order to use win_package I need Product Id of the respective msi/exe.I > can get the product Id of an already installed msi/exe but what if it is a > new package to be installed, how will i get the product Id of a new package. > > Thanks, > Megha > > > On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 10:45:09 AM UTC+5:30, J Hawkesworth wrote: >> >> I recommend using win_package instead of win_msi >> >> If you still want to use win_msi I recommend setting wait: true as this >> seems to make it run more reliably on Server 2008 R2 / Powershell 3.0. >> However I haven't seen your case where it appears to fail silently. I >> assume you have previously downloaded the 7z1602-x64.msi to c:\Path folder? >> >> - name: Install 7 zip >> win_msi: >> extra_args: "/quiet" >> path: 'C:\path\7z1602-x64.msi' >> state: present >> wait: true >> >> Might be worth running your playbook with -v to see if there is any log >> output produced. >> >> One other thing to check is that your windows host is 64-bit - if it >> isn't you'll need the x86.msi instead of the x64.msi file >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Jon >> On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 3:09:34 PM UTC+1, megha sharma wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am using Ansible 2.1.0.0 and trying to run the below playbook >>> >>> - name: Install 7 zip >>> win_msi: >>> extra_args: "/quiet" >>> path: 'C:\path\7z1602-x64.msi' >>> state: present >>> >>> >>> Output: >>> TASK [Install 7 zip] >>> *********************************************************** >>> changed: [10.155.208.130] >>> >>> PLAY RECAP >>> ********************************************************************* >>> 10.155.208.130 : ok=3 changed=1 unreachable=0 >>> failed=0 >>> >>> >>> But installation of the 7 zip is not happening. >>> Please help. >>> >> -- 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/07a59dee-52eb-4624-9cae-39f07cec60e6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
