I had to delete the 127.0.0.1 port from listening on the http to get the win_ping working.
On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 11:57:11 PM UTC-7, J Hawkesworth wrote: > > So ... you are getting connection refused. So winrm is connecting but > isn't happy with something. > Have a look in the event logs on the windows box to see if there is > anything appearing when you attempt to connect. > > Actually I think its possible that the problem is your inventory file. I > suggest you remove the spaces in > > ansible_user= voiceqa > > ansible_password = abcdef > > > So they look like this: > > > ansible_user=voiceqa > > ansible_password=abcdef > > Give that a try and let us know how you get on. > > Jon > > On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 7:17:34 PM UTC+1, Deep18 wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to use ansible to controla windows 10 desktop VM in my lab >> and cannot seem to get past the connection error.Appreciate your help here. >> >> >> Here is my setup: >> >> MacBook is the control host and trying to connect to a windows10 desktop >> VM. I went through and followed all instructions in the ansible doc to >> enable remotePowershell on windows VM, turned OFF firewall on the windows >> VM.The windows VM is not part of any domain. >> >> >> My inventory file: >> >> [windows] >> >> 10.203.189.4 >> >> [windows:vars] #group variables and >> values as a string >> >> ansible_connection=winrm >> >> ansible_user= voiceqa >> >> ansible_password = abcdef >> >> ansible_port=5986 >> >> ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation= ignore >> >> >> I get the following error: >> >> >> $ ansible windows --inventory-file=./hosts -m win_ping -vvvvv >> >> No config file found; using defaults >> >> Loaded callback minimal of type stdout, v2.0 >> >> <10.203.189.4> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: voiceqa on PORT 5986 >> TO 10.203.189.4 >> >> <10.203.189.4> WINRM CONNECT: transport=ssl endpoint= >> https://10.203.189.4:5986/wsman >> >> <10.203.189.4> WINRM CONNECTION ERROR: >> HTTPSConnectionPool(host='10.203.189.4', port=5986): Max retries exceeded >> with url: /wsman (Caused by >> NewConnectionError('<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection >> >> object at 0x10e61c8d0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] >> Connection refused',)) >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> >> File >> "/Users/dnveer/venv/vqp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/plugins/connection/winrm.py", >> >> line 134, in _winrm_connect >> >> protocol.send_message('') >> >> File >> "/Users/dnveer/venv/vqp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/protocol.py", >> line 207, in send_message >> >> return self.transport.send_message(message) >> >> File >> "/Users/dnveer/venv/vqp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/winrm/transport.py", >> line 173, in send_message >> >> response = self.session.send(prepared_request, >> timeout=self.read_timeout_sec) >> >> File >> "/Users/dnveer/venv/vqp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", >> line 585, in send >> >> r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs) >> >> File >> "/Users/dnveer/venv/vqp/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", >> line 467, in send >> >> raise ConnectionError(e, request=request) >> >> ConnectionError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='10.203.189.4', port=5986): Max >> retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by >> NewConnectionError('<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection >> >> object at 0x10e61c8d0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] >> Connection refused',)) >> >> >> 10.203.189.4 | FAILED! => { >> >> "failed": true, >> >> "msg": "ssl: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='10.203.189.4', port=5986): Max >> retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by >> NewConnectionError('<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection >> >> object at 0x10e61c8d0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] >> Connection refused',))" >> >> } >> > -- 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/2198584a-087b-4f6d-a897-e8e44cc94a53%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
