Well spotted! Yeah, use hostnames. If you end up switching over to using kerberos hostnames are essential (as is fully functioning DNS lookups (both hostname -> ip and ip -> hostname).
Jon On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 10:51:01 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: > > > Use windows fqdn name in place of IPaddress then it will work > > On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 10:21:48 PM UTC+5:30, Thijn Bukkems wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just getting started with Ansible as proof of concept but already stuck >> and not sure how to make it work. I have a CentOS7 box that is not on the >> domain but on the same network and 2 Windows 2012 R2 servers. >> >> I ran the ConfigurePowerShellForAnsible.ps1 scripts on both servers as >> admin, as suggested. I set up a local account named 'ansibleadmin' on both >> servers. >> >> This is the output I get when trying to win_ping the servers: >> >>> [admin@localhost ansible]$ ansible web -m win_ping >>> >>> [WARNING]: ansible_winrm_cert_validation unsupported by pywinrm (is an >>>> up-to-date version of pywinrm installed?) >>> >>> >>>> [WARNING]: ansible_winrm_cert_validation unsupported by pywinrm (is an >>>> up-to-date version of pywinrm installed?) >>> >>> >>>> 10.128.2.108 | UNREACHABLE! => { >>> >>> "changed": false, >>> >>> "msg": "plaintext: the specified credentials were rejected by the >>>> server", >>> >>> "unreachable": true >>> >>> } >>> >>> 10.128.2.215 | UNREACHABLE! => { >>> >>> "changed": false, >>> >>> "msg": "plaintext: the specified credentials were rejected by the >>>> server", >>> >>> "unreachable": true >>> >>> } >>> >>> >> Some background information regarding my inventory files etc: >> inventory.yml: >> >>> >>> --- >>> [web] >>> 10.128.2.215 >>> 10.128.2.108 >> >> >> >> group_vars/web.yml: >> >>> --- >>> ansible_user: ansibleadmin >>> ansible_password: Passw0rd >>> ansible_port: 5985 >>> ansible_connection: winrm >>> ansible_winrm_cert_validation: ignore >> >> >> >> ansible.cfg: >> >>> [defaults] >>> inventory = /etc/ansible/inventory.yml >> >> >> >> Versions: >> Pywinrm 0.2.2 >> Python 2.7.5 >> Ansible 2.3.1.0 >> CentOS 7.3.1611 (Core) >> >> >> I have no clue why I can't get it to work with a local account and am >> hesitant to move on to kerberos AD authentication if I can't even get this >> to work. Any advice? >> > -- 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/c57511a5-5711-420a-ac7c-8ce853b505fc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
