Simple and easy fix. Run on the remote computer the following command. netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow WinRM (Http)" dir=in localport=5985 protocol=tcp action=allow enable=yes netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow WinRM (Https)" dir=in localport=5986 protocol=tcp action=allow enable=yes
This should fix your problem. Kind Regards Ameya Agashe On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 7:35 AM Nk Chitturi <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to run ping command on my windows host from linux controller > > i created inventory.txt file > [win] > servername > [win:vars] > ansible_user=myusername > ansible_password=password > ansible_connection=winrm > ansible_winrm_transport=basic > ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore > ansible_port=5986 > > the error Iam getting is > > servername | UNREACHABLE! => { > "changed": false, > "msg": "basic: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='servernname', port=5986): Max > retries exceeded with url: /wsman (Caused by > NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at > 0x7f8ad0f13f90>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] > Connection refused',))", > "unreachable": true > } > > -- > 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/e7b4d353-00d6-41eb-8914-c2fa40bcfbaa%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e7b4d353-00d6-41eb-8914-c2fa40bcfbaa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAG9tf--ovoAAYnegAMDStgmT5nHY9uujoiiHVaDO62j7Vw7WEQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
