Thanks, Kai. So, am i misinterpreting this line from the documentation?:
- This module does not require python on the remote system, much like
the raw
<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/raw_module.html#raw-module>
module.
That seems to mean (to me, at least) just what is says, that there's no
need for python to be installed on the Windows systems in which the script
is being executed.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:19:44 AM UTC-5, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>
> Hello, all.
>
> We have an occasional need to update a particular piece of a core business
> application across a number of Windows servers. The process involves a
> number of steps, most done via the application UI. It's tedious and time
> consuming so, of course, I've created a python script to do the actual
> update (fortunately, the update process can be done from the command line,
> albeit via a number of steps), and a playbook to execute it. Here's the
> playbook:
>
> ---
>> - hosts: all
>> gather_facts: false
>> any_errors_fatal: true
>> tasks:
>> - name: reload DAO
>> local_action: script /etc/ansible/files/DAO_update.py {{
>> inventory_hostname }}
>> register: dao_output
>> - debug: var=dao_output.stdout_lines
>
>
> Note the use of local_action. When I tried to simply use the script
> module (script: /etc/ansible/files/DAO_update.py {{ inventory_hostname }}),
> I got no errors, but the script didn't execute. I determined this by
> running tcpdump, which returned no output. If I ran the script manually,
> tcpdump returned expected output. However, If I ran the playbook with
> local_action (as above), tcpdump returned the expected output; e.g. the
> script executed properly. Why did using the script module not work?
> According to the script module documentation, among other things, python
> isn't required to be installed on the target. An explanation would be
> appreciated.
>
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