Install the RSAT role on your ansible target and that'll take care of your
issue.
On Monday, February 3, 2020 at 8:03:08 PM UTC-5, Craig Simon wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> i've been using Ansibe with Linux for years, but now I have a need to use
> it to build out some Windows boxes and I am running into some issues. So
> far I am able to instal the AD-DS features and create my domain all
> properly, but I am unable to create any groups in the new domain that I am
> setting up. When I try I get the error:
>
> TASK [Gathering Facts]
> ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
> ok: [XX.XX.XX.XX]
>
> TASK [ping test]
> *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
> ok: [XX.XX.XX.XX]
>
> TASK [create the Mission domain group]
> *******************************************************************************************************************************************************
> fatal: [XX.XX.XX.XX]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "created": false,
> "msg": "failed to retrieve initial details for group Mission: Unable to
> contact the server. This may be because this server does not exist, it is
> currently down, or it does not have the Active Directory Web Services
> running."}
>
> PLAY RECAP
> ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
> XX.XX.XX.XX : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0
> failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
>
> I can't figure out what is causing this issue. My reading of the
> documentation only says
>
> "This must be run on a host that has the ActiveDirectory powershell
> module installed."
>
> I have tested that this is the case by RDPing into the host and performing
> an "Import-Module -Name ActiveDirectory" and the module does import.
>
> The target is a windows 2016 server running in AWS, my Ansible workstation
> is a Mac running Catalina with Ansible installed in a venv via PIP.
>
> Appreciate the help!
> Thanks
> Craig
>
>
>
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