I did some Googling and found ansible_python_interpreter which I set 
to C:\Program\ Files\Python3.7.5. This removed the python not found warning 
and the output is now:

ansible -m ping 192.168.230.3 -vvv
ansible 2.8.3
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/cyborg/.ansible/plugins/modules', 
'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.7.5 (default, Apr 19 2020, 20:18:17) [GCC 9.2.1 
20191008]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's 
verify_file() method
script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's 
verify_file() method
auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's 
verify_file() method
Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin
META: ran handlers
Using module file 
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py
Pipelining is enabled.
<192.168.230.3> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 
5986 TO 192.168.230.3
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
192.168.230.3 | FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "module_stderr": "Exception calling \"Create\" with \"1\" argument(s): 
\"At line:4 char:21\r\n+ def _ansiballz_main():\r\n+                    
 ~\r\nAn expression was expected after '('.\r\nAt line:13 char:27\r\n+    
 except (AttributeError, OSError):\r\n+                          
 ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:15 char:7\r\n+     if 
scriptdir is not None:\r\n+       ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if 
statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:7\r\n+     if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+  
     ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 
char:30\r\n+     if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+                          
    ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:22 char:25\r\n+     if 
sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+                         ~\r\nThe '<' operator 
is reserved for future use.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+         MOD_DESC = 
('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                
~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:24 char:33\r\n+        
 MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\nUnexpected token 'imp.PY_SOURCE' in expression or 
statement.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', 
imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                ~\r\nMissing closing ')' 
in expression.\r\nAt line:24 char:46\r\n+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', 
imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                              
~\r\nUnexpected token ')' in expression or statement.\r\nNot all parse 
errors were reported.  Correct the reported errors and try 
\r\nagain.\"\r\nAt line:6 char:1\r\n+ $exec_wrapper = 
[ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])\r\n+ 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + 
CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], 
MethodInvocationException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
ParseException\r\n \r\nThe expression after '&' in a pipeline element 
produced an object that was not \r\nvalid. It must result in a command 
name, a script block, or a CommandInfo \r\nobject.\r\nAt line:7 char:2\r\n+ 
&$exec_wrapper\r\n+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : 
InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
BadExpression\r\n ",
    "module_stdout": "",
    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",
    "rc": 1
}


On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:59:25 UTC+9:30, Martin Lucas wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a first time Ansible user and have successfully tested connecting to 
> Linux hosts using the ping module :-). I'm having problems with doing the 
> same to a Windows Server 2008R2 host. I have followed the setup 
> instructions at 
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/windows_setup.html and 
> that all worked OK. When I try and connect I get the following error.
>
> I seems like it can't find python, which is in C:\Program 
> Files\Python3.7.5 and in the path on the Windows box. 
>
> ansible -m ping 192.168.230.3 -vvv
> ansible 2.8.3
>   config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
>   configured module search path = 
> ['/home/cyborg/.ansible/plugins/modules', 
> '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
>   ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
>   executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
>   python version = 3.7.5 (default, Apr 19 2020, 20:18:17) [GCC 9.2.1 
> 20191008]
> Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
> host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's 
> verify_file() method
> script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's 
> verify_file() method
> auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's 
> verify_file() method
> Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin
> META: ran handlers
> <192.168.230.3> Attempting python interpreter discovery
> <192.168.230.3> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 
> 5986 TO 192.168.230.3
> EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
> Using module file 
> /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py
> Pipelining is enabled.
> EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
> * [WARNING]: No python interpreters found for host 192.168.230.3 (tried 
> ['/usr/bin/python', 'python3.7', 'python3.6',*
> *'python3.5', 'python2.7', 'python2.6', '/usr/libexec/platform-python', 
> '/usr/bin/python3', 'python'])*
>
> 192.168.230.3 | FAILED! => {
>     "ansible_facts": {
>         "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
>     },
>     "changed": false,
>     "module_stderr": "Exception calling \"Create\" with \"1\" argument(s): 
> \"At line:4 char:21\r\n+ def _ansiballz_main():\r\n+                    
>  ~\r\nAn expression was expected after '('.\r\nAt line:13 char:27\r\n+    
>  except (AttributeError, OSError):\r\n+                          
>  ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:15 char:7\r\n+     if 
> scriptdir is not None:\r\n+       ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if 
> statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:7\r\n+     if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+  
>      ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 
> char:30\r\n+     if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+                          
>     ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:22 char:25\r\n+     if 
> sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+                         ~\r\nThe '<' operator 
> is reserved for future use.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+         MOD_DESC = 
> ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                
> ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:24 char:33\r\n+        
>  MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\nUnexpected token 'imp.PY_SOURCE' in expression or 
> statement.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', 
> imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                ~\r\nMissing closing ')' 
> in expression.\r\nAt line:24 char:46\r\n+         MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', 
> imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+                                              
> ~\r\nUnexpected token ')' in expression or statement.\r\nNot all parse 
> errors were reported.  Correct the reported errors and try 
> \r\nagain.\"\r\nAt line:6 char:1\r\n+ $exec_wrapper = 
> [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])\r\n+ 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + 
> CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], 
> MethodInvocationException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
> ParseException\r\n \r\nThe expression after '&' in a pipeline element 
> produced an object that was not \r\nvalid. It must result in a command 
> name, a script block, or a CommandInfo \r\nobject.\r\nAt line:7 char:2\r\n+ 
> &$exec_wrapper\r\n+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : 
> InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
> BadExpression\r\n ",
>     "module_stdout": "",
>     "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",
>     "rc": 1
> }
>
> Does anyone have a solution to this?
>
> Thanks,
> Martin.
>

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