Hi Architects, We discussed issue #3 in my OP (Ansible vs Windows) today in the Infra weekly. We concluded that while there is a gap here, given other project constraints we are going to stick with the status quo for now, writing custom PowerShell scripts to do the job on Windows that is performed by Ansible on non-Windows platforms.
t On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Tyler Roscoe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I am talking about Windows VMs. > > Last night I was just parroting what Avtar told me. This morning I found: > > "Reminder: You Must Have a Linux Control Machine > > Note running Ansible from a Windows control machine is NOT a goal of the > project. Refrain from asking for this feature, as it limits what > technologies, features, and code we can use in the main project in the > future. A Linux control machine will be required to manage Windows hosts. > > Cygwin is not supported, so please do not ask questions about Ansible > running from Cygwin." > > --http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_windows.html > > So I guess that's your answer :\. I don't know enough about ansible's > architecture to guess why this is so (or why they're so defensive about it). > > t > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 5:13 AM, Steve Grundell < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tyler, >> >> Just so you know, I don't have a stake in this (nor do I know ansible), >> but... >> >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Tyler Roscoe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > 3. Avtar said in the OP, "Ansible roles used by GPII projects don't >> work on >> > Windows -- - PowerShell scripts will most likely be used to automate >> future >> > work and installers are already used to provision deployment machines." >> I >> > think this is a significant gap: it causes code duplication (in a >> different >> > language/toolchain) and reduces consistency between environments. Some >> > possible solutions: >> > >> >> If you're talking about the Windows VM, then what about putting cygwin >> on it? (I have it on my VMs to provide a "unixy" ssh, and use it to >> invoke gpii from my host). >> > >
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