{"id":6192,"date":"2021-10-31T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2021-11-20T06:03:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:03:56","slug":"ansible-error-while-executing-adhoc-commands-playbook-in-windows-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/ansible-error-while-executing-adhoc-commands-playbook-in-windows-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansible Connection Options for windows remote Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Error – Failed to connect to the host via ssh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

[root@ip-172<\/span>-31<\/span>-12<\/span>-86<\/span> ansible]# ansible all -i inventory -m win_ping<\/span>\n13.233<\/span>.160<\/span>.153<\/span> | UNREACHABLE! => {\n    \"changed\"<\/span>: false<\/span>,\n    \"msg\"<\/span>: \"Failed to connect to the host via ssh: ssh: connect to host 13.233.160.153 port 22: Connection refused\"<\/span>,\n    \"unreachable\"<\/span>: true<\/span>\n}<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Solution – You need to set ansible_connection=winrm to connect to windows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 [windows]
 13.233.160.153
 [windows:vars]
 ansible_connection=winrm<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Error – auth method ssl requires a username<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
[root@ip-172<\/span>-31<\/span>-12<\/span>-86<\/span> ansible]# ansible all -i inventory -m win_ping<\/span>\n13.233<\/span>.160<\/span>.153<\/span> | UNREACHABLE! => {\n    \"changed\"<\/span>: false<\/span>,\n    \"msg\"<\/span>: \"ssl: auth method ssl requires a username\"<\/span>,\n    \"unreachable\"<\/span>: true<\/span>\n}<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Solution – You need to set ansible_user and ansible_password to connect to windows remote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 [windows]
 13.233.160.153
 [windows:vars]
 ansible_connection=winrm
 ansible_user=administrator
 ansible_password=”w$y%O.ubjQhQhfa&ME@5=TeEd4Y<\/em>hfy”<\/p>
ansible_winrm_scheme=http
ansible_winrm_scheme=https
#Reference
 https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible\/latest\/user_guide\/windows_winrm.html<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Error  – certificate verify failed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
[root@ip-172<\/span>-31<\/span>-12<\/span>-86<\/span> ansible]# ansible all -i inventory -m win_ping<\/span>\n13.233<\/span>.160<\/span>.153<\/span> | UNREACHABLE! => {\n    \"changed\"<\/span>: false<\/span>,\n    \"msg\"<\/span>: \"ssl: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='13.233.160.153', port=5986): Max retries exceeded with url: \/wsman (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, u'[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)'),))\"<\/span>,\n    \"unreachable\"<\/span>: true<\/span>\n}<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Solution – You need to set ansible_winrm_transport=basic and ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 [windows]
 13.233.160.153
 [windows:vars]
 ansible_user=LocalUsername
 ansible_password=Password
 ansible_connection=winrm
 ansible_winrm_transport=basic
 ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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winrm set winrm\/config\/client\/auth '@{Basic=\"true\"}'<\/span>\nwinrm set winrm\/config\/service\/auth '@{Basic=\"true\"}'<\/span>\n\nSet-Item -Path WSMan:\\localhost\\Service\\Auth\\Basic -Value $true\n\nwinrm set winrm\/config\/service\/auth '@{Basic=\"true\"}'<\/span>\nwinrm set winrm\/config\/service '@{AllowUnencrypted=\"true\"}'<\/span>\n\n\n\nansible_user=Administrator\nansible_password=Raju$123456<\/span>\nansible_connection=winrm\nansible_winrm_transport=basic\nansible_winrm_scheme=http\nansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore\nansible_port=5985<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
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