There is a better way and more stable way to do it with Windows Remote Manager (WinRM) So we are going to see how to useWinRMand connect to remote windows machine from Ansible control machine. Let's go. I have writtenhalf a century articles in Ansiblemostly for Linux cause I did...
For hosts that run in a domain environment, you should use group policy to enable WinRM by following thedocumentationfrom Microsoft. Getting WinRM to work in your environment can be difficult. Refer to the Ansibleguidethat explains how to set up a Windows host if you need further assi...
Ansibleis a popular configuration management solution that allows you to manage multiple servers remotely. It’s a commonly used tool for software configuration and deployment automation. Unlike Chef or Puppet, Ansible doesn’t require agents to be installed on managed hosts, which is its main advan...
In this section, we are going to configure our Windows 10 remote host system to connect with the Ansible Control node. We are going to install theWinRM listener-short forWindows Remote– which will allow the connection between the Windows host system and the Ansible server. But before we do...
test for regulatory concerns, recommendations, or requirements. It is designed to be human-readable and platform-agnostic. Developers can work with InSpec locally or using SSH, WinRM, or Docker to run testing, so it’s unnecessary to install any packages on the infrastructure that is ...
Today we look at how to get started with basic windows server automation with Ansible. Configuring our control server, WinRM, and running a few basic commands.
I mentionEnable PowerShell remotingbecause in PowerShell 7.1, remoting over WSMan requires a different WinRM endpoint than Windows PowerShell 5.1. Also, theEnter-PSSessioncommand needs to have a–ConfigurationNameparameter specified; otherwise, the Windows PowerShell 5.1 remoting endpoint will be used...