Ansible/Windows

Ansible for Windows

Option A - Official Script

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible-documentation/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1

$url  = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible-documentation/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
$file = "$env:temp\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
(New-Object -TypeName System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $file)
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $file -SkipNetworkProfileCheck -Verbose

Option B - Manual

NOTE: CHANGE TARGET_HOSTNAME

$newCert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -DnsName "[TARGET_HOSTNAME]" -CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\My
$thumb = $newCert.Thumbprint
winrm create winrm/config/Listener?Address=*+Transport=HTTPS "@{Hostname="[TARGET_HOSTNAME]"; CertificateThumbprint="$thumb"}"
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="WinRM-HTTPS" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5986
Test-WSMan -ComputerName [TARGET_HOSTNAME] -UseSSL

Test Connection

ansible -i ~/ansible/hosts windows -m win_ping
# SUCCESS => { "changed": false, "ping": "pong" }