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    Ansible Playbook (Linux - Windows) Using Winrm

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    This document provides instructions for configuring Ansible to manage Windows servers. It outlines steps to install WinRM on Linux, create a Windows Server instance, configure WinRM on the server, and add the server as an Ansible managed node. Playbooks are then used to install Git and Notepad++ on the server as an example of Ansible's capabilities.

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    Ansible Playbook (Linux - Windows) Using Winrm

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    This document provides instructions for configuring Ansible to manage Windows servers. It outlines steps to install WinRM on Linux, create a Windows Server instance, configure WinRM on the server, and add the server as an Ansible managed node. Playbooks are then used to install Git and Notepad++ on the server as an example of Ansible's capabilities.

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    Ansible Playbook (Linux - Windows) Using Winrm

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    Ansible Playbook (Linux – Windows) using Winrm

    1. Install winrm in Linux server


    sudo yum install -y python2-winrm
    sudo yum -y install python-pip
    sudo pip install pywinrm
    2. Create a Windows Server 2019 Instance in AWS
    3. Open Winrm-https port in security groups

    4. Login to Windows Server using Remote Desktop tool


    Connect -> Click Get Password
    Click -> Choose File & select your AWS pem file & Click Decrypt Password

    Copy -> Public DNS, User Name & Password


    Open Remote Desktop Connection –> Paste Public DNS in place of Computer
    & Click -> Connect

    Provide Username & Password and Click -> OK


    Now Remote Desktop will connect to the Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2019 Connected

    5. Open Windows Powershell and Check for version. It is above 3.0, so we can configure
    winrm now (use Get-Host command to check version)
    6. Configure Winrm
    6.1 Winrm Memory Hotfix
    Goto this link
    https://github.com/jborean93/ansible-windows/blob/master/scripts/Install-WMF3Hotfix.ps1

    Copy the code and save it in Windows Server Machine Desktop as Install-
    WMF3Hotfix.ps1

    Open Windows Powershell and go to Desktop (cd ~/.Desktop)

    Execute the following command

    powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File Install-WMF3Hotfix.ps1 –Verbose

    6.2 Winrm Setup


    Got to this link
    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1

    Copy the code and save it in Windows Server Machine Desktop as


    ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1

    Open Windows Powershell and go to Desktop (cd ~/.Desktop)

    Execute the following command

    powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1

    6.3 Winrm Listener


    Execute this command in Powershell to know about the winrm listener port details

    winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener

    Winrm uses Port 5986 for HTTPS & 5985 for HTTP

    7. Configure Windows Host in Ansible Server in /etc/ansible/hosts

    win ansible_host=PRIVATE IP ansible_password=PASSWORD


    ansible_connection=winrm ansible_port=5986
    ansible_user=Administrator
    ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore

    (Note: Replace PRIVATEIP & PASSWORD with your Windows Server 2019
    Instance Credentials)

    8. Ping Windows Server using the command


    ansible win –m win_ping

    9. Write a playbook to Install Git & Notepad++ in Windows Server 2019

    - hosts: all
    tasks:
    - name: Install git
    win_chocolatey:
    name: git
    state: present

    - name: Install notepad++


    win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    state: present

    10. Execute Playbook to install Git and Notepad++ in Windows Server 2019

    ansible-playbook win.yml
    11 . Check the Installed Git & Notepad++ in Windows Server 2019

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