Your windows.yml should be in a "group_vars" subdirectory for ansible to pick up those variables.
Alternately, for a few simple variables, you can add those directly to your hosts file: [windows] ComputerName [windows:vars] ansible_ssh_user=ansible ansible_ssh_pass=ansible123 ansible_ssh_port=5986 ansible_connection=winrm On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:31 PM, skinnedknuckles < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm having trouble getting win_ping to work with or without SSL. Here are > my details... > > > CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core) > > ansible 1.8 (devel 57d2622c8c) last updated 2014/10/17 18:19:13 (GMT -500) > > > using pywinrm-0.0.3-py2.7 > > > I started winrm on the remote node using this script from Hindenes/Church > <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1> > > > windows.yml file contains... > > > ansible_ssh_user: ansible > > ansivle_ssh_pass: ansible123 > > ansible_ssh_port: 5986 > > ansible_connection: winrm > > > > hosts file contains... > > [windows] > ComputerName > > > > > This is my output when trying to run win_ping > > [ansmgr@dhcp1-60-20 ansible]$ ansible windows -m win_ping -vvvv > > <www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com>> ESTABLISH > CONNECTION FOR USER: ansmgr > > <www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com>> REMOTE_MODULE > win_ping > > <www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com>> EXEC ssh -C -tt > -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o > ControlPath=/home/ansmgr/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r -o > KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications= > gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o > PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 www.example.com > <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p > $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1427994666.99-36837830948182 && chmod a+rx > $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1427994666.99-36837830948182 && echo > $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1427994666.99-36837830948182' > > www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> | FAILED => SSH > encountered an unknown error. The output was: > > OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013 > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 56: Applying options for * > > debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master > > debug1: Control socket > "/home/ansmgr/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-www.example.com-22-ansmgr" > does not exist > > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 > > debug1: Connecting to www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> > [123.123.123.123] port 22. > > debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK > > debug1: connect to address 123.123.123.123 port 22: Connection refused > > ssh: connect to host www.example.com <http://ads-6999.am.ad.seagate.com> > port 22: Connection refused > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e6fb0ae9-100d-4ad5-aec1-8f48ed7e664d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e6fb0ae9-100d-4ad5-aec1-8f48ed7e664d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAH%2BKTJ7QUH4WTSQUpDHSfsiS4sOkKmHTp3HP05WY6pCdJ6A%3D7g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
