Thanks for the feedback. Wholeheartedly agree with your last statement :). This was an ask and given that I see az cli as something that can do everything the PoSH modules can do, I'm not convinced it's worth the effort. That said, I'm trying to give it a fair shot. If it works, great, if not...
I came across a post (from reading some of the other conversations) where some is just using the shell module, specifying pwsh as the executable and putting the PoSH inline. I might give that a try; again, just to give this a shot. If it doesn't work for technical reasons, at least the feedback will be objective. Shawn On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 11:17:36 AM UTC-4 Wei-Yen Tan wrote: > On a sidenote. > Actually I have used powershell on linux. I managed to get it working over > ssh, and Refactored the helper functions for powershell task development. > > > https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSAnsibleHelperFunctions4Linux/0.0.1 > > I also wrote a proof of concept collection to do ms sql managememt through > the local execution environment. > > https://github.com/weiyentan/community.dbatools > > > Though I really only see the use case for powershell as "controller type > of acttivity" where the controller is reaching out. Ie. Managing a sql > database. Or application. There is room to customise and with the advent of > execution environments it allows for this. I have an execution environment > that has pwsh installed so I can do all of this. > > > This was an older execution environment. A newer one exists. > > https://github.com/weiyentan/awx-ee_containers/blob/master/execution_environments/powershell_standard_dbatools/execution-environment.yml > > Managing linux servers, there is already tasks to do most things anyway to > bother going through the effort of converting things to powershell imho. > That's another discussion. > Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* 'Rowe, Walter P. (Fed)' via Ansible Project < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:50 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [ansible-project] Ansible Powershell Usage > > If you are truly managing Windows resources look at win_dsc. > > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/os_guide/windows_dsc.html > > Walter > -- > Walter Rowe, Division Chief > Infrastructure Services, OISM > Mobile: 202.355.4123 <(202)%20355-4123> > > On Mar 14, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Shawn Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, I noticed this discussion: Ansible powershell module to be run on > remote powershell on Linux machine. ( > https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project/c/YZzYNEevzro) > > Where Matt suggests: > That it [the module] is meant to be used with a Windows machine / over > WinRM: > > > *Matt Davis* > *unread,* > *Oct 21, 2016, 1:24:06 PM* > * * > ** > ** > *to Ansible Project* > *Some aspects of Ansible's Powershell support are currently built under > the assumption that it would only ever run on Windows / over WinRM. There > are a few things that would need to be moved around in order to allow > "real" Ansible Powershell modules to work on Linux. By "real", I mean so > that the module generation stuff works correctly whether the WinRM > connection plugin runs it or something else, and that you can use our > Powershell module API.* > > So maybe that's my issue... ie not meant to run against Azure... > > > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 3:28:04 PM UTC-4 Shawn Singh wrote: > >> I'm trying to use Powershell from Ansible. >> >> This is the code: >> >> - name: Log into Azure >> >> ansible.windows.win_powershell: >> >> script: | >> >> [CmdletBinding()] >> >> param ( >> >> [String] >> >> $TenantID, >> >> >> [String] >> >> $AccountID, >> >> >> [SecureString] >> >> $Secret >> >> ) >> >> Connect-AzAccount -ServicePrincipal -TenantId $TenantID -Credential >> $(New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential >> -ArgumentList $AccountID, $Secret) >> >> parameters: >> >> TenantID: "{{ tenant }}" >> >> AccountID: "{{ sp }}" >> >> Secret: "{{ secret }}" >> >> The Connect-AzAccount command works, when executed from my machine >> (running OS X) under pwsh; however, it blows up pretty ugly when executed >> using ansible-playbook... >> >> >> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => { >> >> "changed": false, >> >> "module_stderr": "\u001b[31;1mParserError: >> \u001b[0m/Users/j8683/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1678819559.972683-82400-269117048488035/AnsiballZ_win_powershell.ps1:159\u001b[0m\n\u001b[31;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1mLine >> >> |\u001b[0m\n\u001b[31;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[36;1m 159 | \u001b[0m >> \u001b[36;1m\u0000\u001b[0m\u0000\u0000\u0000{\"module_entry\": >> \"IyFwb3dlcnNoZWxsCgojIENvcHlyaWdodDogKGMpIDIwMjE >> …\u001b[0m\n\u001b[31;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m >> >> | \u001b[31;1m >> ~\u001b[0m\n\u001b[31;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[31;1m\u001b[31;1m\u001b[36;1m >> >> | \u001b[31;1munexpected token '\u0000', expected 'begin', >> 'process', 'end', 'clean', >> or\u001b[0m\n\u001b[31;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[0m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[31;1m\u001b[31;1m\u001b[36;1m\u001b[31;1m\u001b[36;1m >> >> | \u001b[31;1m'dynamicparam'.\u001b[0m\n", >> >> "module_stdout": "", >> >> "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", >> >> "rc": 1 >> >> } >> >> Any ideas on what the win_powershell module might not like? >> >> This is the ansible version I'm using: >> >> ansible [core 2.14.0] >> >> python version = 3.9.6 (default, Sep 26 2022, 11:37:49) [Clang 14.0.0 >> (clang-1400.0.29.202)] (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3) >> >> jinja version = 3.1.2 >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Shawn >> > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f3a8ab7d-ca56-44dd-a783-f54d5b816246n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fansible-project%2Ff3a8ab7d-ca56-44dd-a783-f54d5b816246n%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=05%7C01%7Cwalter.rowe%40nist.gov%7C7fed5500a3aa42d3fb7408db24c6a74b%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C0%7C638144207857135322%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MUkDIr2N85nvYa%2Fs9MYcsMSzngHAOLY3ISixRJLDsZE%3D&reserved=0> > . > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/C0FC9ADA-AEBA-4D3E-8838-7B3A3258842C%40nist.gov > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/C0FC9ADA-AEBA-4D3E-8838-7B3A3258842C%40nist.gov?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. 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