Configure ansible inventory to manage Windows

As adventurer, It is time to see how to manages windows using ansible, hence this article is part of a series focus on how to configure ansible for windows automation.

 

I use Ansible documentation as my reference.

 

Related Topic

 

Install Ansible in four steps.Configure Windows to accept Ansible commands.Ansible cheat sheet for automating Windows. Ansible cheat sheet for automating Linux.

 

Now we will adventure into Ansible territory. So, be careful when editing configuration files, unless you want affect something else.

 

Configure Ansible to connect to Windows servers

 

Firstly, we will enable Linux network authentication protocol, to allow remote authentication. then, add sever , lastly , we will test our configuration.

 

You should know that the following instruction will not success unless you already configured you Windows to permit Ansible to execute remote commands.

 

Step one: Install few packages

 

Log into your ansible server. then, install packages for Kerbros, Python package manager.

 

In my this article, I explain using Ubuntu. therefore , If you have ansible on CentOS or Other RPM based OS check the other article Configure Ansibled for Windows Authentication.

 

At first, Install the following packages

 

apt-get install -y gcc python3-pip python3-dev libkrb5-dev krb5-user

 

Secondly, update Python package manager.

 

pip install --upgrade pip

 

Finally, install python packages essential for ansible. www.cloudadmin.club/os/win/ansible-settings-to-manage-win...

Done