Ansible

Install and Use

Using apt and older version

sudo apt install ansible sshpass

Or lets just use pip

python3 -m venv venv
source ansible/bin/activate
pip install -U pip
pip install ansible

inventory.txt

[Windows]
winhost.example.com

[Windows:vars]
ansible_user=<myuser>
ansible_password=<mypass>
ansible_connection=winrm
# ansible_port=5985
# ansible_winrm_scheme=http
ansible_port=5986
ansible_winrm_scheme=https
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore


[Linux]
linuxhost.example.com


[Linux:vars]
ansible_user=<my user>
ansible_password=<my pass>
ansible_connection=ssh

https://www.vgemba.net/ansible/Ansible-WinRM-Workgroup/

ansible 'Windows' --inventory-file inventory.txt -a "pwd"

ansible myhost.example.com -a "pwd" --ask-pass

Presentations

• https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/m/sr_rs/events/2019/cisco-connect/pdf/using_ansible_in_dc_automation_radenko_citakovic.pdf

https://www.vgemba.net/ansible/Ansible-WinRM-Workgroup/