ansible not reading group_vars/windows.yml

pixel fairy

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Feb 6, 2017, 9:05:09 AM2/6/17

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seems ansible is not reading group_vars/windows.yml

tried renaming to group_vars/windows same result

$ ansible --version
ansible 2.2.1.0

$ ansible windows --list-hosts
  hosts (1):
    ex-domain1

$ cat group_vars/windows.yml 
ansible_user: Administrator
ansible_port: 5986
ansible_connection: winrm
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore


$ ansible windows -m debug -a msg="{{ansible_user}}"
ex-domain1 | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": "root"
}

$ cat ansible.cfg 
[defaults]
inventory = ./inventory
remote_user = root
roles_path = ./roles

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Matt Davis

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Feb 6, 2017, 5:36:33 PM2/6/17

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Hrm, running this exact stuff works fine for me on 2.2.1 (from source).

pixel fairy

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Feb 6, 2017, 5:41:47 PM2/6/17

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my control machine is ubuntu 16.04, ansible and winrm installed with pip. whats yours? ill try from source.

Matt Davis

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Feb 6, 2017, 5:50:13 PM2/6/17

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Fedora 25, but shouldn't matter unless somebody horribly broke something in packaging...

Matt Davis

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Feb 6, 2017, 5:50:26 PM2/6/17

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(especially since you installed from pip)

pixel fairy

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Feb 6, 2017, 6:48:23 PM2/6/17

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group_vars was in the playbooks directory. moved it to inventory and it worked. group_vars/all

worked fine from the playbooks directory.

On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 2:50:13 PM UTC-8, Matt Davis wrote:
Fedora 25, but shouldn't matter unless somebody horribly broke something in packaging...

i think ubuntu broke the packaging. cant get anything to install from PPA. always get "does not have a release file".

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