Re: Problem connecting to Windows Server 2008R2 host

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Martin Lucas

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Apr 29, 2020, 1:04:43 AM4/29/20

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I did some Googling and found ansible_python_interpreter which I set to C:\Program\ Files\Python3.7.5. This removed the python not found warning and the output is now:

ansible -m ping 192.168.230.3 -vvv

ansible 2.8.3

config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

configured module search path = ['/home/cyborg/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']

ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible

executable location = /usr/bin/ansible

python version = 3.7.5 (default, Apr 19 2020, 20:18:17) [GCC 9.2.1 20191008]

Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's verify_file() method

script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's verify_file() method

auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's verify_file() method

Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin

META: ran handlers

Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py

Pipelining is enabled.

<192.168.230.3> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO 192.168.230.3

EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)

192.168.230.3 | FAILED! => {

"changed": false,

"module_stderr": "Exception calling \"Create\" with \"1\" argument(s): \"At line:4 char:21\r\n+ def _ansiballz_main():\r\n+ ~\r\nAn expression was expected after '('.\r\nAt line:13 char:27\r\n+ except (AttributeError, OSError):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:15 char:7\r\n+ if scriptdir is not None:\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:7\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:30\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:22 char:25\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nThe '<' operator is reserved for future use.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:24 char:33\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\nUnexpected token 'imp.PY_SOURCE' in expression or statement.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing closing ')' in expression.\r\nAt line:24 char:46\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~\r\nUnexpected token ')' in expression or statement.\r\nNot all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try \r\nagain.\"\r\nAt line:6 char:1\r\n+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException\r\n \r\nThe expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not \r\nvalid. It must result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo \r\nobject.\r\nAt line:7 char:2\r\n+ &$exec_wrapper\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression\r\n ",

"module_stdout": "",

"msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",

"rc": 1

}

On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:59:25 UTC+9:30, Martin Lucas wrote:

Hi,

I'm a first time Ansible user and have successfully tested connecting to Linux hosts using the ping module :-). I'm having problems with doing the same to a Windows Server 2008R2 host. I have followed the setup instructions at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/windows_setup.html and that all worked OK. When I try and connect I get the following error.

I seems like it can't find python, which is in C:\Program Files\Python3.7.5 and in the path on the Windows box.

ansible -m ping 192.168.230.3 -vvv
ansible 2.8.3
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/cyborg/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.7.5 (default, Apr 19 2020, 20:18:17) [GCC 9.2.1 20191008]
Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's verify_file() method
script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's verify_file() method
auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass it's verify_file() method
Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin
META: ran handlers
<192.168.230.3> Attempting python interpreter discovery
<192.168.230.3> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Administrator on PORT 5986 TO 192.168.230.3
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/system/ping.py
Pipelining is enabled.
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
[WARNING]: No python interpreters found for host 192.168.230.3 (tried ['/usr/bin/python', 'python3.7', 'python3.6',
'python3.5', 'python2.7', 'python2.6', '/usr/libexec/platform-python', '/usr/bin/python3', 'python'])

192.168.230.3 | FAILED! => {
"ansible_facts": {
"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"module_stderr": "Exception calling \"Create\" with \"1\" argument(s): \"At line:4 char:21\r\n+ def _ansiballz_main():\r\n+ ~\r\nAn expression was expected after '('.\r\nAt line:13 char:27\r\n+ except (AttributeError, OSError):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing argument in parameter list.\r\nAt line:15 char:7\r\n+ if scriptdir is not None:\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:7\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing '(' after 'if' in if statement.\r\nAt line:22 char:30\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:22 char:25\r\n+ if sys.version_info < (3,):\r\n+ ~\r\nThe '<' operator is reserved for future use.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing expression after ','.\r\nAt line:24 char:33\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\nUnexpected token 'imp.PY_SOURCE' in expression or statement.\r\nAt line:24 char:32\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~\r\nMissing closing ')' in expression.\r\nAt line:24 char:46\r\n+ MOD_DESC = ('.py', 'U', imp.PY_SOURCE)\r\n+ ~\r\nUnexpected token ')' in expression or statement.\r\nNot all parse errors were reported. Correct the reported errors and try \r\nagain.\"\r\nAt line:6 char:1\r\n+ $exec_wrapper = [ScriptBlock]::Create($split_parts[0])\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParseException\r\n \r\nThe expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not \r\nvalid. It must result in a command name, a script block, or a CommandInfo \r\nobject.\r\nAt line:7 char:2\r\n+ &$exec_wrapper\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadExpression\r\n ",
"module_stdout": "",
"msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",
"rc": 1
}

Does anyone have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Martin.

Jordan Borean

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Apr 29, 2020, 3:42:19 AM4/29/20

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See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/windows_faq.html#what-windows-modules-are-available, you cannot run Python modules on Windows. You need to use the win_* variants if they are available.

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