Not able to connect windows server due to the Error "module_stderr": "An error occurred while creating the pipeline.\r\n"," while trying with win_ping

[Usha Rani]

Hi,

I am trying to do ping test to some windows machine using win_ping but getting the below error when i run the ping yml.

$ansible win_prod -i /tmp/winhosts.yml -m win_ping -k

 [WARNING] Ansible is in a world writable directory (/tmp), ignoring it as an ansible.cfg source.

SSH password:

Friday 14 September 2018  20:19:32 +0200 (0:00:00.053)       0:00:00.053 ******

abcd01.com | FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "module_stderr": "An error occurred while creating the pipeline.\r\n",

    "module_stdout": "",

    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE",

    "rc": 1

}

[win]

abcd01.com 

[win:vars]

ansible_user=x...@abc.com

ansible_connection=winrm

ansible_port=5986

ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation='ignore'

ansible_winrm_transport=ntlm

I tried to connect through 'ntlm' since its a AD account and the same way i am able connected to other hosts successfully which are under same domain. But not able to connect only this host.

Please help to solve the above issue.

regards,

Usha.

[Jordan Borean]

Can you run with `-vvvvv` as that will show more info on the connection process that can help identify your issue.

[Usha Rani]

Hi Jordan,

Executed with -vvvvv..please check the below output:

$ ansible win_prod -i /tmp/winhosts.yml -m win_ping -k -vvvvv

 [WARNING] Ansible is in a world writable directory (/tmp), ignoring it as an ansible.cfg source.

ansible 2.6.1

  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

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

  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible

  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible

  python version = 3.6.4 (default, Jul 10 2018, 11:29:28) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16)]

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

SSH password:

setting up inventory plugins

Parsed /tmp/winhosts.yml inventory source with ini plugin

Loading callback plugin minimal of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/minimal.py

Loading callback plugin profile_tasks of type aggregate, v2.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_tasks.py

META: ran handlers

Tuesday 18 September 2018  09:50:30 +0200 (0:00:00.053)       0:00:00.053 *****

Using module file /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win_ping.ps1

<abcd.xxx.com> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: us...@xxx.com on PORT 5986 TO abcd.xxx.com

checking if winrm_host abcd.xxx.com is an IPv6 address

<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM CONNECT: transport=ntlm endpoint=https://abcd.xxx.com:5986/wsman

<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM OPEN SHELL: 6C0BD575-66ED-4E41-A232-740078229E47

EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)

<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM EXEC 'PowerShell' ['-NoProfile', '-NonInteractive', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', '-']

<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM RESULT '<Response code 1, out "", err "An error occurred wh">'

<abcd.xxx.com> WINRM CLOSE SHELL: 6C0BD575-66ED-4E41-A232-740078229E47

abcd.xxx.com | FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "module_stderr": "An error occurred while creating the pipeline.\r\n",

    "module_stdout": "",

    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE",

    "rc": 1

}

Tuesday 18 September 2018  09:50:32 +0200 (0:00:01.632)       0:00:01.685 *****

===============================================================================

win_ping 

[Usha Rani]

Hi Jordan,

Could you please help on the below? 

regards,

Usha 

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[Jordan Borean]

Not sure, there's nothing really being returned in the output that tells us what is happening. It sounds like PowerShell itself is broken or not working properly and I recommend you rebuild the host if it is just the one.

The error is occurring when first starting the task and hasn't even reached the module execution part.

Thanks

Jordan