Ansible win_msi creates: does it work?

[nfwlpw]

I'm using ansible 1.7.2, here's my very basic playbook:

---
- hosts: all
  tasks:
  - win_msi: path=C:\\temp\\NewRelicAgent_x64_3.6.177.0.msi creates=C:\\temp\\NewRelicAgent_x64_3.6.177.0.txt state=present


I expect ansible to create the file specified, but that does not seem to be the case.  From looking at the win_msi module (I know nothing of powershell), it only checks the existence, but doesn't actually creates anything?  Moreover, if I create C:\\temp\\NewRelicAgent_x64_3.6.177.0.txt manually, ansible still goes on and install the MSI.

How is it supposed to work?

[Chris Church]

creates=somefile does not make ansible create a file; it causes the module to run only if the file is missing.

You should check for the existence of a file installed by the MSI, e.g.:

creates="C:\\Program Files\\New Relic\\Agent.exe"

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[nfwlpw]

Can anyone confirm this is how it works?  I used a file that already exists but ansible still seem to tried to install (I saw msiexec being started).  Nothing in the output indicates it skipped the task either:


TASK: [win_msi path="c:\\temp\\NewRelicAgent_x64_3.6.177.0.msi" creates="C:\\Program Files\\New Relic" state=present] ***
changed: [qa01rlaffvm01.qa.ruelala.lan]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
qa01rlaffvm01.qa.ruelala.lan : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0  

This is the same output regardless if I have creates set or not

[Chris Church]

Taking a closer look at that module, I think you've found a bug.  I'll work on a fix and some tests.

https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/129

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[Michael Wozniak]

The win_package module works better in my opinion (not merged yet).  However you need to set the name of the package properly, which I've only been able to figure out by installing each package by hand and searching the registry for the name.  The name has to match exactly.  

I've also found some msi files that appear to have no name set.

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