win_shell hangs

[Hmdi Bz]

hello,

I tried to execute a bash script ( the script is inside the remote windows server)

the bash script was executed but the win_shell  task hangs.

win_shell: chdir="C:\\someApp\\bin" ./start.bat

[J Hawkesworth]

Not a lot of information to go on here, but it looks like you might need to change syntax, looking at the examples here:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/win_shell_module.html

try something like this in your playbook

win_shell: start.bat
args:
  chdir: C:\someApp\bin

[Hmdi Bz]

Hello,

thank you for the reply,

the issue is within the "someApp", even if I start the app manually a cmd windows pops up to start it and when I run the C:\someApp\bin\stop.bat the App stops however the opened cmd windows never closes and that leads the powershell to keep the session alive on until the closure of the cmd windows .

My solution to find the process and kill it after stopping the App.

[J Hawkesworth]

Many apps with msi installers have a quiet mode for unattended installations. Might be worth checking to see if your app has a silent mode. Often there is a /qn option you can pass to the installer program.

Hope this helps,

Jon

[Hmdi Bz]

The app is embededd inside an osgi container (karaf), there is no installer,the app is started by just executing the karaf start script.

Thx