Manual VS Ansible playbook in window server

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Manish Kumar

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Oct 9, 2019, 7:49:40 AM10/9/19
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Dear All,

Below task gets completed while running it manually from  window dos however nothing happens while we execute it using ansible playbook and there is no error as well.

How to debug such issue and get it working ?

Play-book1:
---
- name: install Disribution Server
  gather_facts: false
  hosts: win
 
  tasks:
    - name: Install services
      win_psexec:
       command: D:\Software_InstallationSets\NT_Service_Installset\RepSrv\SETUP.EXE -s -f1D:\Software_InstallationSets\NT_Service_Installset\RepSrv\Repsrv.iss -f2D:\ArisGlobal\Components\RepSrv_Iss.log    

Play-book2:
---
- name: install Disribution Server
  gather_facts: false
  hosts: win
 
  tasks:
    - name: Install services
      win_command: D:\Software_InstallationSets\NT_Service_Installset\RepSrv\SETUP.EXE -s -f1D:\Software_InstallationSets\NT_Service_Installset\RepSrv\Repsrv.iss -f2D:\ArisGlobal\Components\RepSrv_Iss.log  


Output:

Host#  ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml install.yml -vvv

[WARNING] Ansible is in a world writable directory (/U01/automation/playbooks), ignoring it as an ansible.cfg source.

ansible-playbook 2.4.6.0

  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

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

  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible

  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook

  python version = 2.7.16 (default, Jul 19 2019, 23:05:17) [GCC 7.3.1 20180712 (Red Hat 7.3.1-6)]

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

Parsed /U01/automation/playbooks/inventory.yml inventory source with ini plugin

 

PLAYBOOK: install.yml **********************************************************

1 plays in install.yml

 

PLAY [install Disribution Server] **********************************************

META: ran handlers

 

TASK [Install services] ********************************************************

task path: /U01/automation/playbooks/install.yml:7

Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win_psexec.ps1

<192.140.6.17> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: admin on PORT 5986 TO 192.140.6.17

EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)

changed: [192.140.6.17] => {

    "changed": true,

    "delta": "0:00:00.453119",

    "end": "2019-10-09 11:31:36.914910",

    "failed": false,

    "psexec_command": "psexec.exe -accepteula D:\\Software_InstallationSets\\NT_Service_Installset\\RepSrv\\SETUP.EXE -s -f1D:\\Software_InstallationSets\\NT_Service_Installset\\RepSrv\\Repsrv.iss -f2D:\\ArisGlobal\\Components\\RepSrv_Iss.log",

    "rc": 0,

    "start": "2019-10-09 11:31:36.461791",

    "stderr": "D:\\Software_InstallationSets\\NT_Service_Installset\\RepSrv\\SETUP.EXE exited with error code 0.\r\n",

    "stderr_lines": [

        "D:\\Software_InstallationSets\\NT_Service_Installset\\RepSrv\\SETUP.EXE exited with error code 0."

    ],

    "stdout": "\r\nPsExec v2.2 - Execute processes remotely\r\nCopyright (C) 2001-2016 Mark Russinovich\r\nSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com\r\n\r\n",

    "stdout_lines": [

        "",

        "PsExec v2.2 - Execute processes remotely",

        "Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Mark Russinovich",

        "Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com",

        ""

    ]

}

META: ran handlers

META: ran handlers

 

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************

192.140.6.17               : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0



Thanks,

Manish

 

Karl Auer

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Oct 9, 2019, 8:49:12 AM10/9/19
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Is there supposed to be a space after "-f1" or "-f2"? It does look like there should be one, but that's just a wild guess.

Regards, K.


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Manish Kumar

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Oct 9, 2019, 8:50:41 AM10/9/19
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yes space is there but in output it is not visible . Also It does not throw any error .
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Karl Auer

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Oct 9, 2019, 9:02:18 AM10/9/19
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Dunno about it now throwing an error, but that space is not in the input either, i.e., it is not in the command as you provided it here. And why would it not be in the output? Ansible doesn't randomly remove bits of output. Might be worth double-checking...

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J Hawkesworth

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Oct 10, 2019, 1:54:19 AM10/10/19
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Have a read of this...
Is it possible the installer is expecting a GUI?  Sometimes installers have a 'silent' or 'unattended' mode that means they can be made to run without GUI so worth seeing if that is an option.
Running via 'become' instead of via psexec might be worth trying too.

I hope this helps,

Jon

Manish Kumar

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Oct 10, 2019, 4:07:52 AM10/10/19
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yes it is ignoring  the command passed after -s  . Is there any option to debug and pin point the actual issue as it is working fine without ansible .

Karl Auer

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Oct 10, 2019, 4:14:23 AM10/10/19
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I know NOTHING about Windows, but maybe if you read the doco for the setup.exe program it might have some clues? Also, what output do you get if you replace all the arguments to setup.exe with one "/?"

Regards, K.


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Manish Kumar

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Oct 10, 2019, 5:45:44 AM10/10/19
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Thanks a lot Jon !!  It worked for me .......
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