Using win_feature to add multiple features does not appear to work

[Ian Clegg]

Hi all,

According to the documentation it should be possible to install multiple windows features at once by comma separating them using the win_feature module:

http://docs.ansible.com/win_feature_module.htm

$ ansible -i hosts -m win_feature -a "name=Web-Server,Web-Common-Http" all

Initially it fails with:

SERVER2008R2 | FAILED >> {

    "failed": true,

    "msg": "A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'IncludeManagementTools'."

}

Ok, so Dimitri found this is fixed in the latest devel, so lets patch with the latest: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/blob/devel/windows/win_feature.ps1

Now we get:

SERVER2008R2 | FAILED >> {

    "changed": false,

    "exitcode": "InvalidArgs",

    "failed": true,

    "feature_result": [],

    "msg": "Failed to add feature",

    "restart_needed": false,

    "success": false

}

I can install each windows feature individually with this module, but put them in a comma separated list (as indicated by the documentation) and it fails.

Is this the ability to install multiple windows features at once a documentation error, or there a bug here?

Thanks

Ian

[Ian Clegg]

On inspection, and assuming the documentation is correct, this is a bug:

submitted PR 974 to ansible-modules-core