Display variable value from command line?

[skinnedknuckles]

I'm suspicious that the variables in my windows.yml file are not being loaded properly.  Is there an easy way to display the values of current variables from the command line or do I need to write up a playbook to do this?

for example here is my windows.yml file

ansible_ssh_user: ansible

ansible_ssh_password: ansible123

ansible_ssh_port: 5986

ansible_connection: winrm

How can I check if these values were actually assigned to the variables?

[Brian Coca]

you can create a template that dumps all variables or if you have a
short list you can use debug module:

- debug: var=ansible_ssh_user

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[Chris Church]

That won't quite work if it's actually picking up the ansible_connection=winrm variable.  WinRM actually connects in the connect() method of the connection plugin, whereas SSH doesn't try to establish a connection until later (see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/10197).

The workaround to display the connection variables without actually trying is using a playbook like the following:

---

- hosts: windows

  gather_facts: false

  tasks:

    - local_action: debug var=ansible_connection

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[skinnedknuckles]

Okay this is fixed.  I've discovered that the values assigned to the variables in ansible\group_vars\windows.yml namely  "ansible_ssh_user" and "ansible_ssh_pass" must:

1. Exactly match an account on the windows machine with admin privileges (account must exist but need NOT be current active login)
   
2. If you are using SSL and the value of winrm/config/service/AllowUnencrypted is true (this is the default) the values in ansible\group_vars\windows.yml must exactly match the username and password that was submitted to generate the SSL web certificate. 
   

In my case I also had to append the computer name with the port number in the inventory like this

[windows]

ComputerName:5986 

(or 5985 for AllowUnedcrypted="true" type this command in powershell PS C:\winrm set winrm/config/service '@{AllowUnencrypted="true"}'

done.