Issue with ansible playbook for windows

[Jayan Anirudhan]

Hi All,

I have created a playbook to execute a VBScript on windows server and its showing error while performing the syntax check. Kindly have a look and  please help me in this regard.

---
- name: Copy PsExec
  win_copy:src:/home/testuser/jaytest/g-prediscover.vbe
    dest:C:\temp\
    force:no

   - name:Run powershell as a specific domain user
    win_command:C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable:C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
    elevated:yes
    nobanner:yes
    interactive:yes
...

=========================

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# ansible-playbook -i inventory --syntax-check win3.yml
ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
  could not find expected ':'

The error appears to be in '/opt/jaywin/win3.yml': line 13, column 1, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

    interactive:yes
...
^ here

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]#

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Ansible version  = ansible 2.8.4

[Dick Visser]

Your spacing is all messed up. Try this (I have not used these modules so there may be additional issues):

---
- name: Copy PsExec
  win_copy:
    src: /home/testuser/jaytest/g-prediscover.vbe
    dest: C:\temp\
    force: no

- name: Run powershell as a specific domain user
  win_command: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
    elevated: yes
    nobanner: yes
    interactive: yes

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[Jayan Anirudhan]

Hi Dick,

Thanks for your mail.

As per your mail I have tried the same and found the issue persist. Kindly find the details mentioned below.

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# cat win5.yml

---
- name: Copy PsExec
  win_copy:
    src: /home/testuser/jaytest/g-prediscover.vbe
    dest: C:\temp\
    force: no

- name: Run powershell as a specific domain user
  win_command: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
    elevated: yes
    nobanner: yes
    interactive: yes

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# ansible-playbook -i inventory --syntax-check win5.yml

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.

  mapping values are not allowed in this context

The error appears to be in '/opt/jaywin/win5.yml': line 10, column 15, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  win_command: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe

              ^ here

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]#

Regards,

Jayan

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[Dick Visser]

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 at 17:39, Jayan Anirudhan <jaya...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Dick,

Thanks for your mail.

As per your mail I have tried the same and found the issue persist. Kindly find the details mentioned below.

Actually the original error is fixed, but now a new one arised.

 

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# cat win5.yml
---
- name: Copy PsExec
  win_copy:
    src: /home/testuser/jaytest/g-prediscover.vbe
    dest: C:\temp\
    force: no

- name: Run powershell as a specific domain user
  win_command: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
    elevated: yes
    nobanner: yes
    interactive: yes
[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# ansible-playbook -i inventory --syntax-check win5.yml
ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
  mapping values are not allowed in this context

The error appears to be in '/opt/jaywin/win5.yml': line 10, column 15, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  win_command: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
              ^ here

Again, I have no experience whatsoever with the windows modules, but from the docs alone one can see that the win_command module does not have any of the parameters that you use:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_command_module.html

Browsing through the windows module list, I think you mixed things up and want to use the win_psexec module?

Because that does have all the parameters you use:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_psexec_module.html

I noticed that this needs a 'command' parameters.

Adding the bits of the puzzle:

---
- name: Copy PsExec
  win_copy:
    src: /home/testuser/jaytest/g-prediscover.vbe
    dest: C:\temp\
    force: no

- name: Run powershell as a specific domain user

  win_psexec:

    command C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2

    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
    elevated: yes
    nobanner: yes
    interactive: yes

[Jayan Anirudhan]

Hi Dick,

No luck so far

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# cat win6.yml

---
- name: Copy PsExec
  win_copy:
    src: /home/testuser/jaytest/g-prediscover.vbe
    dest: C:\temp\
    force: no

- name: Run powershell as a specific domain user
  win_psexec:
    command C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe
    elevated: yes
    nobanner: yes
    interactive: yes

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]# ansible-playbook -i inventory --syntax-check win6.yml

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
  mapping values are not allowed in this context

The error appears to be in '/opt/jaywin/win6.yml': line 11, column 15, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

    command C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe g-prediscover.vbe -n 2 +2
    executable: C:\temp\g-prediscover.vbe

              ^ here

[root@Y1972-206 jaywin]#

Regards,

Jayan

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