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Has anyone had success with using Ansible to manage Windows?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ansible on Windows uses WinRM but believe it or not there is also SSH for windows. (I use it to admin a single machine.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In my basic tests (initial setup of an AD DC, just a lab environment), it does work through WinRM. What gave me a headache is tying to enable "secure" (TLS) WinrRM using a self-signed certificate. I should do some cleanup and post the setup someday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's why I use SSH