ansible.windows
Windows core collection for Ansible (by ansible-collections)
boxstarter
Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages (by chocolatey)
ansible.windows | boxstarter | |
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12 | 16 | |
223 | 1,271 | |
0.4% | 0.5% | |
7.2 | 6.9 | |
21 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
PowerShell | PowerShell | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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ansible.windows
Posts with mentions or reviews of ansible.windows.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-09.
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New to AWX Ansible. Trying to use email
collections: # see https://galaxy.ansible.com/ansible/windows - name: ansible.windows version: 2.2.0 # see https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general - name: community.general version: 8.1.0
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Share code between custom plugins?
For example the ansible.windows collections has a plugin_utils/_quote.py file https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/blob/main/plugins/plugin_utils/_quote.py. It's then imported by some filter plugins with https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/blob/5b044e12c93f57a26563264690c633aef97036d6/plugins/filter/quote.py#L11-L15
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Finally started giving Ansible a try and started scanning all Windows computers for Domain Administrator use – in seconds 💪
I'm no expert here, but maybe you're better off using the ansible windows collection instead of just invoking Powershell, as you'll get to rely on all the functionality Ansible provides like checking the outcome, changes, handling errors, providing consistent feedback, etc., instead of being responsible for that yourself. Like, actually use it for more than firing off scripts remotely
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win_shell: jinja templates and calling an advanced function from a PowerShell script. Is this possible??
I've tried the workarounds provided here but I haven't had any success. I'm persisting with this approach rather than the more tedious copying the script to the server, executing, and then cleaning up etc. as Ansible does the house keeping for me this way. 😅
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Is Powershell DSC still worth learning?
If you do find any issues we certainly would like to hear about it and try and fix the problem if we can. You can submit an issue with the details at https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows.
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ps1 and ansible
It is but Parse-Args are part of the legacy module utils. Have a look at win_environment for a decent module example. It uses the newer AnsibleModule style that is good to use today. You can ignore the AddType module util if you don’t need that functionality (it doesn’t look like you do).
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get-acl recursively for files in a folder and change them to read only if they are currently modify for a given user
Here is something that might get you moving In the right direction, its a script to pull and modify the ACL's from ansiblehttps://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/blob/main/plugins/modules/win_acl.ps1
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Cant seem to get ansible to install the 3cx desktop app
Which version of Ansible? See https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/138. This may or may not be your issue.
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Ansible.windows.Win_updates RemoteSigned
Just opened https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/pull/320 which should solve this problem for you. If you do get a chance it would be great if you could test it out in your environment to see if it solves it for you.
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Ansible Windows Throwing Error On Setup Module
The issue you are coming across is https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/29 which has been fixed in the ansible.windows collection. The fix was very intrusive as it required a massive rewrite in how the module gathered facts, essentially stopped using WMI/CIM. I believe these changes are present in Ansible 2.10.+ but not Ansible 2.9.. The issue here is that WMI/CIM does not allow you to get instances unless you are either an Administrator or are running an Interactive logon. For WinRM users are no longer running an interactive logon so the old code only worked for Administrators.
boxstarter
Posts with mentions or reviews of boxstarter.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-20.
- Repeatable, Reboot Resilient Windows Environment Installations Made Easy
- Boxstarter v3.0.2 now available
- Boxstarter v3.0.1 now available
- Can I boot from a (max size of 10GB) customized Windows ISO with pre-installed software to deploy my server everytime?
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Boxstarter
Boxstarter automates the installation of software to create repeatable, scripted Windows environments. Builds on Chocolatey to create an optimized way to install a complete environment on a fresh OS install. RjBass3 uses it "to install a plethora of basic apps and software like Adobe Reader, various browsers, dotnet etc.. And the ability to keep them updated, so I'm not always getting calls about 'is this notification for an update safe?'… saves so much time and effort."
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Is there any way to run Chocolately without actually installing it?
Take a look at Boxstarter that uses Chocolatey CLI to do this. It's built for this exact purpose.
- How to install Windows that launches custom scripts?
- Boxstarter v3.0.0 now available
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Are there any online C# compilers/code testers like DotNetFiddle that support breakpoints?
Or go a step further with https://boxstarter.org (based on Chocolatey)
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How do you guys set up your work environment after reinstalling Windows?
You can take chocolatey a step further and use https://boxstarter.org/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ansible.windows and boxstarter you can also consider the following projects:
community.windows - Windows community collection for Ansible
winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).