Ansible troubleshooting — Module Failure on Windows-target

How to reproduce, troubleshoot, and fix the Module Failure Ansible fatal error on Windows-target. Demo code included for download file example.

Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the Module Failure on Windows-target.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

demo

How to troubleshoot the Module Failure on Windows-target.

error code

---
- name: win_get_url module demo
  hosts: all
  become: false
  vars:
    myurl: "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-2.9.25.tar.gz"
    mydest: 'C:\Users\vagrant\Desktop\ansible-2.9.25.tar.gz'
  tasks:
    - name: download file
      ansible.builtin.get_url:
        url: "{{ myurl }}"
        dest: "{{ mydest }}"

error execution

ansible-pilot $ ansible-playbook -i virtualmachines/win/inventory troubleshooting/get_url_error.yml
PLAY [win_get_url module demo] ********************************************************************