Configure a Windows Host for Ansible — ansible winrm

How to set up step by step on a fresh Windows 10 machine how to configure a “basic” authentication, use a Local Accounts for authentication, and successfully execute a simple “win_ping” Ansible Playbook.

How to configure a Windows Host for Ansible?
I’ll show you step by step on a freshly installed machine how to configure a “basic” authentication, use a Local Accounts for authentication and successfully execute a simple “win_ping” Ansible Playbook.
This initial configuration sometimes is a roadblock for some Windows users to start using Ansible.
I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

Configure a Windows Host for Ansible

• Windows 7, 8.1, 10, 11
• Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022
• PowerShell 3.0+ and .NET 4.0+
• WinRM or OpenSSH (experimental)

The supported nodes include all the modern releases of Windows Desktop and Server.
The…