wincom

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ansible-role-wincom

This role helps simplifying some basis common tasks for a windows host deployment.

Works on

Server 2019
Server 2016
Server 2012R2
Server 2012

Not tested (yet) on:

Server 2008R2
Server 2008-x64
Server 2008-x86

Requirements

python3-winrm (pywinrm) is needed for WinRM.

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

Variable	Description	Default value
wincom_required_psmodule	Powershell modules that should be installed.	[xPSDesiredStateConfiguration, NetworkingDsc, ComputerManagementDsc]
wincom_service_delayed	Services that should have delayed startup.	[WinRM]
wincom_power_plan	The desired settings of the windows power plan.	"high performance"
wincom_dns_nics	On what NIC should we update DNS.	"*"
wincom_dns_server	The DNS servers to configure on the NICs.	[8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]
wincom_hostname	Change the hostname of the system to this value.	"{{ inventory_hostname }}"

Dependencies

WinRM on the windows host should configured for Ansible.
justin_p.posh5

Example Playbook

- hosts: windowshosts
  roles:
     - role: justin_p.posh5
     - role: justin_p.wincom

Local Development

This role includes a Vagrantfile that will spin up a local Windows Server 2019 VM in Virtualbox.
After creating the VM it will automatically run our role.