For the Windows SysAdmin
summary
Steps to go from zero to managing Windows: set up a Linux control VM, install Ansible via pip using Python 3.11 requirement, add a local Windows user (called ansible) to Administrators, run the provided WinRM setup script with winrm with self-signed certs, pip install pywinrm, define inventory and group_vars, use win_ping then playbooks using win_file, win_copy and win_template (Jinja2) to create C:\tools and substitute variables, and run inline PowerShell modules; mentions AWX/Tower for automation.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Ansible for Windows SysAdmins
- 1:51What is Ansible
- 4:16Ansible with Windows
- 8:27Install Ansible on Linux
- 16:38Prepare Windows host
- 20:33Configure Ansible inventory
- 26:44WinRM connection setup
- 32:49Ad-hoc to playbooks
- 37:25Run basic playbook
- 43:03Next steps resources
- 44:53Q&A
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