The FASTEST Way to Manage Windows Server 2025 Using SSH and Ansible

[@carlosmel7742]

Really good videos and well explained. congratulation.
I've followed tutorial carefully, repeated it many times and always had same issues:
ansible all -i hosts.ini -m ansible.windows.win_ping -u Administrator --ask-pass
SSH password:
server2025 | FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"module_stderr": "Parameter format not correct - ;
",
"module_stdout": "",
"msg": "MODULE FAILURE
See stdout/stderr for the exact error",
"rc": 1
}
host.ini file:
[windows]
server2025 ansible_host=192.168.1.1
[windows:vars]
#ansible_user=administrator
#ansible_password=your_password
ansible_connection=ssh
ansible_shell_type=powershell
ansible_ssh_common_args='-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'

[@automatesql]

Thanks! What version of Ansible are you using? Also just to double check are you able to ssh into the server from the terminal?

[@carlosmel7742]

@automatesql thanks for the quick response. I can SSH from the terminal using the keys without any issues. Version installed is 2.17.7

[@automatesql]

In your command you reference the inventory file as hosts.ini but in the snippet of the inventory file it's labeled as host.ini. Pretty sure that's just a copy / paste issue though. Is the default shell set to powershell on server2025? Here is the full blog post that may help. Doublecheck the prerequisites. www.automatesql.com/blog/how-to-configure-ssh-on-windows-server-2025-for-use-with-ansible

[@carlosmel7742]

@@automatesql it's a typo here but I'm using the same filename for the file and command