#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2016, Ansible, inc # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . # ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'core', 'version': '1.0'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: win_shell short_description: Execute shell commands on target hosts. version_added: 2.2 description: - The M(win_shell) module takes the command name followed by a list of space-delimited arguments. It is similar to the M(win_command) module, but runs the command via a shell (defaults to PowerShell) on the target host. options: free_form: description: - the win_shell module takes a free form command to run. There is no parameter actually named 'free form'. See the examples! required: true creates: description: - a path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path exists on the target host, the task will be skipped. removes: description: - a path or path filter pattern; when the referenced path B(does not) exist on the target host, the task will be skipped. chdir: description: - set the specified path as the current working directory before executing a command executable: description: - change the shell used to execute the command (eg, C(cmd)). The target shell must accept a C(/c) parameter followed by the raw command line to be executed. notes: - If you want to run an executable securely and predictably, it may be better to use the M(win_command) module instead. Best practices when writing playbooks will follow the trend of using M(win_command) unless M(win_shell) is explicitly required. When running ad-hoc commands, use your best judgement. - WinRM will not return from a command execution until all child processes created have exited. Thus, it is not possible to use win_shell to spawn long-running child or background processes. Consider creating a Windows service for managing background processes. author: - Matt Davis ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Execute a command in the remote shell; stdout goes to the specified # file on the remote. - win_shell: C:\\somescript.ps1 >> c:\\somelog.txt # Change the working directory to somedir/ before executing the command. - win_shell: C:\\somescript.ps1 >> c:\\somelog.txt chdir=c:\\somedir # You can also use the 'args' form to provide the options. This command # will change the working directory to somedir/ and will only run when # somedir/somelog.txt doesn't exist. - win_shell: C:\\somescript.ps1 >> c:\\somelog.txt args: chdir: c:\\somedir creates: c:\\somelog.txt # Run a command under a non-Powershell interpreter (cmd in this case) - win_shell: echo %HOMEDIR% args: executable: cmd register: homedir_out ''' RETURN = ''' msg: description: changed returned: always type: boolean sample: True start: description: The command execution start time returned: always type: string sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.429568' end: description: The command execution end time returned: always type: string sample: '2016-02-25 09:18:26.755339' delta: description: The command execution delta time returned: always type: string sample: '0:00:00.325771' stdout: description: The command standard output returned: always type: string sample: 'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@master ...' stderr: description: The command standard error returned: always type: string sample: 'ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory' cmd: description: The command executed by the task returned: always type: string sample: 'rabbitmqctl join_cluster rabbit@master' rc: description: The command return code (0 means success) returned: always type: int sample: 0 stdout_lines: description: The command standard output split in lines returned: always type: list of strings sample: [u'Clustering node rabbit@slave1 with rabbit@master ...'] '''