Ansible is a universal language, unraveling the mystery of how work gets done. Turn tough tasks into repeatable playbooks. Roll out enterprise-wide protocols with the push of a button. Ansible’s native Windows support uses Windows PowerShell remoting to manage Windows and in this video( https://youtu.be/xumdTKag6m8 ) we'll see on how to manage Windows via SSH protocol in the same Ansible agentless way that Ansible manages Linux.

1. Managing Windows Like LinuxManaging Windows Like Linux
via SSHvia SSH
Using AnsibleUsing Ansible
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2. Preparing Controller Node:
Install latest stable Ansible
Preparing Windows Managed Node:
OpenSSH is available from Windows Server 2019/ Windows 10
Install OpenSSH with PowerShell
# Run below commands in Powershell
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*'
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
Start-Service sshd
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'
Get-NetFirewallRule -Name *ssh*
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse

3. DEMO TIMEDEMO TIME

4. Manually SSH in to Windows server and
check the OS version

5. Edit Ansible inventory file

6. Run Ansible ad-hoc command using
win_ping module

7. Run a simple Ansible playbook to create a
user

8. Thank You !!!Thank You !!!
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