Moving on from the Linux modules, let's now explore the modules that are used by Ansible to administrate Windows desktops and servers. Make sure to have already followed the preparation steps to ensure that the Windows hosts are ready to be controlled by Ansible.
Let's start by introducing the modules that control the Windows system and allow their users to manage its different aspects.
These two modules are used to manage the users and groups of Windows hosts' local machines. The following playbook example shows how to add each mode to Windows hosts:
--- - name: Windows Module running hosts: winservers gather_facts: false tasks: - name: create a new group dev win_group: name: developers description: Development department group state: present - name: create a new user in the dev group win_user: name: winuser1 password: Ju5t@n0th3rP@55w0rd...