ansible / windows / playbooks

[edscdk]

i've watched a number of videos on this, playbooks look simple enough but what they all exclude is how I define how to install a software package, what criteria make it "installed", what options are selected when its installed,

I assume the playbook is the high level "simple" bit, and there is something else (scripting language) used to manage and define how to install something.

I assume I'm missing something here anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[memyselfandi]

No, there will be an ansible module which knows how to install a package and does so using the parameters passed to it.

Personally I've not done much with it and Windows (more from a Linux side) but I would suggest looking at the following links:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_package_module.html
https://www.ansible.com/blog/windows-package-management

 

[El Pew]

i've watched a number of videos on this, playbooks look simple enough but what they all exclude is how I define how to install a software package, what criteria make it "installed", what options are selected when its installed,

Which operating system? For Red Hat/Centos there's a yum module, for Window there's a win_feature, win_package or win_msi module depending on what you're trying to install. The Ansible website has full documentation for these, including examples: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html

 

[edscdk]

great just want I wanted thanks guys