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Learn Ansible - Second Edition
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Learn Ansible - Second Edition

by Russ McKendrick
May 2024
Beginner to intermediate
414 pages
9h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Ansible Windows Modules

In this chapter, we will look at the ever-growing collection of built-in Ansible modules that support and interact with Windows-based servers; coming from an almost exclusively macOS and Linux background, it seemed odd to be using a tool not natively supported on Windows to manage Windows.

By the end of our time in this chapter, I am sure you will agree that looking at the options available, the Ansible developers have made managing Windows Server workloads with a playbook as seamless and familiar as possible.

In this chapter, we will learn how to do the following:

  • Launch a Windows server instance in Microsoft Azure
  • Enable features in Windows
  • Create users
  • Install third-party packages using Chocolatey

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ISBN: 9781835088913