Why Getting an Error"winrm or requests is not installed: No module named xmltodict" with Ansible Engine Managing Windows Hosts?

Solution Verified - Updated 2022-08-10T16:25:03+00:00 -

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Environment

• Ansible Engine

Issue

• Unable to interface with Windows hosts on a new Ansible control host.

Resolution

• Install package :

  # pip install "pywinrm>=0.2.2"
  

Please Note: You need to run the Windows provisioning PowerShell script on the windows host to configure winrm for Ansible. Please refer to our documentation: Windows System Preparation.

• How to install "pywinrm>=0.2.2", using pip, on an offline system?

Root Cause

• Ansible requires the winrm Python module to interface with Windows remote hosts. For more details, see Windows Support: Installing on the Control Machine

Diagnostic Steps

• Run the below command :

  # ansible windows -i hosts -m win_ping
  x.x.x.x | FAILED! => {
     "msg": "winrm or requests is not installed: No module named xmltodict"
  }
  

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