How to connect to Windows servers using Kerberos in Ansible Automation Platform?

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Issue

  • Need a way to configure kerberos authentication for Ansible to connect to Windows servers without having to create a custom execution environment.

  • Receiving the following error message when Ansible tries to connect to a Windows server via kerberos

    fatal: [windows_server1.local]: UNREACHABLE! => {"changed": false, "msg": "kerberos: authGSSClientStep() failed: (('Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information', 851968), ('TGT has been revoked', -1765328364))", "unreachable": true}
    

Environment

  • Ansible Automation Platform 2.1+

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