win_pester – Run Pester tests on Windows hosts

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Run Pester tests on Windows hosts.

  • Test files have to be available on the remote host.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Pester

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
path
string / required
Path to a pester test file or a folder where tests can be found.
If the path is a folder, the module will consider all ps1 files as Pester tests.
version
-
Minimum version of the pester module that has to be available on the remote host.

Examples

- name: Get facts
  setup:

- name: Add Pester module
  action:
    module_name: "{{ 'win_psmodule' if ansible_powershell_version >= 5 else 'win_chocolatey' }}"
    name: Pester
    state: present

- name: Run the pester test provided in the path parameter.
  win_pester:
    path: C:\Pester

# Run pesters tests files that are present in the specified folder
# ensure that the pester module version available is greater or equal to the version parameter.
- name: Run the pester test present in a folder and check the Pester module version.
  win_pester:
    path: C:\Pester\test01.test.ps1
    version: 4.1.0

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
output
list
 success
Results of the Pester tests.
pester_version
string
 always
Version of the pester module found on the remote host.

Sample:
4.3.1


Status

Authors

  • Erwan Quelin (@equelin)

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