Windows modules

• win_acl – Set file/directory/registry permissions for a system user or group

• win_acl_inheritance – Change ACL inheritance

• win_audit_policy_system – Used to make changes to the system wide Audit Policy

• win_audit_rule – Adds an audit rule to files, folders, or registry keys

• win_certificate_store – Manages the certificate store

• win_chocolatey – Manage packages using chocolatey

• win_chocolatey_config – Manages Chocolatey config settings

• win_chocolatey_facts – Create a facts collection for Chocolatey

• win_chocolatey_feature – Manages Chocolatey features

• win_chocolatey_source – Manages Chocolatey sources

• win_command – Executes a command on a remote Windows node

• win_copy – Copies files to remote locations on windows hosts

• win_credential – Manages Windows Credentials in the Credential Manager

• win_defrag – Consolidate fragmented files on local volumes

• win_disk_facts – Show the attached disks and disk information of the target host

• win_disk_image – Manage ISO/VHD/VHDX mounts on Windows hosts

• win_dns_client – Configures DNS lookup on Windows hosts

• win_dns_record – Manage Windows Server DNS records

• win_domain – Ensures the existence of a Windows domain

• win_domain_computer – Manage computers in Active Directory

• win_domain_controller – Manage domain controller/member server state for a Windows host

• win_domain_group – Creates, modifies or removes domain groups

• win_domain_group_membership – Manage Windows domain group membership

• win_domain_membership – Manage domain/workgroup membership for a Windows host

• win_domain_user – Manages Windows Active Directory user accounts

• win_dotnet_ngen – Runs ngen to recompile DLLs after .NET updates

• win_dsc – Invokes a PowerShell DSC configuration

• win_environment – Modify environment variables on windows hosts

• win_eventlog – Manage Windows event logs

• win_eventlog_entry – Write entries to Windows event logs

• win_feature – Installs and uninstalls Windows Features on Windows Server

• win_file – Creates, touches or removes files or directories

• win_file_version – Get DLL or EXE file build version

• win_find – Return a list of files based on specific criteria

• win_firewall – Enable or disable the Windows Firewall

• win_firewall_rule – Windows firewall automation

• win_format – Formats an existing volume or a new volume on an existing partition on Windows

• win_get_url – Downloads file from HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP to node

• win_group – Add and remove local groups

• win_group_membership – Manage Windows local group membership

• win_hostname – Manages local Windows computer name

• win_hosts – Manages hosts file entries on Windows

• win_hotfix – Install and uninstalls Windows hotfixes

• win_http_proxy – Manages proxy settings for WinHTTP

• win_iis_virtualdirectory – Configures a virtual directory in IIS

• win_iis_webapplication – Configures IIS web applications

• win_iis_webapppool – Configure IIS Web Application Pools

• win_iis_webbinding – Configures a IIS Web site binding

• win_iis_website – Configures a IIS Web site

• win_inet_proxy – Manages proxy settings for WinINet and Internet Explorer

• win_lineinfile – Ensure a particular line is in a file, or replace an existing line using a back-referenced regular expression

• win_mapped_drive – Map network drives for users

• win_msg – Sends a message to logged in users on Windows hosts

• win_netbios – Manage NetBIOS over TCP/IP settings on Windows

• win_nssm – Install a service using NSSM

• win_optional_feature – Manage optional Windows features

• win_owner – Set owner

• win_package – Installs/uninstalls an installable package

• win_pagefile – Query or change pagefile configuration

• win_partition – Creates, changes and removes partitions on Windows Server

• win_path – Manage Windows path environment variables

• win_pester – Run Pester tests on Windows hosts

• win_ping – A windows version of the classic ping module

• win_power_plan – Changes the power plan of a Windows system

• win_product_facts – Provides Windows product and license information

• win_psexec – Runs commands (remotely) as another (privileged) user

• win_psmodule – Adds or removes a Windows PowerShell module

• win_psrepository – Adds, removes or updates a Windows PowerShell repository

• win_rabbitmq_plugin – Manage RabbitMQ plugins

• win_rds_cap – Manage Connection Authorization Policies (CAP) on a Remote Desktop Gateway server

• win_rds_rap – Manage Resource Authorization Policies (RAP) on a Remote Desktop Gateway server

• win_rds_settings – Manage main settings of a Remote Desktop Gateway server

• win_reboot – Reboot a windows machine

• win_reg_stat – Get information about Windows registry keys

• win_regedit – Add, change, or remove registry keys and values

• win_region – Set the region and format settings

• win_regmerge – Merges the contents of a registry file into the Windows registry

• win_robocopy – Synchronizes the contents of two directories using Robocopy

• win_route – Add or remove a static route

• win_say – Text to speech module for Windows to speak messages and optionally play sounds

• win_scheduled_task – Manage scheduled tasks

• win_scheduled_task_stat – Get information about Windows Scheduled Tasks

• win_security_policy – Change local security policy settings

• win_service – Manage and query Windows services

• win_share – Manage Windows shares

• win_shell – Execute shell commands on target hosts

• win_shortcut – Manage shortcuts on Windows

• win_snmp – Configures the Windows SNMP service

• win_stat – Get information about Windows files

• win_tempfile – Creates temporary files and directories

• win_template – Template a file out to a remote server

• win_timezone – Sets Windows machine timezone

• win_toast – Sends Toast windows notification to logged in users on Windows 10 or later hosts

• win_unzip – Unzips compressed files and archives on the Windows node

• win_updates – Download and install Windows updates

• win_uri – Interacts with webservices

• win_user – Manages local Windows user accounts

• win_user_profile – Manages the Windows user profiles

• win_user_right – Manage Windows User Rights

• win_wait_for – Waits for a condition before continuing

• win_wait_for_process – Waits for a process to exist or not exist before continuing

• win_wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet

• win_webpicmd – Installs packages using Web Platform Installer command-line

• win_whoami – Get information about the current user and process

• win_xml – Manages XML file content on Windows hosts

Note

• (D): This marks a module as deprecated, which means a module is kept for backwards compatibility but usage is discouraged. The module documentation details page may explain more about this rationale.