ansible.builtin.powershell shell – Windows PowerShell

Note

This shell plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name powershell even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same shell plugin name.

Synopsis

  • The only option when using ‘winrm’ or ‘psrp’ as a connection plugin.

  • Can also be used when using ‘ssh’ as a connection plugin and the DefaultShell has been configured to PowerShell.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

async_dir

string

added in 2.8 of ansible.builtin

Directory in which ansible will keep async job information.

Before Ansible 2.8, this was set to remote_tmp + "\.ansible_async".

Default: “%USERPROFILE%\\.ansible_async”

Configuration:

  • INI entry:

    [powershell]
async_dir = %USERPROFILE%\.ansible_async

  • Variable: ansible_async_dir

environment

list / elements=string

List of dictionaries of environment variables and their values to use when executing commands.

Default: [{}]

remote_tmp

string

Temporary directory to use on targets when copying files to the host.

Default: “%TEMP%”

Configuration:

  • INI entry:

    [powershell]
remote_tmp = %TEMP%

  • Variable: ansible_remote_tmp

set_module_language

boolean

Controls if we set the locale for modules when executing on the target.

Windows only supports no as an option.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.