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win_feature - Installs and uninstalls Windows Features on Windows Server

New in version 1.7.

Synopsis

  • Installs or uninstalls Windows Roles or Features on Windows Server. This module uses the Add/Remove-WindowsFeature Cmdlets on Windows 2008 R2 and Install/Uninstall-WindowsFeature Cmdlets on Windows 2012, which are not available on client os machines.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
include_management_tools
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Adds the corresponding management tools to the specified feature.
Not supported in Windows 2008 R2 and will be ignored.
include_sub_features
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Adds all subfeatures of the specified feature.
name
required
Names of roles or features to install as a single feature or a comma-separated list of features.
source
(added in 2.1)
Specify a source to install the feature from.
Not supported in Windows 2008 R2 and will be ignored.
Can either be {driveletter}:\sources\sxs or \\{IP}\share\sources\sxs.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
State of the features or roles on the system.

Examples

- name: Install IIS (Web-Server only)
  win_feature:
    name: Web-Server
    state: present

- name: Install IIS (Web-Server and Web-Common-Http)
  win_feature:
    name:
    - Web-Server
    - Web-Common-Http
    state: present

- name: Install NET-Framework-Core from file
  win_feature:
    name: NET-Framework-Core
    source: C:\Temp\iso\sources\sxs
    state: present

- name: Install IIS Web-Server with sub features and management tools
  win_feature:
    name: Web-Server
    state: present
    include_sub_features: yes
    include_management_tools: yes
  register: win_feature

- name: reboot if installing Web-Server feature requires it
  win_reboot:
  when: win_feature.reboot_required

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
exitcode
string
 always
The stringified exit code from the feature installation/removal command

Sample:
Success
feature_result
complex
 success
List of features that were installed or removed
  display_name
string
 always
Feature display name

Sample:
Telnet Client
  restart_needed
boolean
 always
DEPRECATED in Ansible 2.4 (refer to reboot_required instead). True when the target server requires a reboot as a result of installing or removing this feature

Sample:
True
  success
boolean
 always
If the feature installation or removal was successful

Sample:
True
  skip_reason
string
 always
The reason a feature installation or removal was skipped

Sample:
NotSkipped
  message
list of strings
 always
Any messages returned from the feature subsystem that occurred during installation or removal of this feature
  id
int
 always
A list of KB article IDs that apply to the update

Sample:
44
  reboot_required
boolean
 always
True when the target server requires a reboot as a result of installing or removing this feature

Sample:
True
reboot_required
boolean
 success
True when the target server requires a reboot to complete updates (no further updates can be installed until after a reboot)

Sample:
True
restart_needed
boolean
 success
DEPRECATED in Ansible 2.4 (refer to reboot_required instead). True when the target server requires a reboot to complete updates (no further updates can be installed until after a reboot)

Sample:
True


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Paul Durivage (@angstwad)
  • Trond Hindenes (@trondhindenes)

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