ansible.builtin.win_disk_image (v2.7.10) — module

Manage ISO/VHD/VHDX mounts on Windows hosts

| "added in version" 2.3 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)

preview | supported by core

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.7.10

Description

Manages mount behavior for a specified ISO, VHD, or VHDX image on a Windows host. When C(state) is C(present), the image will be mounted under a system-assigned drive letter, which will be returned in the C(mount_path) value of the module result. Requires Windows 8+ or Windows Server 2012+.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Run installer from mounted ISO, then unmount
- name: Ensure an ISO is mounted
  win_disk_image:
    image_path: C:\install.iso
    state: present
  register: disk_image_out
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Run installer from mounted iso
  win_package:
    path: '{{ disk_image_out.mount_paths[0] }}setup\setup.exe'
    product_id: 35a4e767-0161-46b0-979f-e61f282fee21
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Unmount iso
  win_disk_image:
    image_path: C:\install.iso
    state: absent

Inputs

    
state:
    choices:
    - absent
    - present
    default: present
    description:
    - Whether the image should be present as a drive-letter mount or not.

image_path:
    description:
    - Path to an ISO, VHD, or VHDX image on the target Windows host (the file cannot reside
      on a network share)
    required: true

Outputs

mount_path:
  description: filesystem path where the target image is mounted, this has been deprecated
    in favour of C(mount_paths)
  returned: when C(state) is C(present)
  sample: F:\
  type: string
mount_paths:
  description: a list of filesystem paths mounted from the target image
  returned: when C(state) is C(present)
  sample:
  - E:\
  - F:\
  type: list