Try SpotterReboot a windows machine
Authors: Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows:==2.3.0
collections:
- name: ansible.windows
version: 2.3.0Unconditionally reboot a Windows machine, wait for it to go down, come back up, and respond to commands.
For non-Windows targets, use the M(ansible.builtin.reboot) module instead.
- name: Reboot the machine with all defaults ansible.windows.win_reboot:
- name: Reboot a slow machine that might have lots of updates to apply
ansible.windows.win_reboot:
reboot_timeout: 3600
# Install a Windows feature and reboot if necessary
- name: Install IIS Web-Server
ansible.windows.win_feature:
name: Web-Server
register: iis_install
- name: Reboot when Web-Server feature requires it ansible.windows.win_reboot: when: iis_install.reboot_required
# One way to ensure the system is reliable, is to set WinRM to a delayed startup
- name: Ensure WinRM starts when the system has settled and is ready to work reliably
ansible.windows.win_service:
name: WinRM
start_mode: delayed
# Additionally, you can add a delay before running the next task
- name: Reboot a machine that takes time to settle after being booted
ansible.windows.win_reboot:
post_reboot_delay: 120
# Or you can make win_reboot validate exactly what you need to work before running the next task
- name: Validate that the netlogon service has started, before running the next task
ansible.windows.win_reboot:
test_command: 'exit (Get-Service -Name Netlogon).Status -ne "Running"'
msg:
default: Reboot initiated by Ansible
description:
- Message to display to users.
type: str
test_command:
description:
- Command to expect success for to determine the machine is ready for management.
- By default this test command is a custom one to detect when the Windows Logon screen
is up and ready to accept credentials. Using a custom command will replace this
behaviour and just run the command specified.
type: str
reboot_timeout:
aliases:
- reboot_timeout_sec
default: 600
description:
- Maximum seconds to wait for machine to re-appear on the network and respond to a
test command.
- This timeout is evaluated separately for both reboot verification and test command
success so maximum clock time is actually twice this value.
type: float
connect_timeout:
aliases:
- connect_timeout_sec
default: 5
description:
- Maximum seconds to wait for a single successful TCP connection to the WinRM endpoint
before trying again.
type: float
pre_reboot_delay:
aliases:
- pre_reboot_delay_sec
default: 2
description:
- Seconds to wait before reboot. Passed as a parameter to the reboot command.
- The minimum version is C(2) seconds and cannot be set lower.
type: float
boot_time_command:
default: (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem -Property LastBootUpTime).LastBootUpTime.ToFileTime()
description:
- Command to run that returns a unique string indicating the last time the system
was booted.
- Setting this to a command that has different output each time it is run will cause
the task to fail.
type: str
post_reboot_delay:
aliases:
- post_reboot_delay_sec
default: 0
description:
- Seconds to wait after the reboot command was successful before attempting to validate
the system rebooted successfully.
- This is useful if you want wait for something to settle despite your connection
already working.
type: float
elapsed: description: The number of seconds that elapsed waiting for the system to be rebooted. returned: always sample: 23.2 type: float rebooted: description: True if the machine was rebooted. returned: always sample: true type: bool