Ansible Provision Windows in AWS with Stock AMIs (Part 1)

ansible command

ansible win -i hosts -m win_ping

hosts

aws-win-host ansible_ssh_host=(your aws host public IP here)

[win]
aws-win-host

[win:vars]
ansible_connection=winrm
ansible_ssh_port=5986
ansible_ssh_user=Administrator
ansible_ssh_pass=myTempPassword123!

userdata-manual

<powershell>
$admin = [adsi]("WinNT://./administrator, user")
$admin.PSBase.Invoke("SetPassword", "myTempPassword123!")
Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.Webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1'))
</powershell>