win_domain_controller - Manage domain controller/member server state for a Windows host

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

Ensure that a Windows Server 2012+ host is configured as a domain controller or demoted to member server. This module may require subsequent use of the win_reboot action if changes are made.

Options

parameter	required	choices	comments
dns_domain_name	no		when `state` is `domain_controller`, the DNS name of the domain for which the targeted Windows host should be a DC
domain_admin_password	yes		password for the specified `domain_admin_user`
domain_admin_user	yes		username of a domain admin for the target domain (necessary to promote or demote a domain controller)
local_admin_password	no		password to be assigned to the local `Administrator` user (required when `state` is `member_server`)
safe_mode_password	no		safe mode password for the domain controller (required when `state` is `domain_controller`)
state	no	domain_controller member_server	whether the target host should be a domain controller or a member server

Examples

# ensure a server is a domain controller
- hosts: winclient
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - win_domain_controller:
      dns_domain_name: ansible.vagrant
      domain_admin_user: testguy@ansible.vagrant
      domain_admin_password: password123!
      safe_mode_password: password123!
      state: domain_controller
      log_path: c:\ansible_win_domain_controller.txt

# ensure a server is not a domain controller
# note that without an action wrapper, in the case where a DC is demoted,
# the task will fail with a 401 Unauthorized, because the domain credential
# becomes invalid to fetch the final output over WinRM. This requires win_async
# with credential switching (or other clever credential-switching
# mechanism to get the output and trigger the required reboot)
- hosts: winclient
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
  - win_domain_controller:
      domain_admin_user: testguy@ansible.vagrant
      domain_admin_password: password123!
      local_admin_password: password123!
      state: member_server
      log_path: c:\ansible_win_domain_controller.txt

Return Values

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
reboot_required	True if changes were made that require a reboot.	always	boolean	True

Status

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

Maintenance Info

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/win_domain_controller_module.html

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