ansible.windows.win_ping – A windows version of the classic ping module

Note

This plugin is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 1.3.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_ping.

Synopsis

  • Checks management connectivity of a windows host.
  • This is NOT ICMP ping, this is just a trivial test module.
  • For non-Windows targets, use the ansible.builtin.ping module instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
data
string
Default:
"pong"
Alternate data to return instead of 'pong'.
If this parameter is set to crash, the module will cause an exception.

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.ping

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.ping module.

Examples

# Test connectivity to a windows host
# ansible winserver -m ansible.windows.win_ping

- name: Example from an Ansible Playbook
  ansible.windows.win_ping:

- name: Induce an exception to see what happens
  ansible.windows.win_ping:
    data: crash

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
ping
string
success
Value provided with the data parameter.

Sample:
pong


Authors

  • Chris Church (@cchurch)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/ansible/windows/win_ping_module.html