win_reboot – Reboot a windows machine

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Reboot a Windows machine, wait for it to go down, come back up, and respond to commands.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
connect_timeout
integer
Default:
5
Maximum seconds to wait for a single successful TCP connection to the WinRM endpoint before trying again

aliases: connect_timeout_sec
msg
-
Default:
Reboot initiated by Ansible
Message to display to users
post_reboot_delay
integer
added in 2.4
 Default:
0
Seconds to wait after the reboot was successful and the connection was re-established
This is useful if you want wait for something to settle despite your connection already working

aliases: post_reboot_delay_sec
pre_reboot_delay
integer
Default:
2
Seconds for shutdown to wait before requesting reboot

aliases: pre_reboot_delay_sec
reboot_timeout
integer
Default:
600
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 network appearance and test command success (so maximum clock time is actually twice this value)

aliases: reboot_timeout_sec
shutdown_timeout
integer
Default:
600
Maximum seconds to wait for shutdown to occur
Increase this timeout for very slow hardware, large update applications, etc
This option has been removed since Ansible 2.5 as the win_reboot behavior has changed

aliases: shutdown_timeout_sec
test_command
-
Default:
whoami
Command to expect success for to determine the machine is ready for management

Notes

Note

  • If a shutdown was already scheduled on the system, win_reboot will abort the scheduled shutdown and enforce its own shutdown.
  • For non-Windows targets, use the reboot module instead.

Examples

# Unconditionally reboot the machine with all defaults
- win_reboot:

# Apply updates and reboot if necessary
- win_updates:
  register: update_result
- win_reboot:
  when: update_result.reboot_required

# Reboot a slow machine that might have lots of updates to apply
- win_reboot:
    reboot_timeout: 3600

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
elapsed
integer
 always
The number of seconds that elapsed waiting for the system to be rebooted.

Sample:
23
rebooted
boolean
 always
true if the machine was rebooted

Sample:
True


Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)

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