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Configure a Windows IIS Web Server

Configure a Windows host IIS (Internet Information Services) web server with an Ansible playbook.

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Let’s configure a Windows host to run an IIS(Internet Information Services) web server with an Ansible playbook. You’ll perform the following steps:

  1. Create a new file named configure_iis_web_server.yml.
  2. Add the hosts line targeting the all group.
YAML
---
- hosts: all
  1. Use vars_prompts to prompt for a username and password.
YAML
vars_prompt:
    - name: username
      prompt: "Enter local username"
      private: no
    - name: password
      prompt: "Enter password
  1. Define the connection variables for a Windows host.
YAML
vars:
  ansible_user: "{{ username }}" 
  ansible_password: "{{ password }}" 
  ansible_connection: winrm 
  ansible_winrm_transport: ntlm 
  ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore
  1. Add the tasks list.
YAML
tasks:
  1. Install the web-server feature and all subfeatures with the win_feature module.
YAML
- name: Install IIS 
  win_feature:
    name: web-server 
    include_management_tools: yes 
    include_sub_features: yes 
    state: present

win_feature is an Ansible module used to install or uninstall roles or features for Windows servers. It requires the name parameter, which is passed as a web-server. web-server is the Windows feature’s name to install IIS.

include_management_tools is specified and provided a ...