Windows Environment Setup

1. "Turn Windows features on or off"

2. Check "Windows Subsystem for Linux" and press OK. "Restart!"

3. Open the "Microsoft Store" and search for "Ubuntu"

4. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Smash the Get button.

5. Open Ubuntu and wait "Installing, this may take a few minutes..." indeed

6. Set a username and password for the default UNIX user.

   Enter new UNIX username: New password:

7. Become the root user $ sudo su

8. Set the root password

passwd

New password: ...

8. Drop back to the regular user and install updates

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade

9. Install ansible + dependencies

$ sudo apt install python3-pip $ sudo apt install git libffi-dev libssl-dev $ pip3 install pywinrm $ pip3 install --user ansible

10. Ensure ansible is working (I had to restart the Ubuntu WSL for the path register...)

$ ansible --version

11. Create some symbolic links for convenience

$ ln -s /mnt/c ~/C $ ln -s /mnt/d ~/D $ ln -s '/home/dev/C/Documents and Settings/Dev' ~/Dev

12. Run the ansible playbook

$ cd ~/Dev/repos/windows-ansible-playbook $ ansible-playbook hello.yml --connection=local

NOTE - if you are using Ubuntu 20.04 and face an issue like "Failed to create temporary directory..." it's probably due to GNU C library 'glibc' which is not compatible with the WSL. So basically sleep commands don't work and ansible "needs" that. Here's a quick workaround fix...

mv /usr/bin/sleep /usr/bin/sleep.orig

ln -s /bin/true /usr/bin/sleep

13. Open the PowerShell as Administrator

Enter the following command and answer yes to every question: WinRM qc

Now enter the following command: Set-ExecutionPolicy

Enter the policy to be used as "Bypass"
Answer *yes* to change the policy.