Windows Working Group agenda - 2019

[dagwieers]

The Windows Working Group is focused on improving Ansible's management of Windows hosts. We meet every week on Tuesdays at 20:00 UTC (see ical)

More information related to the Windows Working Group is available at:
https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Windows

Feel free to add your questions to this ticket to be discussed during the upcoming meeting.

After being discussed, raised items are being updated, and after a month resolved items are being hidden from view (but remain accessible).

(Migrated from the previous agenda at #294)

[dagwieers]

New windows modules waiting for review/feedback:

• win_format: Add win_format ansible#53925 new in v2.8
• win_optional_feature: Windows module: win_optional_feature for Windows workstations ansible#53709 new in v2.8
• win_blockinfile: Add win_blockinfile module ansible#52586
• win_domain_group_membership: Win domain group membership module ansible#52556 new in v2.8
• win_package_msp: Added new win_package_msp module. ansible#52211 merged with win_package
• win_dns_record: win_dns_record ansible#51925 WIP: win_dns_record + patches ansible#52317 new in v2.8
• win_user_profile: win_user_profile - new module ansible#50637 new in v2.8
• win_ps_module: Extend win_psmodule - the second attempt, the previous was #46516 ansible#50621 new in v2.8
• win_hyperv_guest: win_hyperv_guest: New Windows Hyper-V module ansible#50417
• win_git: Add the win_git module ansible#49524 denied
• win_credential_manager: win_credential: new module to manage credentials ansible#48840 new in v2.8
• win_psrepository: Add win_psrepository ansible#48828 new in v2.8
• win_hosts: Add new windows module: win_hosts ansible#46450 new in v2.8
• win_partition: Add win_partition ansible#46292 new in v2.8
• win_iis_webhandler: Add win_iis_webhandler ansible#45998 denied
• win_snmp: win_snmp: Initial commit ansible#45710 new in v2.8
• win_iis_logs: Add win iis logs ansible#45521 denied
• win_chocolatey_pin: win_chocolatey_pin: pin a chocolatey package ansible#44766 merged with win_chocolatey
• win_rds_cap: Add modules to manage Remote Desktop Services ansible#43406 new in v2.8
• win_rds_rap: Add modules to manage Remote Desktop Services ansible#43406 new in v2.8
• win_rds_settings: Add modules to manage Remote Desktop Services ansible#43406 new in v2.8
• win_dns_a: Adding module win_dns_a ansible#36493 implemented as win_dns_record
• win_disk_management: Adding new Windows module win_disk_management ansible#27634 split up module some more
• win_http_proxy: Added win_http_proxy and win_inet_proxy ansible#54631 new in v2.8
• win_inet_proxy: Added win_http_proxy and win_inet_proxy ansible#54631 new in v2.8

Please review these tickets on a weekly basis (if there was new progress, otherwise add instructions to the owner how to continue).

[ShachafGoldstein]

Not have to be during the meeting, but go over this list of Inactive PRs:

• Add option -UseMyCert to use existing SSL cert for WinRM listener ansible#38356
• Fix issue #23774 Make transport_test use exec ansible#23775
• Gather operating system name and use it set ansible_connection: winrm… ansible#43574
• Windows Facts: add WinSystemLocale ansible#32930
• Windows Facts: add WinSystemLocale ansible#32930
• Fix Windows FQDN lookup in WinRM setup ansible#40535
• Modified setup.ps1 in order to show Windows Installation type ansible#41002
• Fix incorrect processor information in Windows Setup ansible#45870
• Fix logic in win_service for updating password. ansible#41105
• Add win iis logs ansible#45521
• win_firewall options added ansible#33978
• win_nssm AppEnvironmentExtra support ansible#31748
• Windows: Introduce Set-AnsibleFact and set reboot_pending ansible#29170
• Added the Set-FileAttributes ansible#28365
• win_iis_webapplication: added additional parameters ansible#34998
• Add the win_git module ansible#49524
• Added new win_package_msp module. ansible#52211

[ShachafGoldstein]

Possible PRs to look into for the freeze - some are more active then others

• win_disk_facts: Adds Win32_DiskDrive object to facts ansible#51595
• Add encoding and codepage params to win_command/win_shell (#54896) ansible#54966
• adding group parameter for win_firewall_rule ansible#55109
• Added Link and IO C# utils ansible#56547
• win_service recovery actions support ansible#56445
• win_format - Add allocation_unit_size ansible#56966
• win_domain_computer module: Fix idempotence when name != sam_account_name  ansible#56967
• win_domain: Add debug log ansible#57641
• win_acl no longer needs SeSecurityPrivilege ansible#57804
• add win_initialize_disk module ansible#58617
• win_updates: Add flag to only download updates without installing them ansible#58631
• Win data deduplication module ansible#59723
• PowerShell - Added coverage collector ansible#59009
• New Windows Module: win_file_compression ansible#56475

[jhawkesworth]

Due to holidays, as discussed with @jborean93 next WWG will be 7th January 2020.