#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan , and others # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . # this is a windows documentation stub. actual code lives in the .ps1 # file of the same name ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['stableinterface'], 'supported_by': 'core'} DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: win_ping version_added: "1.7" short_description: A windows version of the classic ping module description: - 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 M(ping) module instead. options: data: description: - Alternate data to return instead of 'pong'. - If this parameter is set to C(crash), the module will cause an exception. default: pong notes: - For non-Windows targets, use the M(ping) module instead. author: - Chris Church (@cchurch) ''' EXAMPLES = r''' # Test connectivity to a windows host # ansible winserver -m win_ping # Example from an Ansible Playbook - win_ping: # Induce an exception to see what happens - win_ping: data: crash ''' RETURN = ''' ping: description: value provided with the data parameter returned: success type: string sample: pong '''