ansible.windows.win_computer_description module – Set windows description, owner and organization

Note

This module is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 3.0.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_computer_description.

New in ansible.windows 2.7.0

Synopsis

  • This module sets Windows description that is shown under My Computer properties. Module also sets Windows license owner and organization. License information can be viewed by running winver commad.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

String value to apply to Windows descripton. Specify value of “” to clear the value.

organization

string

String value of organization that the Windows is licensed to. Specify value of “” to clear the value.

owner

string

String value of the persona that the Windows is licensed to. Specify value of “” to clear the value.

Examples

- name: Set Windows description, owner and organization
  ansible.windows.win_computer_description:
   description: Best Box
   owner: RusoSova
   organization: MyOrg
  register: result

- name: Set Windows description only
  ansible.windows.win_computer_description:
   description: This is my Windows machine
  register: result

- name: Set organization and clear owner field
  ansible.windows.win_computer_description:
   owner: ''
   organization: Black Mesa

- name: Clear organization, description and owner
  ansible.windows.win_computer_description:
   organization: ""
   owner: ""
   description: ""
  register: result

Authors

  • RusoSova (@RusoSova)