#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright: (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan , and others # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) DOCUMENTATION = r''' --- module: win_ping 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(ansible.builtin.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. type: str default: pong seealso: - module: ansible.builtin.ping author: - Chris Church (@cchurch) ''' EXAMPLES = r''' # Test connectivity to a windows host # ansible winserver -m ansible.windows.win_ping - name: Example from an Ansible Playbook ansible.windows.win_ping: - name: Induce an exception to see what happens ansible.windows.win_ping: data: crash ''' RETURN = r''' ping: description: Value provided with the data parameter. returned: success type: str sample: pong '''