.MSI extension fails win_package

[derekslenk]

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/9dc9313c65ceafd4f840ccb67cbe50db42db47a8/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_package.ps1#L176

Don't get hung up on the references to SQLDOM.MSI. Just the installer I had that downloaded with an all uppercase file extension.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

win_package

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible 2.4.2.0
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = [u'/home/username/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 2.7.5 (default, May  3 2017, 07:55:04) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-14)]

CONFIGURATION

ACCELERATE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 5.0 ACCELERATE_DAEMON_TIMEOUT(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 30 ACCELERATE_PORT(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 5099 ACCELERATE_TIMEOUT(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 30 CACHE_PLUGIN(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = memory DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins'] DEFAULT_CALLBACK_PLUGIN_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins'] DEFAULT_CONNECTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/connection_plugins'] DEFAULT_FILTER_PLUGIN_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins'] DEFAULT_FORKS(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 5 DEFAULT_GATHERING(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = implicit DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/etc/ansible/hosts'] DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /var/log/ansible.log DEFAULT_LOOKUP_PLUGIN_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/lookup_plugins'] DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host} DEFAULT_MODULE_LANG(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = C DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 15 DEFAULT_REMOTE_TMP(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = /tmp/ansible DEFAULT_SCP_IF_SSH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True DEFAULT_SUDO_EXE(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = sudo DEFAULT_SUDO_USER(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = root DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = 10 DEFAULT_TRANSPORT(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart DEFAULT_VARS_PLUGIN_PATH(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = [u'/usr/share/ansible_plugins/vars_plugins'] HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

RHEL 7

SUMMARY

When using win_package to try and install a file ending with the extension .MSI, the installer fails saying "failed to start executable C:\\installs\filename.MSI: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform."

The same file installs fine when renamed with .msi

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: Install all the msi packages
  win_package:
    path: "{{ msi_install_location }}\\{{ item.filename }}"
    state: present
    arguments: "{{ item.args }}"
    Product_ID: "{{ item.product_id }}"
  notify:
    - reboot instance
  with_items: "{{ packages }}"

packages:
  - { filename: "filename.MSI", args: "/quiet", product_id: "{0E8670B8-3965-4930-ADA6-570348B67153}"}

EXPECTED RESULTS

changed: [172.29.39.92] => (item={u'args': u'/quiet', u'product_id': u'{0E8670B8-3965-4930-ADA6-570348B67153}', u'filename': u'SQLDOM.MSI'})

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ACTUAL RESULTS

Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/windows/win_package.ps1
EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
failed: [172.29.39.58] (item={u'args': u'/quiet', u'product_id': u'{0E8670B8-3965-4930-ADA6-570348B67153}', u'filename': u'SQLDOM.MSI'}) => {
  "changed": false, 
  "item": {
      "args": "/quiet", 
      "filename": "SQLDOM.MSI", 
      "product_id": "{0E8670B8-3965-4930-ADA6-570348B67153}"
  }, 
  "msg": "failed to start executable C:\\\\installs\\SQLDOM.MSI: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform.", 
  "reboot_required": false, 
  "restart_required": false
}

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[jborean93]

Thanks @derekslenk for letting us know about this. I've raised a PR here https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/34476 and will backport to 2.4 when the tests are complete. Feel free to test it out if you can.

Otherwise to get you going today I would either

• rename the file to be SQLDOM.msi
• Set the executable to C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe and pass the file to the arguments

One thing to note, win_package will add the /quiet argument for MSI's automatically so you don't need to specify any arguments in your case.