Running Ansible setup module without an ansible.cfg

Question

I want to run the ansible setup module, by declaring a specific host.

I am using Windows 10 machine , with windows subsystem for linux where ansible is installed.

I can run the setup module when using localhost, ie:

ansible localhost -m setup

I can run it when using the ansible.cfg file I use from one virtual environment, against a virtual machine ie:

ansible TestVm -m setup

In another virtual environment i have installed ansible without setting up an ansible.cfg file, and my hosts.yml file is in the windows (not the WSL filesystem).

No matter which directory i switch, I cannot run the setup module using for instance:

ansible -i inventory -m setup

.

Is there a way to run setup without a configuration file and if yes what part of the call am i missing?

Answer 1

Try this:

ansible all -i inventory -m setup

Where the inventory is a directory with at least the hosts.yml file.

And this an example of hosts.yml

all:
  hosts:
    192.168.2.9:
    192.168.2.3:
    192.168.2.4:

Also before any of these you must have added pywinrm:

pip install pywinrm