win_pester – Run Pester tests on Windows hosts

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Run Pester tests on Windows hosts.
• Test files have to be available on the remote host.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• Pester

Parameters

Examples

- name: Get facts
  setup:

- name: Add Pester module
  action:
    module_name: "{{ 'win_psmodule' if ansible_powershell_version >= 5 else 'win_chocolatey' }}"
    name: Pester
    state: present

- name: Run the pester test provided in the path parameter.
  win_pester:
    path: C:\Pester

# Run pesters tests files that are present in the specified folder
# ensure that the pester module version available is greater or equal to the version parameter.
- name: Run the pester test present in a folder and check the Pester module version.
  win_pester:
    path: C:\Pester\test01.test.ps1
    version: 4.1.0

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Erwan Quelin (@equelin)