win_mapped_drive – Map network drives for users

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
See Also
Examples
Status

Synopsis

Allows you to modify mapped network drives for individual users.
Also support WebDAV endpoints in the UNC form.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
letter string / required		The letter of the network path to map to. This letter must not already be in use with Windows.
password string		The password for `username` that is used when testing the initial connection. This is never saved with a mapped drive, use the win_credential module to persist a username and password for a host.
path path		The UNC path to map the drive to. If pointing to a WebDAV location this must still be in a UNC path in the format `\\hostname\path` and not a URL, see examples for more details. To specify a `https` WebDAV path, add `@SSL` after the hostname. To specify a custom WebDAV port add `@<port num>` after the `@SSL` or hostname portion of the UNC path, e.g. `\\server@SSL@1234` or `\\server@1234`. This is required if `state=present`. If `state=absent` and path is not set, the module will delete the mapped drive regardless of the target. If `state=absent` and the path is set, the module will throw an error if path does not match the target of the mapped drive.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	If `present` will ensure the mapped drive exists. If `absent` will ensure the mapped drive does not exist.
username string		The username that is used when testing the initial connection. This is never saved with a mapped drive, the the win_credential module to persist a username and password for a host. This is required if the mapped drive requires authentication with custom credentials and become, or CredSSP cannot be used. If become or CredSSP is used, any credentials saved with win_credential will automatically be used instead.

Notes

Note

You cannot use this module to access a mapped drive in another Ansible task, drives mapped with this module are only accessible when logging in interactively with the user through the console or RDP.
It is recommend to run this module with become or CredSSP when the remote path requires authentication.
When using become or CredSSP, the task will have access to any local credentials stored in the user’s vault.
If become or CredSSP is not available, the username and password options can be used for the initial authentication but these are not persisted.
WebDAV paths must have the WebDAV client feature installed for this module to map those paths. This is installed by default on desktop Windows editions but Windows Server hosts need to install the WebDAV-Redirector feature using win_feature.

Examples

- name: Create a mapped drive under Z
  win_mapped_drive:
    letter: Z
    path: \\domain\appdata\accounting

- name: Delete any mapped drives under Z
  win_mapped_drive:
    letter: Z
    state: absent

- name: Only delete the mapped drive Z if the paths match (error is thrown otherwise)
  win_mapped_drive:
    letter: Z
    path: \\domain\appdata\accounting
    state: absent

- name: Create mapped drive with credentials and save the username and password
  block:
  - name: Save the network credentials required for the mapped drive
    win_credential:
      name: server
      type: domain_password
      username: username@DOMAIN
      secret: Password01
      state: present

  - name: Create a mapped drive that requires authentication
    win_mapped_drive:
      letter: M
      path: \\SERVER\C$
      state: present
  vars:
    # become is required to save and retrieve the credentials in the tasks
    ansible_become: yes
    ansible_become_method: runas
    ansible_become_user: '{{ ansible_user }}'
    ansible_become_pass: '{{ ansible_password }}'

- name: Create mapped drive with credentials that do not persist on the next logon
  win_mapped_drive:
    letter: M
    path: \\SERVER\C$
    state: present
    username: '{{ ansible_user }}'
    password: '{{ ansible_password }}'

# This should only be required for Windows Server OS'
- name: Ensure WebDAV client feature is installed
  win_feature:
    name: WebDAV-Redirector
    state: present
  register: webdav_feature

- name: Reboot after installing WebDAV client feature
  win_reboot:
  when: webdav_feature.reboot_required

- name: Map the HTTPS WebDAV location
  win_mapped_drive:
    letter: W
    path: \\live.sysinternals.com@SSL\tools  # https://live.sysinternals.com/tools
    state: present

Status

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

Authors

Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/win_mapped_drive_module.html