community.windows.win_webpicmd module – Installs packages using Web Platform Installer command-line

Note

This module is part of the community.windows collection (version 3.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_webpicmd.

Synopsis
Parameters
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Examples

Synopsis

Installs packages using Web Platform Installer command-line (http://www.iis.net/learn/install/web-platform-installer/web-platform-installer-v4-command-line-webpicmdexe-rtw-release).
Must be installed and present in PATH (see chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey module; ‘webpicmd’ is the package name, and you must install ‘lessmsi’ first too)?
Install IIS first (see ansible.windows.win_feature module).

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
name string / required	Name of the package to be installed.

Notes

Note

Accepts EULAs and suppresses reboot - you will need to check manage reboots yourself (see ansible.windows.win_reboot module)

Examples

- name: Install URLRewrite2.
  community.windows.win_webpicmd:
    name: URLRewrite2

Authors

Peter Mounce (@petemounce)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_webpicmd_module.html