Ansible troubleshooting - powershell incompatible with the sudo become plugin

How to reproduce, troubleshoot, and fix "the PowerShell shell family is incompatible with the sudo become plugin" Ansible runtime error.

September 28, 2021

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Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting and specifically about “the PowerShell shell family is incompatible with the sudo become plugin” error. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot

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error code

incompatiblesudo_error.yml

---
- name: win_reboot module demo
  hosts: all
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: reboot host(s)
      ansible.windows.win_reboot:

error execution

output

$ ansible-playbook -i win/inventory troubleshooting/incompatiblesudo_error.yml
PLAY [win_reboot module demo] *********************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************
fatal: [WindowsServer]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The powershell shell family is incompatible with the sudo become plugin"}
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
WindowsServer              : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

fix code

incompatiblesudo_fix.yml

--- 
- name: win_reboot module demo
  hosts: all
  become: false
  tasks:
    - name: reboot host(s)
      ansible.windows.win_reboot:

fix execution

output

$ ansible-playbook -i win/inventory troubleshooting/incompatiblesudo_fix.yml
PLAY [win_reboot module demo] *********************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************
ok: [WindowsServer]
TASK [reboot host(s)] *****************************************************************************
changed: [WindowsServer]
PLAY RECAP ****************************************************************************************
WindowsServer              : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

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