From 3c8744f0c157b867cb5808b3a9efae3f22f26735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abhijeet Kasurde Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:39:07 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to Matt's blog (#71436) nitzmahone's blog nicely explained why Windows is not supported as Ansible controller. Link that in documentation so users can read about it. Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde --- docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst index a315ebec6f8..80b9a312345 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/installation_guide/intro_installation.rst @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Control node requirements Currently Ansible can be run from any machine with Python 2 (version 2.7) or Python 3 (versions 3.5 and higher) installed. This includes Red Hat, Debian, CentOS, macOS, any of the BSDs, and so on. -Windows is not supported for the control node. +Windows is not supported for the control node, read more about this in `Matt Davis's blog post `_. When choosing a control node, bear in mind that any management system benefits from being run near the machines being managed. If you are running Ansible in a cloud, consider running it from a machine inside that cloud. In most cases this will work better than on the open Internet.