DOCUMENTATION=''' --- module: win_reboot short_description: Reboot a windows machine description: - Reboot a Windows machine, wait for it to go down, come back up, and respond to commands. version_added: "2.1" options: pre_reboot_delay_sec: description: - Seconds for shutdown to wait before requesting reboot default: 2 shutdown_timeout_sec: description: - Maximum seconds to wait for shutdown to occur - Increase this timeout for very slow hardware, large update applications, etc default: 600 reboot_timeout_sec: description: - Maximum seconds to wait for machine to re-appear on the network and respond to a test command - This timeout is evaluated separately for both network appearance and test command success (so maximum clock time is actually twice this value) default: 600 connect_timeout_sec: description: - Maximum seconds to wait for a single successful TCP connection to the WinRM endpoint before trying again default: 5 test_command: description: - Command to expect success for to determine the machine is ready for management default: whoami author: - Matt Davis (@nitzmahone) ''' EXAMPLES=''' # unconditionally reboot the machine with all defaults - win_reboot: # apply updates and reboot if necessary - win_updates: register: update_result - win_reboot: when: update_result.reboot_required # reboot a slow machine that might have lots of updates to apply - win_reboot: shutdown_timeout_sec: 3600 reboot_timeout_sec: 3600 ''' RETURNS=''' rebooted: description: true if the machine was rebooted returned: always type: boolean sample: true '''