How to register Ansible actions in Windows Event Log?

Question

Ansible: 2.9 Windows: W2k16 Server

I'm searching for a method to register (log) Ansible actions in remote Windows host.

For example, when I work with win_command module for echo test command, I can't find lines referring to this action in Windows Event Log.

How can I make the ansible actions show up in the Windows Event log?

Answer 1

I understand your question that you like to Register and log Return Values from win_command in Windows Event Log.

You could use win_eventlog_entry – Write entries to Windows event logs and something like

- name: Save the result of 'whoami' in 'result'
  ansible.windows.win_command: whoami
  register: result

- name: Write 'result.stdout' to Windows Event Log
  community.windows.win_eventlog_entry:
    log: Result of win_command
    source: Ansible module win_command
    event_id: 1234
    message: "{{ result.stdout }}"