# psrp – Run tasks over Microsoft PowerShell Remoting Protocol

New in version 2.7.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Status

## Synopsis

- Run commands or put/fetch on a target via PSRP (WinRM plugin)
- This is similar to the winrm connection plugin which uses the same underlying transport but instead runs in a PowerShell interpreter.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this connection.

- pypsrp (Python library)

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments
--- | --- | --- | ---

auth
string

Choices:
- basic
- certificate
- negotiate ←
- kerberos
- ntlm
- credssp

var: ansible_psrp_auth

The authentication protocol to use when authenticating the remote user.
The default, `negotiate`, will attempt to use `Kerberos` if it is available and fall back to `NTLM` if it isn't.

ca_cert path |  | var: ansible_psrp_cert_trust_path var: ansible_psrp_ca_cert | The path to a PEM certificate chain to use when validating the server's certificate. This value is ignored if cert_validation is set to `ignore`. aliases: cert_trust_path

cert_validation
string

Choices:
- validate ←
- ignore

var: ansible_psrp_cert_validation

Whether to validate the remote server's certificate or not.
Set to `ignore` to not validate any certificates.
ca_cert can be set to the path of a PEM certificate chain to use in the validation.

certificate_key_pem path |  | var: ansible_psrp_certificate_key_pem | The local path to an X509 certificate key to use with certificate auth.
certificate_pem path |  | var: ansible_psrp_certificate_pem | The local path to an X509 certificate to use with certificate auth.
configuration_name string | Default: "Microsoft.PowerShell" | var: ansible_psrp_configuration_name | The name of the PowerShell configuration endpoint to connect to.
connection_timeout integer | Default: 30 | var: ansible_psrp_connection_timeout | The connection timeout for making the request to the remote host. This is measured in seconds.

credssp_auth_mechanism
string

Choices:
- auto ←
- kerberos
- ntlm

var: ansible_psrp_credssp_auth_mechanism

The sub authentication mechanism to use with CredSSP auth.
When `auto`, both Kerberos and NTLM is attempted with kerberos being preferred.

credssp_disable_tlsv1_2
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

var: ansible_psrp_credssp_disable_tlsv1_2

Disables the use of TLSv1.2 on the CredSSP authentication channel.
This should not be set to `yes` unless dealing with a host that does not have TLSv1.2.

credssp_minimum_version integer | Default: 2 | var: ansible_psrp_credssp_minimum_version | The minimum CredSSP server authentication version that will be accepted. Set to `5` to ensure the server has been patched and is not vulnerable to CVE 2018-0886.

ignore_proxy
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

var: ansible_psrp_ignore_proxy

Will disable any environment proxy settings and connect directly to the remote host.
This option is ignored if `proxy` is set.

max_envelope_size integer | Default: 153600 | var: ansible_psrp_max_envelope_size | Sets the maximum size of each WSMan message sent to the remote host. This is measured in bytes. Defaults to `150KiB` for compatibility with older hosts.

message_encryption
string

Choices:
- auto ←
- always
- never

var: ansible_psrp_message_encryption

Controls the message encryption settings, this is different from TLS encryption when ansible_psrp_protocol is `https`.
Only the auth protocols `negotiate`, `kerberos`, `ntlm`, and `credssp` can do message encryption. The other authentication protocols only support encryption when `protocol` is set to `https`.
`auto` means means message encryption is only used when not using TLS/HTTPS.
`always` is the same as `auto` but message encryption is always used even when running over TLS/HTTPS.
`never` disables any encryption checks that are in place when running over HTTP and disables any authentication encryption processes.

negotiate_delegate
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

var: ansible_psrp_negotiate_delegate

Allow the remote user the ability to delegate it's credentials to another server, i.e. credential delegation.
Only valid when Kerberos was the negotiated auth or was explicitly set as the authentication.
Ignored when NTLM was the negotiated auth.

negotiate_hostname_override
string

var: ansible_psrp_negotiate_hostname_override

Override the remote hostname when searching for the host in the Kerberos lookup.
This allows Ansible to connect over IP but authenticate with the remote server using it's DNS name.
Only valid when Kerberos was the negotiated auth or was explicitly set as the authentication.
Ignored when NTLM was the negotiated auth.

negotiate_send_cbt
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

var: ansible_psrp_negotiate_send_cbt

Send the Channel Binding Token (CBT) structure when authenticating.
CBT is used to provide extra protection against Man in the Middle `MitM` attacks by binding the outer transport channel to the auth channel.
CBT is not used when using just `HTTP`, only `HTTPS`.

negotiate_service string | Default: "WSMAN" | var: ansible_psrp_negotiate_service | Override the service part of the SPN used during Kerberos authentication. Only valid when Kerberos was the negotiated auth or was explicitly set as the authentication. Ignored when NTLM was the negotiated auth.
operation_timeout integer | Default: 20 | var: ansible_psrp_operation_timeout | Sets the WSMan timeout for each operation. This is measured in seconds. This should not exceed the value for `connection_timeout`.
path string | Default: "wsman" | var: ansible_psrp_path | The URI path to connect to.
port integer |  | var: ansible_port var: ansible_psrp_port | The port for PSRP to connect on the remote target. Default is `5986` if protocol is not defined or is `https`, otherwise the port is `5985`.

protocol
string

Choices:
- http
- https

var: ansible_psrp_protocol

Set the protocol to use for the connection.
Default is `https` if port is not defined or port is not `5985`.

proxy string |  | var: ansible_psrp_proxy | Set the proxy URL to use when connecting to the remote host.
read_timeout integer added in 2.8 | Default: 30 | var: ansible_psrp_read_timeout | The read timeout for receiving data from the remote host. This value must always be greater than operation_timeout. This option requires pypsrp >= 0.3. This is measured in seconds.
reconnection_backoff integer added in 2.8 | Default: 2 | var: ansible_psrp_connection_backoff var: ansible_psrp_reconnection_backoff | The backoff time to use in between reconnection attempts. (First sleeps X, then sleeps 2*X, then sleeps 4*X, ...) This is measured in seconds. The `ansible_psrp_reconnection_backoff` variable was added in Ansible 2.9.
reconnection_retries integer added in 2.8 | Default: 0 | var: ansible_psrp_reconnection_retries | The number of retries on connection errors.
remote_addr string | Default: "inventory_hostname" | var: ansible_host var: ansible_psrp_host | The hostname or IP address of the remote host.
remote_password string |  | var: ansible_password var: ansible_winrm_pass var: ansible_winrm_password | Authentication password for the `remote_user`. Can be supplied as CLI option. aliases: password
remote_user string |  | var: ansible_user var: ansible_psrp_user | The user to log in as.

## Status

- This connection is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This connection is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Ansible Core Team

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