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Enable WinRM for Ansible using User Data in AWS
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user_data.txt
<powershell>
$url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible-documentation/refs/heads/devel/examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
$file = "$env:temp\ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1"
(New-Object -TypeName System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($url, $file)
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File $file -EnableCredSSP -CertValidityDays 3650 -ForceNewSSLCert
$Password = ConvertTo-SecureString "SETAREALPASSWORDHERE" -AsPlainText -Force
New-LocalUser "ansible_provision" -Password $Password -FullName "Ansible User" -Description "For running Ansible"
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group Administrators -Member ansible_provision
</powershell>
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