AWX Configuration for Beginners | Connect AWX to Windows Server using WinRM | Ansible AWX Tutorial 2

Welcome back to AutomateOps! In this video, we continue our Ansible AWX journey by configuring AWX from scratch and establishing successful communication with a Windows Server using WinRM. You'll learn how to create and configure: ✅ Inventories ✅ Host Groups ✅ Hosts ✅ Host Variables ✅ Credentials ✅ Git-Based Projects ✅ Job Templates ✅ Windows WinRM Connectivity Testing ✅ Troubleshooting Authentication Errors ✅ Validating Successful PONG Response A common beginner mistake is forgetting to attach credentials to a Job Template. In this tutorial, we intentionally reproduce the error: "NTLM Authentication Requires a Password" and then troubleshoot, fix, and successfully reconnect AWX to Windows. By the end of this video, you'll have a fully functional AWX environment capable of executing Ansible playbooks against Windows Servers. What You'll Learn 🔹 AWX Architecture Overview 🔹 Creating Inventories and Groups 🔹 Configuring Windows Host Variables 🔹 Secure Credential Management 🔹 GitHub Project Integration 🔹 Creating and Running Job Templates 🔹 WinRM Configuration Basics 🔹 Troubleshooting Failed Jobs 🔹 Understanding AWX Execution Workflow 🔹 Validating Windows Connectivity using win_ping Connectivity Test Playbook --- name: Verify Windows Connectivity hosts: windows gather_facts: false tasks: name: Verify WinRM connection ansible.windows.win_ping: register: ping_result name: Display ping result debug: var: ping_result.ping ... Video Series ✅ Video 1: AWX Installation on Kubernetes (K3s) ✅ Video 2: AWX Configuration & Windows Connectivity 🔜 Video 3: Windows User Lifecycle Automation Through AWX 🔜 Video 4: Managing Windows Local Groups with Ansible 🔜 Video 5: Automated GitHub Sync and GitOps with AWX Technologies Covered AWX Ansible Windows Server 2016 WinRM Kubernetes K3s GitHub AWX Operator DevOps Automation Infrastructure Automation Platform Engineering 📌 If this video helped you, consider: 👍 Like 💬 Comment 🔔 Subscribe to AutomateOps 🚀 Share with fellow DevOps and Platform Engineers #Ansible #AWX #WindowsAutomation #DevOps #GitOps #WinRM #Kubernetes #K3s #PlatformEngineering #AutomateOps