Connect ansible to wsl host

[mihalt]

Summary

Hi! I configured wsl2 by this manual https://www.hanselman.com/blog/the-easy-way-how-to-ssh-into-bash-and-wsl2-on-windows-10-from-an-external-machine

And I want to rule it from another linux device with installed ansible.

But when I ansible ping wsl device, just nothing happens. And it doesn't end while I not do Ctrl + C.

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

ping

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.16.4]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/mihail/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/mihail/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/mihail/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/mihail/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.12 (main, Nov 20 2023, 15:14:05) [GCC 11.4.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

Configuration

# if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
$ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
CONFIG_FILE() = None

OS / Environment

Windows 10 + WSL2 2.1.5

Steps to Reproduce

1. Configure OpenSSH on windows
2. Choose wsl bash as default ssh terminal
3. Try to `ansible all -m ping -i inventory.ini` windows via ssh

Expected Results

successful ping or at least any error

Actual Results

Nothing happens

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct

[ansibot]

Files identified in the description:

• lib/ansible/modules/ping.py

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[konstruktoid]

Hi @mihalt, just to check; There's no issues connecting to the ssh server from the host running ansible?

[mihalt]

Hi @mihalt, just to check; There's no issues connecting to the ssh server from the host running ansible?

no, manual ssh works fine. I can ssh from linux with ansible to windows and vise versa.

[mihalt]

Hi @mihalt, just to check; There's no issues connecting to the ssh server from the host running ansible?

If I connect from anslible linux to windows (no wsl) with win_ping, works fine too.

[nitzmahone]

Hi!

Thanks very much for your interest in Ansible. It means a lot to us.

This appears to be a user question, and we'd like to direct these kinds of things to a community forum:

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html

Because this project is very active, we're unlikely to see comments made on closed tickets and we lock them after some time.
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Thank you once again and we look forward to seeing you on the list or IRC. Thanks!