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win_pester - Run Pester tests on Windows hosts
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- Run Pester tests on Windows hosts.
 - Test files have to be available on the remote host.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Pester
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| path  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Path to a pester test file or a folder where tests can be found.
        
       
        If the path is a folder, the module will consider all ps1 files as Pester tests.
         | 
     |
| version | 
        
        Minimum version of the pester module that has to be available on the remote host.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Get facts
  setup:
- name: Add Pester module
  action:
    module_name: "{{ 'win_psmodule' if ansible_powershell_version >= 5 else 'win_chocolatey' }}"
    name: Pester
    state: present
- name: Run the pester test provided in the path parameter.
  win_pester:
    path: C:\Pester
# Run pesters tests files that are present in the specified folder
# ensure that the pester module version available is greater or equal to the version parameter.
- name: Run the pester test present in a folder and check the Pester module version.
  win_pester:
    path: C:\Pester\test01.test.ps1
    version: 4.1.0
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| output  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        Results of the Pester tests.
          | 
     
| pester_version  
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Version of the pester module found on the remote host.
         Sample:
        
       
        4.3.1
         | 
     
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Erwan Quelin (@erwanquelin)
 
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