win_wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet¶
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis¶
- The win_wakeonlanmodule sends magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packets.
- For non-Windows targets, use the wakeonlan module instead.
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- This module sends a magic packet, without knowing whether it worked. It always report a change.
- Only works if the target system was properly configured for Wake-on-LAN (in the BIOS and/or the OS).
- Some BIOSes have a different (configurable) Wake-on-LAN boot order (i.e. PXE first).
See Also¶
See also
- wakeonlan – Send a magic Wake-on-LAN (WoL) broadcast packet
- The official documentation on the wakeonlan module.
Examples¶
- name: Send a magic Wake-on-LAN packet to 00:00:5E:00:53:66
  win_wakeonlan:
    mac: 00:00:5E:00:53:66
    broadcast: 192.0.2.23
- name: Send a magic Wake-On-LAN packet on port 9 to 00-00-5E-00-53-66
  win_wakeonlan:
    mac: 00-00-5E-00-53-66
    port: 9
  delegate_to: remote_system
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
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