# Silent installation of 8.1.25 on Windows vm using Ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [April 19, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109 "2024-04-19T13:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/1 "2024-04-19T13:01:15Z")
Hello, I was hoping to get some insight from someone who may have had some experience installing ignition 8.1.25 using Ansible. I was able to run the installation file with the – unattended=none options successfully but when I’m trying to install via Ansible On **WINDOWS vms** it just hangs with no error messages or anything happening. If anyone has any experience with automating the install process via Ansible on **Windows VMS** I would love any input into it. ---
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/2 "2024-04-19T13:24:01Z")
Hi, I am facing the same issue on **Windows Vms** I am trying to install 8.1.25 version. .do you have any solution for this. ---
**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/3 "2024-04-19T14:19:52Z")
If your issue is related to automating the provisioning of Database Connections on a gateway via Ansible, we're working to add the facilities that would enable such automation in our next major release, Ignition 8.3. You can create a database connection within Ignition using script functions [`system.db.addDatasource`](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-db/system-db-addDatasource). EDIT: I now see that you've got another thread over [here](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/1) ---
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/4 "2024-04-19T14:34:04Z")
No, I am just trying to install **ignition-8.1.25-windows-64-installer.exe** using below command 'C:\ignition\ignition-8.1.25-windows-64-installer.exe --mode unattended --prefix "C:\Program Files\Ignition" --unattendedmodeui none' Which is perfectly working locally but when i pass through ansible it is not working, it just hangs with no error messages or anything happening. ---
**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/5 "2024-04-19T14:46:58Z")
Can you share a snippet of your Ansible task? If it is working locally, then it is likely something in your invocation on the Ansible side. ---
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/6 "2024-04-19T16:35:52Z")
**below is my full task.** ```python - name: Create Ignition components folder win_file: path: 'c:\{{ item.name }}' state: directory loop: "{{ ignition_package_name }}" - name: Copy all application into Ignition vms win_get_url: url: "{{ exe_proget_feed }}/{{ item.name }}.zip" dest: 'c:\{{ item.name }}' loop: "{{ ignition_package_name }}" - name: Unzip all Ignition components win_unzip: src: 'c:\{{ item.name }}\{{ item.name }}.zip' dest: 'c:\{{ item.name }}' delete_archive: yes loop: "{{ ignition_package_name }}" - name: Install Ignition win_psexec: command: 'C:\\ignition\\ignition.exe --mode unattended --prefix "C:\\Program Files\\Ignition" --unattendedmodeui none' - name: Remove directory structure win_file: path: 'c:\{{ item.name }}' state: absent loop: "{{ ignition_package_name }}" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/7 "2024-04-19T16:37:56Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/f/9fe7157a554b8f14e4d44efc8963fc79a538b48f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/8 "2024-04-19T16:55:43Z")
**below command also running for me locally but not working through ansible playbook.** - name: Install Ignition win\_psexec: command: 'C:\ignition\ignition.exe --% "unattended=none" "location=C:\IgnitionInstall" "autoStart=true"' ---
**Author:** ![Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Sabyasachi\_Ghosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabyasachi_Ghosh)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/9 "2024-04-22T15:54:23Z")
Hi, did you get a chance to look ---
**Author:** ![santoshkumar.das](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@santoshkumar.das](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/santoshkumar.das)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/silent-installation-of-8-1-25-on-windows-vm-using-ansible/89109/10 "2025-11-03T15:17:45Z")
I’m also facing same issue , any updates ?anyone able to install using ansible ? Sabyasachi- by any chance did you got any fix ?