From 74b0760cb4df7437879b6d7228d2875cee558cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jordan Borean Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 07:11:18 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about kerberos dependency versions (#64478) --- docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/windows_winrm.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/windows_winrm.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/windows_winrm.rst index 6bc9f3f6f30..c665a642ec2 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/windows_winrm.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/windows_winrm.rst @@ -324,6 +324,16 @@ be install using ``pip``: pip install pywinrm[kerberos] +.. note:: + While Ansible has supported Kerberos auth through ``pywinrm`` for some + time, optional features or more secure options may only be available in + newer versions of the ``pywinrm`` and/or ``pykerberos`` libraries. It is + recommended you upgrade each version to the latest available to resolve + any warnings or errors. This can be done through tools like ``pip`` or a + system package manager like ``dnf``, ``yum``, ``apt`` but the package + names and versions available may differ between tools. + + Configuring Host Kerberos +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Once the dependencies have been installed, Kerberos needs to be configured so