Ansible playbook to install NCPA agent on Windows - ansible

Question

I am trying to install Nagios NCPA agent on Windows using Ansible play book. Here is my simple playbook
- name: Install NCPA
win_package:
path: https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/ncpa/ncpa-2.1.4.exe
- name: Copy the ncpa.cfg template
win_template:
src: ncpa.cfg.j2
dest: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Nagios\NCPA\etc\ncpa.cfg'
- name: Restart NCPA
win_service:
name: ncpapassive
state: restarted
However I am getting the below error:
"msg": "product_id is required when the path is not an MSI or the path is an MSI but not local",
How to I find out the product_id for ncpa?

Answer 1

You can skip product_id if you add any of creates_* arguments to your first task, for example:
creates_path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nagios\NCPA\___main_executable_file__.exe
Or you can search on a machine with your package istalled; per win_package manual:
product_id [ ]
You can find product ids for installed programs in the Windows registry editor either at HKLM:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or for 32 bit programs at HKLM:Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.
This SHOULD be set when the package is not an MSI, or the path is a url or a network share and credential delegation is not being used. The creates_* options can be used instead but is not recommended.

Answer 2

Finally managed to make it work with a dummy product ID.
- name: Create download directory
win_file:
path: C:\\Temp
state: directory
- name: Copy the executable package to download directory
win_copy:
src: ncpa-2.1.4.exe
dest: 'C:\Temp\ncpa-2.1.4.exe'
#- name: Download NCPA executable
# win_get_url:
# url: https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/ncpa/ncpa-2.1.4.exe
# dest: C:\Temp\ncpa-2.1.4.exe
# force: no
# skip_certificate_validation: yes
- name: Install NCPA
win_package:
path: 'C:\Temp\ncpa-2.1.4.exe'
arguments: '/S /TOKEN=demo-token'
product_id: '{ncpa}'
ignore_errors: true
register: installmsi
failed_when: "'was installed' not in installmsi.msg"
- name: Copy the ncpa.cfg template
win_template:
src: ncpa.cfg.j2
dest: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Nagios\NCPA\etc\ncpa.cfg'
- name: Restart NCPA
win_service:
name: ncpapassive
state: restarted