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Casting error on web_iis_website with parameters of type != String
SUMMARY
When setting a parameter that needs a non string value, there is a an error that is thrown : "Specified cast is not valid."
ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report
COMPONENT NAME
Module : win_iis_website Parameter: parameters Code : https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/blob/main/plugins/modules/win_iis_website.ps1#L138
ANSIBLE VERSION
N/A
COLLECTION VERSION
N/A
CONFIGURATION
N/A
OS / ENVIRONMENT
Windows Server 2016 and above
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
- name: Acme IIS site
community.windows.win_iis_website:
name: Acme
parameters: limits.maxBandwidth:10000
EXPECTED RESULTS
limits.maxBandwidth should have a value of 10000
ACTUAL RESULTS
Specified cast is not valid.
Possible Workaround
From here : https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/blob/main/plugins/modules/win_iis_website.ps1#L138
$cast_type = $property_value.TypeName
$casted_value = $_[1] -as $cast_type
if ((-not $parameter_value) -or ($parameter_value) -ne $casted_value) {
Set-ItemProperty -LiteralPath "IIS:\Sites\$($site.Name)" $_[0] $casted_value
$result.changed = $true
}
Thanks