not able to use password authentication for WinRM backend

[anniehedgpeth]

I was able to run InSpec successfully like so with WinRM:

inspec exec ./test/integration/windows-agent-test/controls/vm.rb -b winrm -t computername.company.corp --user company\username --password "alphanumericpassword" -p 5986 --no-self-signed

However, when I tried running it with kitchen-terraform with this .kitchen.yml it failed:

driver:
  name: terraform
  root_module_directory: test/fixtures/windows-agent-test
  command_timeout: 1200

provisioner:
  name: terraform

verifier:
  name: terraform
  systems:
    - name: vm
      backend: winrm
      port: 5986
      hosts:
        - computername.company.corp
      user: company\username # I tried this in quotes, too.
      password: alphanumericpassword # I tried this in quotes, too.
      self_signed: false
      # ssl: false # I tried it with and without this, even though I didn't need it in the inspec exec.
      controls:
        - vmisconfigured

platforms:
  - name: terraform

suites:
  - name: windows-agent-test

The error doesn't seem very helpful:

>>>>>> ------Exception-------
>>>>>> Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed
>>>>>> Message: 1 actions failed.
>>>>>>     Verify failed on instance <windows-agent-test-terraform>.  Please see .kitchen/logs/windows-agent-test-terraform.log for more details

And I'm not sure if the logs are helpful or not, but this is it:

I, [2019-11-14T18:05:19.605764 #81452]  INFO -- windows-agent-test-terraform: -----> Verifying <windows-agent-test-terraform>...
W, [2019-11-14T18:05:19.607125 #81452]  WARN -- windows-agent-test-terraform: Running command `terraform workspace select kitchen-terraform-windows-agent-test-terraform` in directory C:/Users/Annie.Hedgpeth/source/INJNK/terraform-azurerm-windows-agent/test/fixtures/windows-agent-test
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.905888 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: Verify failed on instance <windows-agent-test-terraform>.
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.906556 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ------Exception-------
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.906888 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.907095 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: Message: vm: execution expired
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.907396 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ----------------------
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.907706 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ------Backtrace-------
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.907952 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-terraform-4.9.0/lib/kitchen/verifier/terraform.rb:96:in `rescue in call'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.908257 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-terraform-4.9.0/lib/kitchen/verifier/terraform.rb:89:in `call'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.908569 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:459:in `block in verify_action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.908898 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:552:in `synchronize_or_call'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.909220 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:514:in `block in action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.909533 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.909849 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:513:in `action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.910172 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:451:in `verify_action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.910489 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:382:in `block (2 levels) in transition_to'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.910812 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/lifecycle_hooks.rb:45:in `run_with_hooks'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.911126 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:381:in `block in transition_to'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.911376 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:380:in `each'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.911683 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:380:in `transition_to'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.912019 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:162:in `verify'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.912355 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/command.rb:198:in `public_send'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.912659 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/command.rb:198:in `run_action_in_thread'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.912975 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/command.rb:169:in `block (2 levels) in run_action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.913430 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ----End Backtrace-----
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.913747 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ---Nested Exception---
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.914067 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: Class: Kitchen::Terraform::Error
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.914403 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: Message: vm: execution expired
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.914724 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ----------------------
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.915041 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ------Backtrace-------
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.915374 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-terraform-4.9.0/lib/kitchen/verifier/terraform.rb:96:in `rescue in call'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.915699 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-terraform-4.9.0/lib/kitchen/verifier/terraform.rb:89:in `call'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.916022 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:459:in `block in verify_action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.916359 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:552:in `synchronize_or_call'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.916673 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:514:in `block in action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.916960 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/2.5.0/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.917247 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:513:in `action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.917463 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:451:in `verify_action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.917742 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:382:in `block (2 levels) in transition_to'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.918027 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/lifecycle_hooks.rb:45:in `run_with_hooks'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.918312 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:381:in `block in transition_to'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.918666 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:380:in `each'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.919010 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:380:in `transition_to'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.919356 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:162:in `verify'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.919674 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/command.rb:198:in `public_send'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.919961 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/command.rb:198:in `run_action_in_thread'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.920247 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: C:/tools/ruby25/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-1.25.0/lib/kitchen/command.rb:169:in `block (2 levels) in run_action'
E, [2019-11-14T18:06:30.920479 #81452] ERROR -- windows-agent-test-terraform: ----End Backtrace-----

So do you think this is a bug or is my logic incorrect? Any help is appreciated!

[aaron-lane]

Hello again, @anniehedgpeth!

I have not had an opportunity to actually test against a Windows server so this is useful information. It's definitely strange that the same arguments work on the InSpec CLI; I think you've identified a bug.

This may be related to #317.

#354 will hopefully provide better error messages.

[anniehedgpeth]

Hi @aaron-lane! Yes, everything is stranger on Windows. Let me know if you need help reproducing this!

[anniehedgpeth]

Update: I believe this issue is due to WinRM issues. I thought it was testing the node, but it was actually testing the local workstation, giving me a false positive (on the connection, not the controls). I filed this which has the proper commands I used.

[anniehedgpeth]

Another update: It was WinRM issues. I had no trouble getting it work with a winrm quickconfig. This did lead me to open this request, however, you're welcome to close this issue unless you want to change the error output. Thanks!

[aaron-lane]

Thanks for the update @anniehedgpeth! I do want to improve the error message here so I'll leave it open to track that.