skolo/win/ansible/nvidia-graphics-driver.yml

---
# Install NVIDIA Graphics Driver; applies only to group "nvidia".
- hosts: nvidia
  tasks:
  - name: Create Temp
    win_file:
      path: c:\Temp
      state: directory
  # The NVIDIA driver Uses the same product_id for multiple versions, so win_package doesn't work.
  - name: Copy the NVIDIA driver EXE to the host
    win_copy:
      src: "{{ win_package_src }}/NVIDIA Graphics 416.34-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe"
      dest: c:\Temp\nvidia_gfx.exe
  - name: Install NVIDIA Graphics Driver
    # -s means silently install (discovered by guess-and-check).
    # Note that in previous versions this would only extract the driver; see git history if this
    # behavior reverts.
    win_command: c:\Temp\nvidia_gfx.exe -s
    register: setup_result
    ignore_errors: True
  - when: setup_result is failed
    # Sometimes the NVIDIA installer returns a non-zero exit code for unknown reason. Sometimes it
    # reboots the machine (even when we use the -noreboot option mentioned here:
    # https://lazyadmin.nl/it/deploy-nvidia-drivers/).
    block:
      # In the case of a non-zero exit code, usually rebooting and retrying allows the installer to
      # succeed.
      - name: Reboot host after NVIDIA Graphics Driver failed
        win_reboot:
        # If the installer rebooted the machine, this will fail because Ansible isn't able to
        # connect.
        ignore_errors: True
      # If the NVIDIA installer rebooted the machine, we need to wait for it to come back before
      # continuing.
      - name: Wait for connection after NVIDIA Graphics Driver failed
        wait_for_connection:
          # Only wait for 3 minutes before failing. (Default is 10 min.)
          timeout: 180
      - name: Retry install NVIDIA Graphics Driver
        win_command: c:\Temp\nvidia_gfx.exe -s
  - name: Cleanup NVIDIA
    win_file:
      path: c:\NVIDIA
      state: absent
  - name: Cleanup EXE
    win_file:
      path: c:\Temp\nvidia_gfx.exe
      state: absent