but when i put static value into the main.yml file it works
---
- name: "change the root password"
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: "change root pass"
community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager:
hostname: ""esx1"
username: "root"
password: "xxx!"
local_user_name: "root"
local_user_password: "yyy"
state: present
validate_certs: no
On Monday, October 26, 2020 at 10:34:51 AM UTC-7 Tony Wong wrote:
>
> inventory file
>
> [esx]
> esx1
> esx2
> esx3
> [esx:vars]
> ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> answer file
>
> esxi_hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
> esxi_root_user: 'root'
> esxi_root_pass: 'xxx'
> new_esx_local_root_user: 'root'
> new_esx_local_root_pass: 'yyy'
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> playbook file
>
> ---
> - name: "change the root password"
> hosts: localhost
> tasks:
> - name: "change root pass"
> community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager:
> hostname: " {{ esxi_hostname }}"
> username: " {{ esxi_root_user }}"
> password: " {{ esxi_root_pass }}"
> local_user_name: "{{ new_esx_local_root_user }}"
> local_user_password: "{{ new_esx_local_root_pass }}"
> state: present
> validate_certs: no
>
> - name: print results
> debug: msg=" {{ result }}"
> vars_files:
> - answerfile.yml
>
>
> when i run it with
> ansible-playbook -i hosts main.yml -u root --ask-pass -vvvv
>
> i keep getting error
>
>
>
> The full traceback is:
> WARNING: The below traceback may *not* be related to the actual failure.
> File
> "/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager_payload_GG4F7i/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py",
>
> line 577, in connect_to_api
> service_instance = connect.SmartConnect(**connect_args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 836, in
> SmartConnect
> sslContext)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 718, in
> __FindSupportedVersion
> sslContext)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 638, in
> __GetServiceVersionDescription
> path + "/vimServiceVersions.xml", sslContext)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 604, in
> __GetElementTree
> conn.request("GET", path)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1069, in request
> self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1109, in _send_request
> self.endheaders(body)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1065, in endheaders
> self._send_output(message_body)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 892, in _send_output
> self.send(msg)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 854, in send
> self.connect()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1282, in connect
> HTTPConnection.connect(self)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 831, in connect
> self.timeout, self.source_address)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 557, in create_connection
> for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
> "changed": false,
> "invocation": {
> "module_args": {
> "hostname": " localhost",
> "local_user_description": null,
> "local_user_name": "root",
> "local_user_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
> "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
> "port": 443,
> "proxy_host": null,
> "proxy_port": null,
> "state": "present",
> "username": " root",
> "validate_certs": false
> }
> },
> "msg": "Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API at
> localhost:443 : [Errno -2] Name or service not known"
> }
>
>
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