Are you running from the ESXi server? if not then you need to delegate tasks to the ESXi server which has esxcli.
Please see https://medium.com/@AbhijeetKasurde/ansible-automating-esxcli-using-shell-module-6f691a551bca tl;dr - --- - hosts: localhost gather_facts: no tasks: - name: Start SSH service setting for an ESXi Host in given Cluster vmware_host_service_manager: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ item }}' service_name: TSM-SSH state: present loop: "{{ groups['esxi'] }}" - hosts: esxi tasks: - name: Get information about all the VMs shell: esxcli vm process list and [esxi] foo.example.com ansible_ssh_user=root On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:54 AM Tony Wong <tdubb...@gmail.com> wrote: > i got below pb > > - name: test > > hosts: all > > gather_facts: no > > vars_files: > > - vcenter_creds.yml > > - vars.yml > > > > tasks: > > - name: Enable SSH service > > vmware_host_service_manager: > > hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" > > username: "{{ vcenter_sso_admin }}" > > password: "{{ vcenter_sso_pass }}" > > esxi_hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}" > > validate_certs: no > > state: present > > service_name: "TSM-SSH" > > delegate_to: localhost > > > > - name: Esxcli > > shell: > > cmd: "esxcli vm process list" > > delegate_to: localhost > > register: esxcli_output > > > > - name: Display esxcli output > > debug: > > var: esxcli_output.stdout_lines > > > > > > > but keep getting error: > > > > > fatal: [xxxxxxxxx -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": > "esxcli", "delta": "0:00:00.009652", "end": "2023-06-01 10:49:02.878893", > "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 127, "start": "2023-06-01 > 10:49:02.869241", "stderr": "/bin/sh: esxcli: command not found", > "stderr_lines": ["/bin/sh: esxcli: command not found"], "stdout": "", > "stdout_lines": []} > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3d9dc4ac-0821-494b-b25f-d9e458789a6en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/3d9dc4ac-0821-494b-b25f-d9e458789a6en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Thanks, Abhijeet Kasurde -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAFwWkHp4KfgvvyB%2BP3dPkBGsczuAKngpAgCVJCY3SneouO4mmA%40mail.gmail.com.
