You are writing a list of tasks so can't just run the task file directly.
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- include: your_other_file.yml
- shell: task goes here
ETC
So it thinks you are defining a play, not a list of tasks, and needs
vsphere_guest at task level.
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:14 PM, James Cammarata <[email protected]>wrote:
> If you do the following, does it work as expected?
>
> - name: test vsphere
> vsphere_guest:
> ...
>
> If not, it would seem that you've got some issue with your module path.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:06 PM, John Shen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> $ ansible-playbook vmtest.yml
>> ERROR: vsphere_guest is not a legal parameter in an Ansible Playbook
>> $ ansible --version
>> ansible 1.6 (devel c0f92317ef) last updated 2014/05/01 10:56:27 (GMT -600)
>>
>> i used the first example here with only auth and vcenter info changed.
>> thanks for any help!
>>
>> http://docs.ansible.com/vsphere_guest_module.html
>>
>> $ cat vmtest.yml
>>
>> # Create a new VM on an ESX server
>> # Returns changed = False when the VM already exists
>> # Returns changed = True and a adds ansible_facts from the new VM
>> # State will set the power status of a guest upon creation. Use powered_on
>> to create and boot.
>> # Options ['state', 'vm_extra_config', 'vm_disk', 'vm_nic', 'vm_hardware',
>> 'esxi'] are required together
>>
>> - vsphere_guest:
>> vcenter_hostname: myvcenter
>>
>> .
>>
>> .
>>
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