This is the code for the vmware_guest_facts playbook that can't find the VM:
- name: Gather Facts about the VMs
> hosts: modify
> gather_facts: False
> connection: local
> vars_files:
> - group_vars/vault/lab_credentials.yml
> tasks:
> - name: gather the VM facts
> vmware_guest_facts:
> validate_certs: False
> datacenter: "{{ vcenter_datacenter }}"
> hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
> password: "{{ vcenter_passwd }}"
> name: "{{ guest_name }}"
> # name: ansclient111
> # uuid: 502fa037-6612-a282-a2c7-0f08bd17f75b
> register: facts
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 11:26:21 AM UTC-4, Diego Puertas wrote:
>
> If I give it the datacenter, then it complaints about: "msg": "Unable to
> gather facts for non-existing VM ansclient111"
>
> However, if I try with vsphere_guest, it works:
>
>>
>> - name: gather vm facts
>> hosts: modify
>> gather_facts: False
>> connection: local
>> vars_files:
>> - group_vars/vault/lab_credentials.yml
>> tasks:
>> - name: Getting some Facts
>> vsphere_guest:
>> vcenter_hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
>> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
>> password: "{{ vcenter_passwd }}"
>> guest: "{{ guest_name }}"
>> vmware_guest_facts: true
>> validate_certs: no
>> register: vmguest_facts
>> tags: vmfacts
>> - name: debug facts
>> debug: msg="vmguest facts are {{ vmguest_facts }}"
>> tags: vmfacts
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 11:21:55 AM UTC-4, Kai Stian Olstad wrote:
>>
>> On 05. april 2017 17:12, Diego Puertas wrote:
>> > OK, now I'm using the vmware_guest_facts module, which seems to be the
>> way
>> > to gather facts now. I'm using the exact same syntax as the example,
>> still
>> > doesn't work, Ansible asks me for the datacenter name, which is not
>> > included in the example:
>>
>> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/vmware_guest_facts_module.html#options
>> say datacenter is required, so probably error in the example.
>> So just add it and see if it works.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kai Stian Olstad
>>
>
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