On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 at 04:39, karun pruthi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Team
>
> I am trying to fetch different VMs info using vminfo module nd my Yaml
> looks like below:
>
> ===============playbook yaml=============
> - hosts: Web
> gather_facts: false
> become: false
> vars:
> vcenter_hostname: x.x.x.x
> vcenter_username: <Creds>
> vcenter_password: <creds>
> tasks:
> - name: Gather all registered virtual machines
> community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
> hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
> username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
> password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
> delegate_to: localhost
> register: vminfo
>
> - debug:
> msg: "{{ item.guest_name }}, {{ item.ip_address }}"
> with_items:
> - "{{ vminfo.virtual_machines }}"
>
> =========================================
>
> In the hosts file i have give Vcenter IP details as below:
>
> ========Host file==========
> [Web]
> x.x.x.x #ip of my vcenter server
> ==============
>
> But while triggering ansible playbook i am getting error as below:
>
> ================Error==================
>
> *[WARNING]: Could not match supplied host pattern, ignoring:
> vmware_test.yaml*
>
This is your error.
It indicates that you 'triggered' ansible playbook incorrectly. Apparently
you supplied a file name as the host pattern.
What are you files called?
And what command do you run?
> *[WARNING]: No hosts matched, nothing to do*
> usage: ansible [-h] [--version] [-v] [-b] [--become-method BECOME_METHOD]
> [--become-user BECOME_USER] [-K | --become-password-file
> BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE] [-i INVENTORY]
> [--list-hosts] [-l SUBSET] [-P POLL_INTERVAL] [-B SECONDS]
> [-o] [-t TREE] [--private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE] [-u REMOTE_USER] [-c
> CONNECTION] [-T TIMEOUT]
> [--ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS] [--sftp-extra-args
> SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS] [--ssh-extra-args
> SSH_EXTRA_ARGS]
> [-k | --connection-password-file CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE]
> [-C] [--syntax-check] [-D] [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS]
> [--ask-vault-password | --vault-password-file
> VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES] [-f FORKS] [-M MODULE_PATH] [--playbook-dir BASEDIR]
> [--task-timeout TASK_TIMEOUT]
> [-a MODULE_ARGS] [-m MODULE_NAME]
> pattern
>
> Define and run a single task 'playbook' against a set of hosts
>
> positional arguments:
> pattern host pattern
>
> optional arguments:
> --ask-vault-password, --ask-vault-pass
> ask for vault password
> --become-password-file BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE, --become-pass-file
> BECOME_PASSWORD_FILE
> Become password file
> --connection-password-file CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE, --conn-pass-file
> CONNECTION_PASSWORD_FILE
> Connection password file
> --list-hosts outputs a list of matching hosts; does not execute
> anything else
> --playbook-dir BASEDIR
> Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this
> as a substitute playbook directory. This sets the relative path for many
> features including
> roles/ group_vars/ etc.
> --syntax-check perform a syntax check on the playbook, but do not
> execute it
> --task-timeout TASK_TIMEOUT
> set task timeout limit in seconds, must be
> positive integer.
> --vault-id VAULT_IDS the vault identity to use
> --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES, --vault-pass-file
> VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES
> vault password file
> --version show program's version number, config file
> location, configured module search path, module location, executable
> location and exit
> -B SECONDS, --background SECONDS
> run asynchronously, failing after X seconds
> (default=N/A)
> -C, --check don't make any changes; instead, try to predict
> some of the changes that may occur
> -D, --diff when changing (small) files and templates, show
> the differences in those files; works great with --check
> -K, --ask-become-pass
> ask for privilege escalation password
> -M MODULE_PATH, --module-path MODULE_PATH
> prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library
> (default=~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules)
> -P POLL_INTERVAL, --poll POLL_INTERVAL
> set the poll interval if using -B (default=15)
> -a MODULE_ARGS, --args MODULE_ARGS
> The action's options in space separated k=v
> format: -a 'opt1=val1 opt2=val2'
> -e EXTRA_VARS, --extra-vars EXTRA_VARS
> set additional variables as key=value or
> YAML/JSON, if filename prepend with @
> -f FORKS, --forks FORKS
> specify number of parallel processes to use
> (default=5)
> -h, --help show this help message and exit
> -i INVENTORY, --inventory INVENTORY, --inventory-file INVENTORY
> specify inventory host path or comma separated
> host list. --inventory-file is deprecated
> -k, --ask-pass ask for connection password
> -l SUBSET, --limit SUBSET
> further limit selected hosts to an additional
> pattern
> -m MODULE_NAME, --module-name MODULE_NAME
> Name of the action to execute (default=command)
> -o, --one-line condense output
> -t TREE, --tree TREE log output to this directory
> -v, --verbose Causes Ansible to print more debug messages.
> Adding multiple -v will increase the verbosity, the builtin plugins
> currently evaluate up to
> -vvvvvv. A reasonable level to start is -vvv,
> connection debugging might require -vvvv.
>
> Privilege Escalation Options:
> control how and which user you become as on target hosts
>
> --become-method BECOME_METHOD
> privilege escalation method to use (default=sudo),
> use `ansible-doc -t become -l` to list valid choices.
> --become-user BECOME_USER
> run operations as this user (default=root)
> -b, --become run operations with become (does not imply
> password prompting)
>
> Connection Options:
> control as whom and how to connect to hosts
>
> --private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE, --key-file PRIVATE_KEY_FILE
> use this file to authenticate the connection
> --scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS
> specify extra arguments to pass to scp only (e.g.
> -l)
> --sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS
> specify extra arguments to pass to sftp only (e.g.
> -f, -l)
> --ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS
> specify common arguments to pass to sftp/scp/ssh
> (e.g. ProxyCommand)
> --ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS
> specify extra arguments to pass to ssh only (e.g.
> -R)
> -T TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT
> override the connection timeout in seconds
> (default=10)
> -c CONNECTION, --connection CONNECTION
> connection type to use (default=smart)
> -u REMOTE_USER, --user REMOTE_USER
> connect as this user (default=None)
>
>
> *Some actions do not make sense in Ad-Hoc (include, meta, etc)ERROR! No
> argument passed to command module*
>
> *===================*
>
> I am very new to ansible. Can someone please guide how to extract vcenter
> VM hosted info via ansible ..should hosts file have vcenter host related
> info or host has to be localhost from where ansible is triggered or ESXi
> hosts under Vcenter.
>
> Thanks for help in advance.
>
> Regards
> Karun
>
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