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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAFwWkHp4KfgvvyB%2BP3dPkBGsczuAKngpAgCVJCY3SneouO4mmA%40mail.gmail.com.
