my hosts file includes the esxi host

also i am able to run "df -h" without issues

On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 11:13 AM Abhijeet Kasurde <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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": []}
>>
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>
>
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