inventory file
[esx]
esx1
esx2
esx3
[esx:vars]
ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
---------------------------------------------------------
answer file
esxi_hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
esxi_root_user: 'root'
esxi_root_pass: 'xxx'
new_esx_local_root_user: 'root'
new_esx_local_root_pass: 'yyy'
-------------------------------------------------
playbook file
---
- name: "change the root password"
hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: "change root pass"
community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager:
hostname: " {{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: " {{ esxi_root_user }}"
password: " {{ esxi_root_pass }}"
local_user_name: "{{ new_esx_local_root_user }}"
local_user_password: "{{ new_esx_local_root_pass }}"
state: present
validate_certs: no
- name: print results
debug: msg=" {{ result }}"
vars_files:
- answerfile.yml
when i run it with
ansible-playbook -i hosts main.yml -u root --ask-pass -vvvv
i keep getting error
The full traceback is:
WARNING: The below traceback may *not* be related to the actual failure.
File
"/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager_payload_GG4F7i/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py",
line 577, in connect_to_api
service_instance = connect.SmartConnect(**connect_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 836, in
SmartConnect
sslContext)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 718, in
__FindSupportedVersion
sslContext)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 638, in
__GetServiceVersionDescription
path + "/vimServiceVersions.xml", sslContext)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyVim/connect.py", line 604, in
__GetElementTree
conn.request("GET", path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1069, in request
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1109, in _send_request
self.endheaders(body)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1065, in endheaders
self._send_output(message_body)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 892, in _send_output
self.send(msg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 854, in send
self.connect()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1282, in connect
HTTPConnection.connect(self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 831, in connect
self.timeout, self.source_address)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 557, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"hostname": " localhost",
"local_user_description": null,
"local_user_name": "root",
"local_user_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"port": 443,
"proxy_host": null,
"proxy_port": null,
"state": "present",
"username": " root",
"validate_certs": false
}
},
"msg": "Unknown error while connecting to vCenter or ESXi API at
localhost:443 : [Errno -2] Name or service not known"
}
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