I guess the issue now is that you are trying to use connection plugin local to the newly created vm, which I assume is a windows machine. Then you should override connection mechanism for those tasks dealing with windows or as you suggested spliting the playbook into two, one dealing with vcenter api and the other for vm setup.
If you never setup ansible with windows before i suggest you using ssh, it's natively supported on newer versions and it doesnt require setting up winrm. Cheers, On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 20:30 Abhijot Singh Kathuria <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Dick, > > Changed the localhost for the domain task to the host itself. No help, > still getting the same error: > > fatal: [localhost -> ans-dv4-test1]: FAILED! => { > "changed": false, > "module_stderr": "\u001b[91mParserError: > \u001b[0m/home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634325122.8927026-35811-261246352817343/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1:151\n\u001b[96mLine > |\n\u001b[96m 151 | \u001b[0m > \u001b[96m\u0000\u001b[0m\u0000\u0000\u0000{\"module_entry\": > \"IyFwb3dlcnNoZWxsCgojIENvcHlyaWdodDogKGMpIDIwMTc …\n\u001b[96m | > \u001b[91m ~\n\u001b[91m\u001b[96m | \u001b[91munexpected token > '\u0000', expected 'begin', 'process', 'end', or\n\u001b[96m | > \u001b[91m'dynamicparam'.\n\u001b[0m\n", > "module_stdout": "", > "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", > "rc": 1 > } > > PLAY RECAP > ****************************************************************************************** > localhost : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 > failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 > > > > Here is the playbook again: > > --- > - hosts: localhost > gather_facts: False > connection: local > user: remote > > ##Variables > > > vars_files: > - /etc/ansible/vars/hosts_vars.yml > > > ##TASKS > > tasks: > - name: Clone the template > vmware_guest: > hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}" > username: "{{ vcenter_user }}" > password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}" > validate_certs: False > name: "{{ fqdn_new_win_machine }}" > state: powered-on > notes: "{{ vars_notes }}" > template: WinServer2019-Golden-Oct21 > datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}" > folder: New-Deployments > cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}" > disk: > - size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default(60) }}" > type: thin > datastore: "HQ_Unity1_Datastore-06" > networks: > - name: VM Network > type: dhcp > allow_guest_control: True > wait_for_ip_address: True > > hardware: > memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory | default(4096) }}" > num_cpus: "2" > delegate_to: localhost > > > ##Conncecting to Domain > > - name: Join to Domain > ansible.windows.win_domain_membership: > dns_domain_name: "{{ dxu_domain }}" > hostname: "{{ fqdn_new_win_machine }}" > domain_admin_user: "{{ vcenter_user }}" > domain_admin_password: "{{vcenter_pass }}" > domain_ou_path: "{{ ou_path }}" > state: domain > register: domain_state > delegate_to: "{{ fqdn_new_win_machine }}" > > ##Reboot the machine after joining to Domain > > - name: Reboot after Domain Join > ansible.windows.win_reboot: > when: domain_state.reboot_required > > > > > Do you think I should break this playbook into 2 different playbooks? One > for VM configuration and other for domain join? > > Thanks! > On Friday, October 15, 2021 at 1:44:15 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> The VMware task should run local and the domain task should run against >> the host. >> >> On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 at 06:33, Abhijot Singh Kathuria <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Dick, >>> >>> Here is the playbook: >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 9:29 PM Dick Visser <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The advice given should work. >>>> Please share your exact playbook once again. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 at 01:22, Abhijot Singh Kathuria <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Jorge, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your reply. >>>>> >>>>> I tried making the inventory to all and adding delegate_to: localhost. >>>>> No luck here. >>>>> >>>>> Still getting the same error message. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Regards,* >>>>> *Abhijot Singh* >>>>> >>>>> *Graduate Student, CIS* >>>>> *Talent Ambassador, Talent Gateway* >>>>> *Community Organizer, Civic Leadership Board* >>>>> >>>>> * <https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhi-jot-0303/> * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 4:11 PM Jorge Rúa <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Obviously, you would need to run the join domain task against the >>>>>> newly created VM. To do that you should use delegate_to. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would change your inventory to all, and then on the vmware related >>>>>> tasks use delegate_to: localhost since what is happening behind the >>>>>> scenes >>>>>> are just soap/rest api calls against vcenter. >>>>>> >>>>>> You should also pay attention to the conection plugin. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hope that helps >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 00:01 Abhijot Singh Kathuria <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey Guys, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I need some assistance on the below error. I've tried everything but >>>>>>> I'm not able to resolve the same. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TASK [Join to Domain] >>>>>>> ************************************************************************************************************** >>>>>>> task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/DeployVM/Server2019_Vsphere.yml:46 >>>>>>> <localhost> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: administrator >>>>>>> <localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~administrator && sleep 0' >>>>>>> <localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149 >>>>>>> `" && echo ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149="` echo >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149 >>>>>>> `" ) && sleep 0' >>>>>>> Using module file >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_domain_membership.ps1 >>>>>>> <localhost> PUT >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-324573ec1oxrx/tmp_rkwbrs9 >>>>>>> TO >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1 >>>>>>> <localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/ >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1 >>>>>>> && sleep 0' >>>>>>> <localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'powershell >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1 >>>>>>> && sleep 0' >>>>>>> <localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r >>>>>>> /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/ >>>>>>> > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0' >>>>>>> fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => { >>>>>>> "changed": false, >>>>>>> "module_stderr": "\u001b[91mParserError: >>>>>>> \u001b[0m/home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1:151\n\u001b[96mLine >>>>>>> |\n\u001b[96m 151 | \u001b[0m >>>>>>> \u001b[96m\u0000\u001b[0m\u0000\u0000\u0000{\"module_entry\": >>>>>>> \"IyFwb3dlcnNoZWxsCgojIENvcHlyaWdodDogKGMpIDIwMTc …\n\u001b[96m | >>>>>>> \u001b[91m ~\n\u001b[91m\u001b[96m | \u001b[91munexpected token >>>>>>> '\u0000', expected 'begin', 'process', 'end', or\n\u001b[96m | >>>>>>> \u001b[91m'dynamicparam'.\n\u001b[0m\n", >>>>>>> "module_stdout": "", >>>>>>> "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", >>>>>>> "rc": 1 >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> PLAY RECAP >>>>>>> ************************************************************************************************************************* >>>>>>> localhost : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 >>>>>>> failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So technically I'm trying to spin a VM in vSphere and connect that >>>>>>> Vm to domain using Ansible and below is what my playbook looks like: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> - hosts: localhost >>>>>>> gather_facts: False >>>>>>> connection: local >>>>>>> user: remote >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ##Variables >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> vars_files: >>>>>>> - /etc/ansible/vars/hosts_vars.yml >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ##TASKS >>>>>>> >>>>>>> tasks: >>>>>>> - name: Clone the template >>>>>>> vmware_guest: >>>>>>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}" >>>>>>> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}" >>>>>>> password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}" >>>>>>> validate_certs: False >>>>>>> name: ans-dv4-test1 >>>>>>> state: powered-on >>>>>>> notes: "{{ vars_notes }}" >>>>>>> template: WinServer2019-Golden-Oct21 >>>>>>> datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}" >>>>>>> folder: New-Deployments >>>>>>> cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}" >>>>>>> disk: >>>>>>> - size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default(60) }}" >>>>>>> type: thin >>>>>>> datastore: "HQ_Unity1_Datastore-06" >>>>>>> networks: >>>>>>> - name: VM Network >>>>>>> type: dhcp >>>>>>> allow_guest_control: True >>>>>>> wait_for_ip_address: True >>>>>>> >>>>>>> hardware: >>>>>>> memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory | default(4096) }}" >>>>>>> num_cpus: "2" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ##Conncecting to Domain >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - name: Join to Domain >>>>>>> ansible.windows.win_domain_membership: >>>>>>> dns_domain_name: "{{ dxu_domain }}" >>>>>>> hostname: ans-dv4-test1 >>>>>>> domain_admin_user: "{{ vcenter_user }}" >>>>>>> domain_admin_password: "{{vcenter_pass }}" >>>>>>> domain_ou_path: "{{ ou_path }}" >>>>>>> state: domain >>>>>>> register: domain_state >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ##Reboot the machine after joining to Domain >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - name: Reboot after Domain Join >>>>>>> ansible.windows.win_reboot: >>>>>>> when: domain_state.reboot_required >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The inventory file just has "localhost" defined in it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can someone please advise! 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