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 <akasu...@redhat.com> 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 <tdubb...@gmail.com> 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/adBLPTrtunI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAFwWkHp4KfgvvyB%2BP3dPkBGsczuAKngpAgCVJCY3SneouO4mmA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAFwWkHp4KfgvvyB%2BP3dPkBGsczuAKngpAgCVJCY3SneouO4mmA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CALmkhkqUBZH-3MBuxrG%2BkCpZfHJw_q2hYx5gW2vO%3DKj%2BGVpREQ%40mail.gmail.com.
