I'm pretty new with Ansible so I might configured things wrong
[I have a Docker container running Ansible service in it
I have an Ansible repository that include the Ansible files (this is a .Git repository]
My will was to automatically revert each lab in vCenter server to a specific snapshot
So, I (with the help of ansible-roles-explained-with-examples guide):
- Created a role with
ansible-galaxy initcommand namevcenter(see directory tree below) - Created some vcenter tasks files inside
tasksfolder (see directory tree below). Here is an example ofpoweroff.ymltask file:
- name: Set the state of a virtual machine to poweroff community.vmware.vmware_guest_powerstate: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" folder: "/{{ datacenter_name }}/{{ folder }}" # name: "{{ guest_name }}" name: "{{ ansible_hostname }}" validate_certs: no state: powered-off delegate_to: localhost register: deploy - Supplied vCenter credentials in
vcenter\vars\main.ymlfile, like this:
# vars file for vcenter vcenter_hostname: vcenter.foo.com vcenter_username: [email protected] vcenter_password: f#0$o#1$0o datacenter_name: FOO_Fighters # datastore_name: cluster_name: FOO folder: '/FOO/PRODUCT/DOMAIN.COM/' - Included the tasks in
tasks\main.ymlfile withimport-taskkey, like this:
--- # tasks file for roles/vcenter - import_tasks: poweroff.yml # - import_tasks: poweron.yml # - import_tasks: revert.yml # - import_tasks: shutdown.yml - Created a
all.ymlinside group_vars folder in inventories library (i don't know if its a professional way to do like that) that include all winrm details like this:
--- #WinRM Protocol Details ansible_user: DOMAIN\user ansible_password: f#0$o#1$0o ansible_connection: winrm ansible_port: 5985 ansible_winrm_scheme: http ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore ansible_winrm_transport: ntlm ansible_winrm_read_timeout_sec: 60 ansible_winrm_operation_timeout_sec: 58 - Created a
revert_lab.ymlplaybook that include the role, like this
--- - name: revert an onpremis lab hosts: all roles: - vcenter My ansible.cfg is like this:
[defaults] inventory = /ansible/inventories roles_path = ./roles:..~/ansible/roles I executed the playbook to revert all the machines in the lab:
ansible-playbook playbooks/revert_vcenter_lab.yml -i inventories/test/onpremis/domain.com/lab_r.yml The error I got was:
TASK [Gathering Facts] **************************************************************************************************************************************************** [WARNING]: Error when collecting winrm facts: You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At line:15 char:17 + ... $ansibleFacts.ansible_win_rm_certificate_expires = $_.Not ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 15 at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 13 ok: [vm1.domain.com] ok: [vm2.domain.com] ok: [vm3.domain.com] ok: [vm4.domain.com] ok: [vm5.domain.com] ok: [vm6.domain.com] ok: [vm7.domain.com] ok: [vm8.domain.com] TASK [vcenter : Set the state of a virtual machine to poweroff] *********************************************************************************************************** fatal: [vm1.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM1'"} fatal: [vm2.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM2'"} fatal: [vm3.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM3'"} fatal: [vm4.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM4'"} fatal: [vm5.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM5'"} fatal: [vm6.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM6'"} fatal: [vm7.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM7'"} fatal: [vm8.domain.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine : 'VM8'"} PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************************************************** vm1.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm2.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm3.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm4.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm5.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm6.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm7.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 vm8.domain.com : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 a) How do I get rid of the Error when collecting winrm facts error? (It is look like that the playbook is not recognize the all.yml file with the win, but why?)
b) How do I fix the error "Unable to set power state for non-existing virtual machine..."? (We can see that the playbook access to the machines by fqdns mentioned in the lab_r.yml file (from the inventories library) but the error relates to the machine name as displayed in the vCenter platform...)
My repository:
C:. ├───ansible │ │ ansible.cfg │ ├───inventories │ │ └───test │ │ ├───cloud │ │ └───onpremis │ │ └───domain.com │ │ │ lab_j.yml │ │ │ lab_r.yml │ │ └───group_vars │ │ all.yml │ ├───playbooks │ │ revert_lab.yml │ └───roles │ └───vcenter │ ├───tasks │ │ main.yml │ │ poweroff.yml │ │ poweron.yml │ │ revert.yml │ │ shutdown.yml │ └───vars │ main.yml My inventory lab_r.yml - this is a partial schema
--- all: children: root: children: center: children: appservers: hosts: vm1.domain.com: qservers: hosts: vm2.domain.com: dbservers: hosts: vm3.domain.com: 
