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 init
command name vcenter
(see directory tree below)
- Created some vcenter tasks files inside
tasks
folder (see directory tree below). Here is an example of poweroff.yml
task 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.yml
file, like this:
# vars file for vcenter
vcenter_hostname: vcenter.foo.com
vcenter_username: [email protected]
vcenter_password: f#0$o#1$0o
datacenter_name: FOO_Fighters
# datastore_name:
cluster_name: FOO
folder: '/FOO/PRODUCT/DOMAIN.COM/'
- Included the tasks in
tasks\main.yml
file with import-task
key, like this:
---
# tasks file for roles/vcenter
- import_tasks: poweroff.yml
# - import_tasks: poweron.yml
# - import_tasks: revert.yml
# - import_tasks: shutdown.yml
- Created a
all.yml
inside group_vars folder in inventories library (i don't know if its a professional way to do like that) that include all winrm details like this:
---
#WinRM Protocol Details
ansible_user: DOMAIN\user
ansible_password: f#0$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.yml
playbook 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:.
ââââansible
â â ansible.cfg
â ââââinventories
â â ââââtest
â â ââââcloud
â â ââââonpremis
â â ââââdomain.com
â â â lab_j.yml
â â â lab_r.yml
â â ââââgroup_vars
â â all.yml
â ââââplaybooks
â â revert_lab.yml
â ââââroles
â ââââvcenter
â ââââtasks
â â main.yml
â â poweroff.yml
â â poweron.yml
â â revert.yml
â â shutdown.yml
â ââââvars
â 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: