The Ansible module “vmware_portgroup” will incorrectly return a “changed” condition, even when the arguments are unchanged.
The vmware_portgroup module does run correctly and changes the ESXi portgroup settings as needed, but it always reports a “changed” state.
For example:
- name: Create portgroup Internal Network on vSwitch0
vmware_portgroup:
hostname: ‘{{ inventory_hostname }}’
username: ‘{{ vcenter_username }}’
password: ‘{{ vcenter_password }}’
esxi_hostname: ‘{{ inventory_hostname }}’
validate_certs: no
portgroup_name: ‘Internal Network’
switch_name: ‘vSwitch0’
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
If you run the task a second time, Ansible will report a “changed” state.
Ansible version: 2.7.5 (from CentOS 7.x epel repository)
yum package ansible.noarch 2.6.3-1.el7
Linux: CentOS 7.5.1804