Ansible - vmware_guest - deploy from template - object has no attribute port

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Hi,

I’m trying to deploy a VM from a template using vmware_guest module, but i’m getting this error:

The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py”, line 1332, in
main()
File “/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py”, line 1321, in main
result = pyv.deploy_vm()
File “/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py”, line 1070, in deploy_vm
self.configure_network(vm_obj=vm_obj)
File “/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py”, line 674, in configure_network
if nic.device.backing and ( nic.device.backing.port.portgroupKey != pg_obj.key or nic.device.backing.port.switchUuid != pg_obj.config.distributedVirtualSwitch.uuid ):
AttributeError: ‘vim.vm.device.VirtualEthernetCard.NetworkBackingIn’ object has no attribute ‘port’

fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {
“changed”: false,
“failed”: true,
“module_stderr”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 1332, in \n main()\n File "/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 1321, in main\n result = pyv.deploy_vm()\n File "/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 1070, in deploy_vm\n self.configure_network(vm_obj=vm_obj)\n File "/tmp/ansible_yfXPli/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 674, in configure_network\n if nic.device.backing and ( nic.device.backing.port.portgroupKey != pg_obj.key or nic.device.backing.port.switchUuid != pg_obj.config.distributedVirtualSwitch.uuid ):\nAttributeError: ‘vim.vm.device.VirtualEthernetCard.NetworkBackingIn’ object has no attribute ‘port’\n”,
“module_stdout”: “”,
“msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”,
“rc”: 0
}

This is my playbook:

Create a VM from a template

  • hosts: 127.0.0.1
    connection: local
    gather_facts: no
    tasks:
  • name: create the VM
    vmware_guest:
    hostname: 192.168.xxx.xxx
    username: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    validate_certs: no
    esxi_hostname: 192.168.xxx.xxx
    datacenter: DATACENTER
    folder: /TEST/
    name: ANSIBLE-TESTVM
    state: poweredoff
    hardware:
    memory_mb: 512
    num_cpus: 1
    scsi: paravirtual
    disk:
  • size_kb: 279552
    type: thin
    datastore: datastore1
  • size_gb: 10
    type: thin
    datastore: datastore1
    networks:
  • name: “DPG-Lan”
    ip: 192.168.xxxx.xxx
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    gateway: 192.168.xxx.xxx
  • name: “DPG-Cluster”
    ip: 192.168.xxx.xxx
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
  • name: “DPG-iSCSI1”
    ip: 192.168.xxx.xxx
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
  • name: “DPG-iSCSI2”
    ip: 192.168.xxx.xxx
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    template: Template_CentOS_7_x86_64
    wait_for_ip_address: yes
    register: deploy
  • debug: var=deploy