# Cannot create multiple VMs **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 13, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970 "2021-04-13T09:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/1 "2021-04-13T09:48:50Z")
I want to create two VMs with ansible but keep getting this error with the with\_items Please I need help. I am very new to ansible. ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. did not find expected ‘-’ indicator The error appears to be in ‘/home/ansible/ansible-demo/vm2\_play.yml’: line 56, column 5, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: with\_items: ^ here This is my variable file: esxi\_host: ‘vsecurity.localdomain’ VMWARE\_HOST: ‘192.168.154.144’ VMWARE\_USER: ’ ’ VMWARE\_PASSWORD: ’ ’ vm\_network: # vmxnet3 guest\_netmask: ‘255.255.255.0’ guest\_gateway: ‘192.168.154.2’ # IP of domaincontroller/dns guest\_dns\_server1: ‘192.158.154.2’ servers: - my\_vm\_03 - my\_vm\_04 and this is my playbook, I am using vmware\_guest module. ---
**Author:** ![Komal\_Suthar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@Komal\_Suthar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Komal_Suthar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/2 "2021-04-13T10:44:38Z")
with\_items: “{{ servers }}” Try this way onces ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/3 "2021-04-13T10:55:40Z")
okay will try it and give response. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/4 "2021-04-13T11:58:21Z")
I am now having a very strange error after i changed to what you told me and run the playbook: An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: Required field “summary” not provided (not @optional) failed: [localhost → localhost] (item=my\_vm\_03) =\> {“ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “changed”: false, “item”: “my\_vm\_03”, “module\_stderr”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py", line 102, in \n \_ansiballz\_main()\n File "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py", line 94, in \_ansiballz\_main\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\n File "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py", line 40, in invoke\_module\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name=‘ansible.modules.cloud.vmware.vmware\_guest’, init\_globals=None, run\_name=‘ **main** ’, alter\_sys=True)\n File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 207, in run\_module\n return \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec)\n File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 97, in \_run\_module\_code\n \_run\_code(code, mod\_globals, init\_globals,\n File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in \_run\_code\n exec(code, run\_globals)\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 2834, in \n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 2823, in main\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 2343, in deploy\_vm\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 1472, in configure\_network\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 768, in create\_nic\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 663, in **setattr** \n CheckField(self.\_GetPropertyInfo(name), val)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 1041, in CheckField\n raise TypeError(‘Required field "%s" not provided (not @optional)’ % [info.name](http://info.name))\nTypeError: Required field "summary" not provided (not @optional)\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1} Please help me ---
**Author:** ![Komal\_Suthar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@Komal\_Suthar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Komal_Suthar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/5 "2021-04-13T12:09:07Z")
Try giving loop instead of with\_items ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/6 "2021-04-13T12:10:54Z")
Okay Sir, thank you. Will do this now ---
**Author:** ![Komal\_Suthar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@Komal\_Suthar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Komal_Suthar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/7 "2021-04-13T12:11:45Z")
And also while you run the playbook give the --syntax-check argument as it was giving syntax error then theres no problem with the code it might be some indentation error try to look before or after the error line ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/8 "2021-04-13T13:03:13Z")
I did the following error checks but don’t understand what to do next ansible-playbook --check --list-tasks -i hosts vm2\_play.yml playbook: vm2\_play.yml play #1 (localhost): create vm TAGS: tasks: vmware\_guest TAGS: ansible-playbook --check vm2\_play.yml PLAY [create vm] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [vmware\_guest] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* changed: [127.0.0.1 → localhost] =\> (item=my\_vm\_03) changed: [127.0.0.1 → localhost] =\> (item=my\_vm\_04) PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 127.0.0.1 : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ---
**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/9 "2021-04-13T13:05:09Z")
Looks like vm created ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/10 "2021-04-13T13:06:52Z")
> Looks like vm created In check mode? I really don't think so. Regards         Racke > Get Outlook for iOS \<[https://aka.ms/o0ukef>](https://aka.ms/o0ukef>); > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > \*From:\* ansible-project@googlegroups.com \ on behalf of rebecca acheampong > \ > \*Sent:\* Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:03:13 AM > \*To:\* ansible-project@googlegroups.com \ > \*Subject:\* Re: [ansible-project] Cannot create multiple VMs > > I did the following error checks but don't understand what to do next > > ansible-playbook --check --list-tasks -i hosts vm2\_play.yml > > playbook: vm2\_play.yml > > play #1 (localhost): create vm TAGS: > tasks: > vmware\_guest TAGS: > > ansible-playbook --check vm2\_play.yml > > PLAY [create vm] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > > TASK [vmware\_guest] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > changed: [127.0.0.1 -\> localhost] =\> (item=my\_vm\_03) > changed: [127.0.0.1 -\> localhost] =\> (item=my\_vm\_04) > > PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > 127.0.0.1 : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 > >     And also while you run the playbook give the --syntax-check argument as it was giving syntax error then theres no >     problem with the code it might be some indentation error try to look before or after the error line > >         Try giving loop instead of with\_items > >             I am now having a very strange error after i changed to what you told me and run the playbook: > >             An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: >             Required field "summary" not provided (not @optional) >             failed: [localhost -\> localhost] (item=my\_vm\_03) =\> {"ansible\_loop\_var": "item", "changed": false, "item": >             "my\_vm\_03", "module\_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File >             \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 102, in \\n \_ansiballz\_main()\n File >             \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 94, in \_ansiballz\_main\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\n File >             \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 40, in invoke\_module\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name='ansible.modules.cloud.vmware.vmware\_guest', >             init\_globals=None, run\_name='\_\_main\_\_', alter\_sys=True)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 207, >             in run\_module\n return \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec)\n File >             \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 97, in \_run\_module\_code\n \_run\_code(code, mod\_globals, >             init\_globals,\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 87, in \_run\_code\n exec(code, run\_globals)\n >              File >             \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 2834, in \\n File >             \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 2823, in main\n File >             \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 2343, in deploy\_vm\n File >             \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 1472, in configure\_network\n File >             \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >             line 768, in create\_nic\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line >             663, in \_\_setattr\_\_\n CheckField(self.\_GetPropertyInfo(name), val)\n File >             \"/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 1041, in CheckField\n raise >             TypeError('Required field \"%s\" not provided (not @optional)' % info.name \<[http://info.name](http://info.name)\>)\nTypeError: >             Required field \"summary\" not provided (not @optional)\n", "module\_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee >             stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1} > >             Please help me > >                  with\_items: "{{ servers }}" > >                 Try this way onces > >                     I want to create two VMs with ansible but keep getting this error with the with\_items >                     Please I need help. I am very new to ansible. > >                     ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. >                      did not find expected '-' indicator > >                     The error appears to be in '/home/ansible/ansible-demo/vm2\_play.yml': line 56, column 5, but may >                     be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. > >                     The offending line appears to be: > >                      with\_items: >                      ^ here > >                     This is my variable file: > >                     esxi\_host: 'vsecurity.localdomain' >                     VMWARE\_HOST: '192.168.154.144' >                     VMWARE\_USER: ' ' >                     VMWARE\_PASSWORD: ' ' >                     vm\_network: # vmxnet3 >                     guest\_netmask: '255.255.255.0' >                     guest\_gateway: '192.168.154.2' >                     # IP of domaincontroller/dns >                     guest\_dns\_server1: '192.158.154.2' >                     servers: >                      - my\_vm\_03 >                      - my\_vm\_04 > >                     and this is my playbook, I am using vmware\_guest module. > >                     --- >                     - name: create vm >                      hosts: localhost >                      gather\_facts: no >                      connection: local >                      vars\_files: >                      multi\_vm.yml >                      tasks: >                      - vmware\_guest: >                      hostname: "{{ VMWARE\_HOST }}" >                      username: "{{ VMWARE\_USER }}" >                      password: "{{ VMWARE\_PASSWORD }}" >                      validate\_certs: no >                      folder: /ha-datacenter/vm/ >                      name: "{{ item }}" >                      state: poweredon >                      guest\_id: ubuntu64Guest >                      esxi\_hostname: "{{ esxi\_host }}" >                      disk: >                      - size\_gb: 15 >                      type: thin >                      datastore: Datastore\_3 >                      hardware: >                      num\_cpu: 1 >                      memory\_mb: 1024 >                      networks: >                      - name: '{{ vm\_network }}' >                      ip: 192.168.154.144 >                      netmask: 255.255.255.0 >                      gateway: '{{ guest\_gateway }}' >                      dns\_servers: >                      - '{{ guest\_dns\_server1 }}' >                      wait\_for\_ip\_address: yes >                      delegate\_to: localhost >                      register: newvm >                      register: deploy\_vm >                      with\_items: >                      - "{{ servers }}" > >                     -- >                     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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com \. >                     To view this discussion on the web visit >                     [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com) >                     \<[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer>\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>%5C). > >                 -- >                 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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com \. >                 To view this discussion on the web visit >                 [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com) >                 \<[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer>\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>%5C). > >             -- >             You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/11 "2021-04-13T13:07:13Z")
This is my inventory file incase it is needed: 192.168.154.148 127.0.0.1 192.168.154.148 ansible\_ssh\_pass=“pass” ansible\_ssh\_user=user ---
**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/12 "2021-04-13T13:08:35Z")
Ah my apologies. Late in the night. Just saw the changed. Needs to be taken off and run I guess. (Shrug) ---
**Author:** ![Naveen\_Gande](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@Naveen\_Gande](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Naveen_Gande)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/13 "2021-04-13T13:09:24Z")
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**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/14 "2021-04-13T13:10:06Z")
No it is not created. I get this error: An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: Required field “summary” not provided (not @optional) failed: [127.0.0.1 → localhost] (item=my\_vm\_03) =\> {“ansible\_facts”: {“discovered\_interpreter\_python”: “/usr/bin/python”}, “ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “changed”: false, “item”: “my\_vm\_03”, “module\_stderr”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618318714.8919904-225029436653775/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py", line 102, in \n \_ansiballz\_main()\n File "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618318714.8919904-225029436653775/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py", line 94, in \_ansiballz\_main\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\n File "/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618318714.8919904-225029436653775/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py", line 40, in invoke\_module\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name=‘ansible.modules.cloud.vmware.vmware\_guest’, init\_globals=None, run\_name=‘ **main** ’, alter\_sys=True)\n File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 207, in run\_module\n return \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec)\n File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 97, in \_run\_module\_code\n \_run\_code(code, mod\_globals, init\_globals,\n File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in \_run\_code\n exec(code, run\_globals)\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 2834, in \n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 2823, in main\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 2343, in deploy\_vm\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 1472, in configure\_network\n File "/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py", line 768, in create\_nic\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 663, in **setattr** \n CheckField(self.\_GetPropertyInfo(name), val)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 1041, in CheckField\n raise TypeError(‘Required field "%s" not provided (not @optional)’ % [info.name](http://info.name))\nTypeError: Required field "summary" not provided (not @optional)\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1} An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: Required field “summary” not provided (not @optional) ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/15 "2021-04-13T13:12:01Z")
No problem Sir, i need help😖, it is wearing me out. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/16 "2021-04-13T13:12:13Z")
You need to fill in the parameter summary which like it’s mandatory ---
**Author:** ![racke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/racke/32/4767_2.png) [@racke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/racke)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/17 "2021-04-13T13:13:09Z")
> No it is not created. I get this error: > > An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: Required > field "summary" not provided (not @optional) So it looks like you need to provide "summary" parameter. Regards          Racke > failed: [127.0.0.1 -\> localhost] (item=my\_vm\_03) =\> {"ansible\_facts": {"discovered\_interpreter\_python": > "/usr/bin/python"}, "ansible\_loop\_var": "item", "changed": false, "item": "my\_vm\_03", "module\_stderr": "Traceback (most > recent call last):\n File > \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618318714.8919904-225029436653775/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", line 102, in > \\n \_ansiballz\_main()\n File > \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618318714.8919904-225029436653775/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", line 94, in > \_ansiballz\_main\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\n File > \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618318714.8919904-225029436653775/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", line 40, in > invoke\_module\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name='ansible.modules.cloud.vmware.vmware\_guest', init\_globals=None, > run\_name='\_\_main\_\_', alter\_sys=True)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 207, in run\_module\n return > \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 97, in > \_run\_module\_code\n \_run\_code(code, mod\_globals, init\_globals,\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 87, in > \_run\_code\n exec(code, run\_globals)\n File > \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", > line 2834, in \\n File > \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", > line 2823, in main\n File > \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", > line 2343, in deploy\_vm\n File > \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", > line 1472, in configure\_network\n File > \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_9bg5mg70/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", > line 768, in create\_nic\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 663, in > \_\_setattr\_\_\n CheckField(self.\_GetPropertyInfo(name), val)\n File > \"/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 1041, in CheckField\n raise > TypeError('Required field \"%s\" not provided (not @optional)' % info.name \<[http://info.name](http://info.name)\>)\nTypeError: Required > field \"summary\" not provided (not @optional)\n", "module\_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for > the exact error", "rc": 1} > An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: TypeError: Required > field "summary" not provided (not @optional) > >     Looks like vm created > >     Get Outlook for iOS \<[https://aka.ms/o0ukef>](https://aka.ms/o0ukef>); >     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >     \*From:\* ansible-project@googlegroups.com \ \     \\> on behalf of rebecca acheampong \     \\> >     \*Sent:\* Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:03:13 AM >     \*To:\* ansible-project@googlegroups.com \ \     \\> >     \*Subject:\* Re: [ansible-project] Cannot create multiple VMs >      >     I did the following error checks but don't understand what to do next > >     ansible-playbook --check --list-tasks -i hosts vm2\_play.yml > >     playbook: vm2\_play.yml > >      play #1 (localhost): create vm TAGS: >      tasks: >      vmware\_guest TAGS: > >      ansible-playbook --check vm2\_play.yml > >     PLAY [create vm] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* > >     TASK [vmware\_guest] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* >     changed: [127.0.0.1 -\> localhost] =\> (item=my\_vm\_03) >     changed: [127.0.0.1 -\> localhost] =\> (item=my\_vm\_04) > >     PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* >     127.0.0.1 : ok=1 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 >         And also while you run the playbook give the --syntax-check argument as it was giving syntax error then theres >         no problem with the code it might be some indentation error try to look before or after the error line >             Try giving loop instead of with\_items > >                 I am now having a very strange error after i changed to what you told me and run the playbook: >                 An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: >                 TypeError: Required field "summary" not provided (not @optional) >                 failed: [localhost -\> localhost] (item=my\_vm\_03) =\> {"ansible\_loop\_var": "item", "changed": false, >                 "item": "my\_vm\_03", "module\_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File >                 \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 102, in \\n \_ansiballz\_main()\n File >                 \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 94, in \_ansiballz\_main\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\n File >                 \"/home/ansible/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1618314853.2520976-123061726281192/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 40, in invoke\_module\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name='ansible.modules.cloud.vmware.vmware\_guest', >                 init\_globals=None, run\_name='\_\_main\_\_', alter\_sys=True)\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line >                 207, in run\_module\n return \_run\_module\_code(code, init\_globals, run\_name, mod\_spec)\n File >                 \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 97, in \_run\_module\_code\n \_run\_code(code, mod\_globals, >                 init\_globals,\n File \"/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py\", line 87, in \_run\_code\n exec(code, >                 run\_globals)\n File >                 \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 2834, in \\n File >                 \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 2823, in main\n File >                 \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 2343, in deploy\_vm\n File >                 \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 1472, in configure\_network\n File >                 \"/tmp/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload\_dd7bpty2/ansible\_vmware\_guest\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware\_guest.py\", >                 line 768, in create\_nic\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line >                 663, in \_\_setattr\_\_\n CheckField(self.\_GetPropertyInfo(name), val)\n File >                 \"/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py\", line 1041, in CheckField\n raise >                 TypeError('Required field \"%s\" not provided (not @optional)' % info.name >                 \<[http://info.name](http://info.name)\>)\nTypeError: Required field \"summary\" not provided (not @optional)\n", >                 "module\_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1} > >                 Please help me > >                      with\_items: "{{ servers }}" > >                     Try this way onces > >                         I want to create two VMs with ansible but keep getting this error with the with\_items >                         Please I need help. I am very new to ansible. > >                         ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. >                          did not find expected '-' indicator > >                         The error appears to be in '/home/ansible/ansible-demo/vm2\_play.yml': line 56, column 5, but may >                         be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. >                         The offending line appears to be: > >                          with\_items: >                          ^ here > >                         This is my variable file: > >                         esxi\_host: 'vsecurity.localdomain' >                         VMWARE\_HOST: '192.168.154.144' >                         VMWARE\_USER: ' ' >                         VMWARE\_PASSWORD: ' ' >                         vm\_network: # vmxnet3 >                         guest\_netmask: '255.255.255.0' >                         guest\_gateway: '192.168.154.2' >                         # IP of domaincontroller/dns >                         guest\_dns\_server1: '192.158.154.2' >                         servers: >                          - my\_vm\_03 >                          - my\_vm\_04 > >                         and this is my playbook, I am using vmware\_guest module. > >                         --- >                         - name: create vm >                          hosts: localhost >                          gather\_facts: no >                          connection: local >                          vars\_files: >                          multi\_vm.yml >                          tasks: >                          - vmware\_guest: >                          hostname: "{{ VMWARE\_HOST }}" >                          username: "{{ VMWARE\_USER }}" >                          password: "{{ VMWARE\_PASSWORD }}" >                          validate\_certs: no >                          folder: /ha-datacenter/vm/ >                          name: "{{ item }}" >                          state: poweredon >                          guest\_id: ubuntu64Guest >                          esxi\_hostname: "{{ esxi\_host }}" >                          disk: >                          - size\_gb: 15 >                          type: thin >                          datastore: Datastore\_3 >                          hardware: >                          num\_cpu: 1 >                          memory\_mb: 1024 >                          networks: >                          - name: '{{ vm\_network }}' >                          ip: 192.168.154.144 >                          netmask: 255.255.255.0 >                          gateway: '{{ guest\_gateway }}' >                          dns\_servers: >                          - '{{ guest\_dns\_server1 }}' >                          wait\_for\_ip\_address: yes >                          delegate\_to: localhost >                          register: newvm >                          register: deploy\_vm >                          with\_items: >                          - "{{ servers }}" > >                         -- >                         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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com \. >                         To view this discussion on the web visit >                         [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com) >                         \<[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer>\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/11a6e7ff-82ed-47aa-adf4-48c1237fab84n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>%5C). > >                     -- >                     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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com \. >                     To view this discussion on the web visit >                     [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com) >                     \<[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer>\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGgS%3DuXd4VBznCT6qXt8xJnEouuMGyNqqm%2B-W%3DzER0Ocjdy0JQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>%5C). > >                 -- >                 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. ---
**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/18 "2021-04-13T13:14:03Z")
I actually have a role for this module 😊 used it successfully against vsphere ---
**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/19 "2021-04-13T13:19:39Z")
I am sorry I don’t know what is that. I am new to this using it for my final project. Should i send you my playbook and variable file again? ---
**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970/20 "2021-04-13T13:21:27Z")
Please send playbook with task details in it please [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-create-multiple-vms/34970.md?page=2)