inventory file
[esx]
esx1
esx2
esx3
[esx:vars]
ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
but when i put static value into the main.yml file it works
Hi Tony,
answer file
esxi_hostname: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
^ you are setting esxi_hostname to inventory_hostname.
esxi_root_user: 'root'
esxi_root_pass: 'xxx'
new_esx_local_root_user: 'root'
new_esx_local_root_pass: 'yyy'-------------------------------------------------
playbook file
---
- name: "change the root password"
hosts: localhost
^ you connect to localhost, so inventory_hostname = localhost
Ansible does not care which hosts are in your inventory, inventory_hostname is
always the host the task is run on/for.
tasks:
- name: "change root pass"
community.vmware.vmware_local_user_manager:
hostname: " {{ esxi_hostname }}"
username: " {{ esxi_root_user }}"
password: " {{ esxi_root_pass }}"
local_user_name: "{{ new_esx_local_root_user }}"
local_user_password: "{{ new_esx_local_root_pass }}"
state: present
validate_certs: no- name: print results
debug: msg=" {{ result }}"
vars_files:
- answerfile.yml
try something like:
- hosts: esx
tasks:
- name: foo
bar:
baz: blah
delegate_to: localhost
Then the task should be run once for each host, but always on localhost.
Sebastian
thanks I got it working now w this