# module connect\_to\_api from vmware  has no attribute 'SSLContext'

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-connect-to-api-from-vmware-has-no-attribute-sslcontext/26057>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** vmware\
**Created:** [November 17, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-connect-to-api-from-vmware-has-no-attribute-sslcontext/26057 "2017-11-17T08:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jrvilda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@jrvilda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jrvilda)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-connect-to-api-from-vmware-has-no-attribute-sslcontext/26057/1 "2017-11-17T08:38:56Z")

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Hello,  
I’m having problems with module vmware\_guest\_snapshot. Any solution?

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[root@ges1ansibledes ansible]# ansible --version  
ansible 2.4.1.0  
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = [u’/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]  
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ansible  
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible  
python version = 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Nov 21 2013, 10:50:32) [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4)]

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**Author:** ![jrvilda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@jrvilda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jrvilda)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/module-connect-to-api-from-vmware-has-no-attribute-sslcontext/26057/2 "2017-11-17T12:57:38Z")

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According to the documentation on the web [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vmware\_guest\_snapshot\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vmware_guest_snapshot_module.html) **vmware\_guest\_snapshot - Manages virtual machines snapshots in vcenter** Requirements : python \>= 2.6 & **PyVmomi** but …

- settings “validate\_certs: True” option, it shows :

> pyVim does not support changing verification mode with python \< 2.7.9. Either update python or or use validate\_certs=false"

- settings “validate\_certs: False” option, it shows :

> AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘SSLContext’

I try with pyvmomi 5.5.0 and 6.0.0

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Name: pyvmomi  
Version: 6.0.0  
Summary: VMware vSphere Python SDK  
Home-page: [https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi](https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi)  
Author: VMware, Inc.  
Author-email: jhu@\*\*\*.com  
License: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License  
Location: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages  
Requires: requests, six

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