NoneType attribute issue on vmware_guest module

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Hi,



I want to use ansible to provision my vm from template using the vmware_guest module but I get the following error on subject. Below is the snippet of the playbook and the output/error.



TIA,

Lupin



##### playbook content ###

# Create a new VM from a template using the new vmware_guest module
  - name: vm_via_ansible
    hosts: localhost
    gather_facts: false
    connection: local
    vars:
      vcenter_hostname: [xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com](http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com)
      vcenter_user: xxxxxxxxxx
      vcenter_pass: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
      esxhost: xxxxxxxxxx
      datastore: 061DEV
      network: win_dev_netmon
      vmtemplate: vmtemplate
      vm_memory: 8192
      vm_name: testdb
      notes: Created by Ansible
      dumpfacts: False
    tasks:
      - name: check name var
        debug: msg="{{ vm_name }}"

      - name: create VM from template
        vmware_guest:
          name: "{{ vm_name }}"
          validate_certs: False
          hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
          username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
          password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
          esxi_hostname: "{{ esxhost }}"
          state: present
          folder: 'LINUX'
          disk:
            - size_gb: 60
              type: thin
              datastore: "{{ datastore }}"
          nic:
            - type: vmxnet3
              network: "{{ network }}"
              network_type: standard
          hardware:
            memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory | default(1024) }}"
            num_cpus: 2
          datacenter: DC_20
          template: "{{ vmtemplate }}"
          wait_for_ip_address: yes
        register: esxi_vm_new

################ error/output ################		
		
TASK [check name var] **********************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "testdb"
}

TASK [create VM from template] *************************************************
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'name'
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_aFi0P0/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 959, in <module>\n    main()\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_aFi0P0/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 906, in main\n    name_match=module.params['name_match'])\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_aFi0P0/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 315, in getvm\n    self.getfolders()\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_aFi0P0/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 281, in getfolders\n    self.folder_map = self._build_folder_map(self.folders)\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_aFi0P0/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 261, in _build_folder_map\n    vmap = self._build_folder_map(x, vmap=vmap, inpath=thispath)\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_aFi0P0/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 264, in _build_folder_map\n    if not [x.config.name](http://x.config.name) in vmap['names']:\nAttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'name'\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE"}
        to retry, use: --limit @/root/ansible-scripts/it.retry

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1