I use ansible version ansible [core 2.17.3] and the community.vmware collection version 4.5.0 I want to deploy a ovf from a https url. I already find out that I had to open incoming httpclient 443 But now I get Authenticity of the host’s SSL certificate is not verified I tried different ova’s. …

Could you run ansible with -vvv and show us the error message? This might help to analyze the problem.

Sounds like maybe they’re behind a firewall and cloud-images.ubuntu.com isn’t trusted because it’s been re-signed by the firewall CA (deep-packet-inspection), and the module is failing to validate the cert because it doesn’t trust the CA and the validate_certs parameter only applies to the vmware/vc…

Sorry for late reaction below the error I get: The docker container with ansible can download the ova without problems. Also the esx server can download I with wget. When I first download the file and then deploy with the ova option instead of the url option it works fine. Who is responsible for…

someone else has the same issue [image] SSL Handshake Errors with vmware_deploy_ovf in Ansible – Other Modules Work Fine Get Help Hey everyone, I’ve been facing SSL handshake errors when trying to deploy an OVA to vSphere using the community.vmware.vmware_deploy_ovf modul…

This module is kind of crazy. As far as I can tell, its trying to get vCenter to download the OVA file directly from the URL, but the certificate verification is not straightforward. I think your best bet would be to download the file locally first, and then deploy it to your vcenter. It might be a…

[image] mikemorency: et would be to download the file locally first, and then deploy it to your vcenter. It might be a bit slower since its an extra step, but youll have better control over the download process and wont be fighting with vCenters cert store. For example - name: Deploy OVF Y…

Vmware deploy ovf Authenticity of the host's SSL certificate is not verified

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mikemorency (Mike Morency) October 9, 2024, 5:50pm 5

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