# vmware\_guest - VM is created but the name "none" **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [March 8, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735 "2021-03-08T03:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kiran\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/1 "2021-03-08T03:57:23Z")
Hi folks When i use below on a Ubuntu 20.04 ansible control node , vm is created but the OS name shows “none” Same playbook i am running on a CentOS7 ansible control node the then the vm name is not none but correct one Any suggestions on this Please ? cat vm-create-paramater.yml ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/2 "2021-03-08T05:57:28Z")
The Linux distro on the control node is largely irrelevant. It’s the way you define the variables that is the problem. Add a debug task and check what does variables really are. What is in that vars file? Typo? Etc etc ---
**Author:** ![Kiran\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/3 "2021-03-08T06:04:42Z")
Well - /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/var.yml in my case only has credentials All variables are passed with -e So i do not think the issue is with vars in this case ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vm-create-paramater.yml --extra-vars "vm\_name=xxx xxx xxx " i will try run with -vvvv ---
**Author:** ![Kiran\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/4 "2021-03-08T06:29:15Z")
Here is the output ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vm-create-paramater.yml -f 5 --extra-vars “vm\_name=vm-name-XXX vm\_ip=IPXXXX vcenter\_name=DC-vc01.DOMAIN vcenter\_folder=DC-C-Infra vcenter\_rp=DC-Prod vcenter\_dc=DC vcenter\_cluster=DC-C-Cluster01 vcenter\_template=DC-XXXX-TEMPLATE vm\_disk\_size=101 vcenter\_datastore=DATSTOREXXXX vm\_mem\_mb\_size=16384 vm\_cpu\_size=1 vm\_core\_size=1 vcenter\_network=VLANXXXX vm\_gateway=GWXXXX vcenter\_OS=CentOS7 vcenter\_Location=DC vcenter\_LOB=Infra vcenter\_Environment=Test vcenter\_Application=test1” -vvvv ansible-playbook 2.9.6 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 3.8.5 (default, Jan 27 2021, 15:41:15) [GCC 9.3.0] Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file setting up inventory plugins host\_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify\_file() method auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify\_file() method Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match ‘all’ Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.py PLAYBOOK: vm-create-paramater.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Positional arguments: /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vm-create-paramater.yml verbosity: 4 remote\_user: ansible connection: smart timeout: 10 become\_method: sudo tags: (‘all’,) inventory: (‘/etc/ansible/hosts’,) extra\_vars: (‘vm\_name=vm-name-XXX vm\_ip=IPXXXX vcenter\_name=DC-vc01.DOMAIN vcenter\_folder=DC-C-Infra vcenter\_rp=DC-Prod vcenter\_dc=DC vcenter\_cluster=DC-C-Cluster01 vcenter\_template=DC-XXXX-TEMPLATE vm\_disk\_size=101 vcenter\_datastore=DATSTOREXXXX vm\_mem\_mb\_size=16384 vm\_cpu\_size=1 vm\_core\_size=1 vcenter\_network=VLANXXXX vm\_gateway=GWXXXX vcenter\_OS=CentOS7 vcenter\_Location=DC vcenter\_LOB=Infra vcenter\_Environment=Test vcenter\_Application=test1’,) forks: 5 1 plays in /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vm-create-paramater.yml Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ PLAY [localhost] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* META: ran handlers Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ TASK [set\_fact] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vm-create-paramater.yml:9 ok: [localhost] =\> { “ansible\_facts”: { “creationdate”: “2021/03/07 22:16” }, “changed”: false } Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ TASK [create vm using template] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vm-create-paramater.yml:10 \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: jenkins \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘echo ~jenkins && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755`” && echo ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755=“`echo /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755`” ) && sleep 0’ Using module file /usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules/vmware\_guest.py \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-66186ul4257xf/tmp8ptpb1st TO /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘chmod u+x /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755/ /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/bin/python3 /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755/AnsiballZ\_vmware\_guest.py && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘rm -f -r /var/lib/jenkins/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1615184214.498803-105323394432755/ \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ changed: [localhost] =\> { “changed”: true, “instance”: { “annotation”: “Created On -2021/03/07 22:16”, “current\_snapshot”: null, “customvalues”: {}, “guest\_consolidation\_needed”: false, “guest\_question”: null, “guest\_tools\_status”: “guestToolsNotRunning”, “guest\_tools\_version”: “11269”, “hw\_cluster”: “DC-C-Cluster01”, “hw\_cores\_per\_socket”: 1, “hw\_datastores”: [ “DATSTOREXXXX” ], “hw\_esxi\_host”: “DC-c-esx02.DOMAIN”, “hw\_eth0”: { “addresstype”: “assigned”, “ipaddresses”: null, “label”: “Network adapter 1”, “macaddress”: “MACXXXX”, “macaddress\_dash”: “MACXXXX”, “portgroup\_key”: null, “portgroup\_portkey”: null, “summary”: “VLANXXXX” }, “hw\_files”: [ “[DATSTOREXXXX] vm-name-XXX/vm-name-XXX.vmx”, “[DATSTOREXXXX] vm-name-XXX/vm-name-XXX.nvram”, “[DATSTOREXXXX] vm-name-XXX/vm-name-XXX.vmsd”, “[DATSTOREXXXX] vm-name-XXX/vm-name-XXX.vmdk” ], “hw\_folder”: “/DC/vm/DC-C-Infra”, “hw\_guest\_full\_name”: null, “hw\_guest\_ha\_state”: false, “hw\_guest\_id”: null, “hw\_interfaces”: [ “eth0” ], “hw\_is\_template”: false, “hw\_memtotal\_mb”: 16384, “hw\_name”: “vm-name-XXX”, “hw\_power\_status”: “poweredOn”, “hw\_processor\_count”: 1, “hw\_product\_uuid”: “422149dc-a95f-50e3-bfa4-9a94a74c38eb”, “hw\_version”: “vmx-15”, “instance\_uuid”: “502171fb-4b14-7161-0e44-aec34593c194”, “ipv4”: null, “ipv6”: null, “module\_hw”: true, “moid”: “vm-34125”, “snapshots”: , “vimref”: “vim.VirtualMachine:vm-34125”, “vnc”: {} }, “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “annotation”: “Created On -2021/03/07 22:16”, “cdrom”: , “cluster”: “DC-C-Cluster01”, “convert”: null, “customization”: { “autologon”: null, “autologoncount”: null, “dns\_servers”: [ “xx”, ], “dns\_suffix”: null, “domain”: “DOMAIN”, “domainadmin”: null, “domainadminpassword”: null, “existing\_vm”: null, “fullname”: null, “hostname”: null, “hwclockUTC”: null, “joindomain”: null, “joinworkgroup”: null, “orgname”: null, “password”: null, “productid”: null, “runonce”: null, “timezone”: null }, “customization\_spec”: null, “customvalues”: , “datacenter”: “DC”, “datastore”: null, “delete\_from\_inventory”: false, “disk”: [ { “datastore”: “DATSTOREXXXX”, “size\_gb”: “101”, “type”: “thin” } ], “esxi\_hostname”: null, “folder”: “DC-C-Infra”, “force”: false, “guest\_id”: null, “hardware”: { “boot\_firmware”: null, “cpu\_limit”: null, “cpu\_reservation”: null, “hotadd\_cpu”: null, “hotadd\_memory”: null, “hotremove\_cpu”: null, “max\_connections”: null, “mem\_limit”: null, “mem\_reservation”: null, “memory\_mb”: 16384, “memory\_reservation\_lock”: null, “nested\_virt”: null, “num\_cpu\_cores\_per\_socket”: 1, “num\_cpus”: 1, “scsi”: “paravirtual”, “version”: null, “virt\_based\_security”: null }, “hostname”: “DC-vc01.DOMAIN”, “is\_template”: false, “linked\_clone”: false, “name”: “vm-name-XXX”, “name\_match”: “first”, “networks”: [ { “dns\_servers”: [ “XXXX”, “XXXX”, “XXXX” ], “gateway”: “GWXXXX”, “ip”: “IPXXXX”, “name”: “VLANXXXX”, “netmask”: “255.255.255.0”, “start\_connected”: true, “type”: “static” } ], “password”: “VALUE\_SPECIFIED\_IN\_NO\_LOG\_PARAMETER”, “port”: 443, “proxy\_host”: null, “proxy\_port”: null, “resource\_pool”: “DC-Prod”, “snapshot\_src”: null, “state”: “poweredon”, “state\_change\_timeout”: 0, “template”: “DC-XXXX-TEMPLATE”, “use\_instance\_uuid”: false, “username”: “account@DOMAIN”, “uuid”: null, “validate\_certs”: false, “vapp\_properties”: , “wait\_for\_customization”: false, “wait\_for\_customization\_timeout”: 3600, “wait\_for\_ip\_address”: false, “wait\_for\_ip\_address\_timeout”: 300 } } } Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘/etc/ansible/playbooks/vm-provision/vars/vcenter-l2-admin.yml’ ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/5 "2021-03-08T07:03:41Z")
And a similar output of a successful attempt on your other control node? ---
**Author:** ![Kiran\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/6 "2021-03-08T08:01:19Z")
Thanks will share momentarily ---
**Author:** ![Kiran\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/7 "2021-03-08T08:34:25Z")
None o/p from Ubuntu20x box … FYI same template… same vcenter … same everything … 2.9.6 is ansible which comes with OS on other node i did pip3 so version is 2.10 … ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/8 "2021-03-08T09:05:00Z")
> None o/p from Ubuntu20x box .. What do you mean no output? Why is there no output? > FYI same template... same vcenter .. same everything .. > > 2.9.6 is ansible which comes with OS > > on other node i did pip3 so version is 2.10 .. Sounds like you have two totally different control nodes, with different ansible installs, possibly multiple installs, mixed with Jenkins. And oh yeah they're also different OS-es. Since there are so many differences it's will be very hard to tell why things work on one box and not on the other. You could start with eliminating the differences between ansible installs. For instance using a venv on both will help. ---
**Author:** ![Kiran\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Kiran\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kiran_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vmware-guest-vm-is-created-but-the-name-none/34735/9 "2021-03-09T09:23:08Z")
Thanks, for now i will keep on hold on this very interesting problem as i have work-around with centos 7