Trouble Updating VMware Custom Attributes with Ansible

[OOS]

Hi,

I'm trying to update custom attributes for existing VMware VMs using Ansible.  I spent quite a bit of time testing, but I can't seem to get it working.

---

- hosts: vcenter_hosts

  gather_facts: False

  connection: local

  vars_files:

    - ./vars/jg_vars_file.yml

  tasks:

- name: "Add multiple virtual machine custom attributes"

  vmware_guest_custom_attributes:

    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"

    username: "{{ username }}"

    password: "{{ password }}"

    moid: My-VM-Name

    state: present

    attributes:

      - name: creator

        value: "Me"

      - name: purpose

        value: "DEV VM"

  delegate_to: localhost

  register: attributes

Am I missing something or should this work?

ERROR! 'delegate_to' is not a valid attribute for a Play

The error appears to be in '/home/ansible/create-vm-attributes.yml': line 28, column 3, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

- name: "Add multiple virtual machine custom attributes"

  ^ here

Thanks

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 4/27/20 4:39 PM, OOS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to update custom attributes for existing VMware VMs using Ansible.  I spent quite a bit of time testing, but
> I can't seem to get it working.
>

> /---/

Looks like your indentation is wrong, hence this error:

ERROR! 'delegate_to' is not a valid attribute for a Play

Regards
Racke

>
> /
> /
>
> /- hosts: vcenter_hosts/
>
> /  gather_facts: False/
>
> /  connection: local/
>
> /
> /
>
> /  vars_files:/
>
> /    - ./vars/jg_vars_file.yml/
>
> /
> /
>
> /  tasks:/
>
> /- name: "Add multiple virtual machine custom attributes"/
>
> /  vmware_guest_custom_attributes:/
>
> /    hostname: "{{ hostname }}"/
>
> /    username: "{{ username }}"/
>
> /    password: "{{ password }}"/
>
> /    moid: My-VM-Name/
>
> /    state: present/
>
> /    attributes:/
>
> /      - name: creator/
>
> /        value: "Me"/
>
> /      - name: purpose/
>
> /        value: "DEV VM"/
>
> /  delegate_to: localhost/
>
> /  register: attributes/

>
> Am I missing something or should this work?
>
>
> ERROR! 'delegate_to' is not a valid attribute for a Play
>
>
> The error appears to be in '/home/ansible/create-vm-attributes.yml': line 28, column 3, but may
>
> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>
>
> The offending line appears to be:
>
>
>
> - name: "Add multiple virtual machine custom attributes"
>
>   ^ here
>
>
> Thanks
>

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