vmware_guest: fails with 'incorrect username or password' error

[Skagnatti]

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible-2.2.1.0-1.el6.noarch

OS ENVIRONMENT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 (Santiago)

vCenter 6.0

While using the correct credentials for the account being used to complete the steps in playbook, a fail is returned stating the credentials are incorrect. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Run the following playbook

# Create a new VM

 - name: create new vm...

   hosts: 127.0.0.1

   connection: local

   tasks:

     - vmware_guest:

         hostname: xxx.xxx.local

         username: us...@xxx.local

         password: password

         validate_certs: False

         esxi_hostname: hostname

         datacenter: datacenter

         folder: designated folder

         name: newvm

         state: poweredoff

         disk:

         - size_gb: 10

           type: thin

           datastore: datastore

         hardware:

           memory_mb: 8192

           num_cpus: 2

         wait_for_ip_address: False

       delegate_to: 127.0.0.1

EXPECTED RESULTS

VM creation as specified in the playbook

ACTUAL RESULTS

fatal: [127.0.0.1 -> 127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {

    "apierror": "(vim.fault.InvalidLogin) {\n   dynamicType = <unset>,\n   dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],\n   msg = 'Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.',\n   faultCause = <unset>,\n   faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) []\n}",

    "changed": false,

    "failed": true,

    "invocation": {

        "module_args": {

            "datacenter": "datacenter",

            "disk": [

                {

                    "datastore": "datastore",

                    "size_gb": 10,

                    "type": "thin"

                }

            ],

            "esxi_hostname": "hostname",

            "folder": "designated folder",

            "force": false,

            "hardware": {

                "memory_mb": 8192,

                "num_cpus": 2

            },

            "hostname": "xxx.xxx.local",

            "name": "newvm",

            "name_match": "first",

            "nic": null,

            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",

            "state": "poweredoff",

            "template_src": null,

            "username": "us...@xxx.local",

            "uuid": null,

            "validate_certs": false,

            "wait_for_ip_address": false

        },

        "module_name": "vmware_guest"

    },

    "msg": "Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password."

}

One thing to note: there are a couple special characters in the password of the account being used to connect. I'm not certain if these special characters could be the hangup. 

I am able to log into the vSphere appliance via three methods with the credentials provided in the playbook:

• via vSphere Web Client
• via vSphere Client ( thick )
• via ssh

I am relatively new to Ansible configuration / use. Any insight is appreciated.

[Skagnatti]

I resolved my initial issue but have run into a new one. The playbook has not changed but now I am getting the following:

An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/tmp/ansible_ynl6yO/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 959, in <module>

    main()

  File "/tmp/ansible_ynl6yO/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 937, in main

    wait_for_ip=module.params['wait_for_ip_address']

  File "/tmp/ansible_ynl6yO/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py", line 494, in deploy_template

    template = get_obj(self.content, [vim.VirtualMachine], self.params['template'])

KeyError: 'template'

fatal: [127.0.0.1 -> 127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "failed": true,

    "invocation": {

        "module_name": "vmware_guest"

    },

    "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ynl6yO/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 959, in <module>\n    main()\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ynl6yO/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 937, in main\n    wait_for_ip=module.params['wait_for_ip_address']\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ynl6yO/ansible_module_vmware_guest.py\", line 494, in deploy_template\n    template = get_obj(self.content, [vim.VirtualMachine], self.params['template'])\nKeyError: 'template'\n",

    "module_stdout": "",

    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE"

}