Issue ---- Module Failure\nSee stdout/stderr

[Abhijot Singh Kathuria]

Hey Guys,

I need some assistance on the below error. I've tried everything but I'm not able to resolve the same.

TASK [Join to Domain] **************************************************************************************************************

task path: /etc/ansible/playbooks/DeployVM/Server2019_Vsphere.yml:46

<localhost> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: administrator

<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~administrator && sleep 0'

<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149="` echo /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149 `" ) && sleep 0'

Using module file /home/administrator/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_domain_membership.ps1

<localhost> PUT /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-324573ec1oxrx/tmp_rkwbrs9 TO /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1

<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/ /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1 && sleep 0'

<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'powershell /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1 && sleep 0'

<localhost> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "module_stderr": "\u001b[91mParserError: \u001b[0m/home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634251564.5118623-32501-66747911642149/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1:151\n\u001b[96mLine |\n\u001b[96m 151 | \u001b[0m \u001b[96m\u0000\u001b[0m\u0000\u0000\u0000{\"module_entry\": \"IyFwb3dlcnNoZWxsCgojIENvcHlyaWdodDogKGMpIDIwMTc …\n\u001b[96m     | \u001b[91m ~\n\u001b[91m\u001b[96m     | \u001b[91munexpected token '\u0000', expected 'begin', 'process', 'end', or\n\u001b[96m     | \u001b[91m'dynamicparam'.\n\u001b[0m\n",

    "module_stdout": "",

    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",

    "rc": 1

}

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

So technically I'm trying to spin a VM in vSphere and connect that Vm to domain using Ansible and below is what my playbook looks like:

---

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: False

  connection: local

  user: remote

##Variables

  vars_files:

    - /etc/ansible/vars/hosts_vars.yml

##TASKS

  tasks:

  - name: Clone the template

    vmware_guest:

      hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"

      username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"

      password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"

      validate_certs: False

      name: ans-dv4-test1

      state: powered-on

      notes: "{{ vars_notes }}"

      template: WinServer2019-Golden-Oct21

      datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"

      folder: New-Deployments

      cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"

      disk:

        - size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default(60) }}"

          type: thin

          datastore: "HQ_Unity1_Datastore-06"

      networks:

        - name: VM Network

          type: dhcp

          allow_guest_control: True

          wait_for_ip_address: True

      hardware:

          memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory | default(4096) }}"

          num_cpus: "2"

##Conncecting to Domain

  - name: Join to Domain

    ansible.windows.win_domain_membership:

      dns_domain_name: "{{ dxu_domain }}"

      hostname: ans-dv4-test1

      domain_admin_user: "{{ vcenter_user }}"

      domain_admin_password: "{{vcenter_pass }}"

      domain_ou_path: "{{ ou_path }}"

      state: domain

    register: domain_state

##Reboot the machine after joining to Domain

  - name: Reboot after Domain Join

    ansible.windows.win_reboot:

    when: domain_state.reboot_required

The inventory file just has "localhost" defined in it.

Can someone please advise!

 

[Jorge Rúa]

Obviously, you would need to run the join domain task against the newly created VM. To do that you should use delegate_to. 

I would change your inventory to all, and then on the vmware related tasks use delegate_to: localhost since what is happening behind the scenes are just soap/rest api calls against vcenter.

You should also pay attention to the conection plugin. 

Hope that helps

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[Abhijot Singh Kathuria]

Hey Jorge,

Thanks for your reply.

I tried making the inventory to all and adding delegate_to: localhost. No luck here.

Still getting the same error message.

Regards,

Abhijot Singh

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[Dick Visser]

The advice given should work. 

Please share your exact playbook once again. 

 

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[Abhijot Singh Kathuria]

Hey Dick,

Here is the playbook:

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[Dick Visser]

The VMware task should run local and the domain task should run against the host. 

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[Abhijot Singh Kathuria]

Hey Dick,

Changed the localhost for the domain task to the host itself. No help, still getting the same error:

fatal: [localhost -> ans-dv4-test1]: FAILED! => {

    "changed": false,

    "module_stderr": "\u001b[91mParserError: \u001b[0m/home/administrator/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634325122.8927026-35811-261246352817343/AnsiballZ_win_domain_membership.ps1:151\n\u001b[96mLine |\n\u001b[96m 151 | \u001b[0m \u001b[96m\u0000\u001b[0m\u0000\u0000\u0000{\"module_entry\": \"IyFwb3dlcnNoZWxsCgojIENvcHlyaWdodDogKGMpIDIwMTc …\n\u001b[96m     | \u001b[91m ~\n\u001b[91m\u001b[96m     | \u001b[91munexpected token '\u0000', expected 'begin', 'process', 'end', or\n\u001b[96m     | \u001b[91m'dynamicparam'.\n\u001b[0m\n",

    "module_stdout": "",

    "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error",

    "rc": 1

}

PLAY RECAP ******************************************************************************************

localhost                  : ok=1    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Here is the playbook again:

---

- hosts: localhost

  gather_facts: False

  connection: local

  user: remote

##Variables

  vars_files:

    - /etc/ansible/vars/hosts_vars.yml

##TASKS

  tasks:

  - name: Clone the template

    vmware_guest:

      hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"

      username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"

      password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"

      validate_certs: False

      name: "{{ fqdn_new_win_machine }}"

      state: powered-on

      notes: "{{ vars_notes }}"

      template: WinServer2019-Golden-Oct21

      datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"

      folder: New-Deployments

      cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"

      disk:

        - size_gb: "{{ disk_size | default(60) }}"

          type: thin

          datastore: "HQ_Unity1_Datastore-06"

      networks:

        - name: VM Network

          type: dhcp

          allow_guest_control: True

          wait_for_ip_address: True

      hardware:

          memory_mb: "{{ vm_memory | default(4096) }}"

          num_cpus: "2"

    delegate_to: localhost

##Conncecting to Domain

  - name: Join to Domain

    ansible.windows.win_domain_membership:

      dns_domain_name: "{{ dxu_domain }}"

      hostname: "{{ fqdn_new_win_machine }}"

      domain_admin_user: "{{ vcenter_user }}"

      domain_admin_password: "{{vcenter_pass }}"

      domain_ou_path: "{{ ou_path }}"

      state: domain

    register: domain_state

    delegate_to: "{{ fqdn_new_win_machine }}"

##Reboot the machine after joining to Domain

  - name: Reboot after Domain Join

    ansible.windows.win_reboot:

    when: domain_state.reboot_required

Do you think I should break this playbook into 2 different playbooks? One for VM configuration and other for domain join?

Thanks!

[Jorge Rúa]

I guess the issue now is that you are trying to use connection plugin local to the newly created vm, which I assume is a windows machine. Then you should override connection mechanism for those tasks dealing with windows or as you suggested spliting the playbook into two, one dealing with vcenter api and the other for vm setup.

If you never setup ansible with windows before i suggest you using ssh, it's natively supported on newer versions and it doesnt require setting up winrm. 

Cheers,

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