Re: [ansible-project] 1st time using API with Ansible

[Dick Visser]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 20:31, Jeremy Tourville <jeremyat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone

I am trying to use Ansible for the first time with an API.  Normally I have learned to manage a specific device with ansible where you are connecting to the device.

I have been following this guide(s) to help provide some automation for oVirt virtualization.

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin//deployment-ansible-design

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deployment-ansible-automation

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deployment-ansible-playbooks

I have copied what the author did except that I customized it for my environment.

When I try to run the playbook I am getting errors.  My first question is what should the host parameter be listed as?  Shouldn't it be the oVirt manager? I see the article author chose to use localhost and I'm not sure why. (perhaps this was a generic placeholder?) 

Please see the playbook and resulting run below.

- name: Create Many VMs
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
  # Check if all config files exist
    - name: Check if passwords.yml exists
      stat:
        path: vars/passwords.yml
      register: passwordsfile
    - name: Check if file vms.csv exists
      stat:
        path: vars/vms.csv
      register: vmsfile
    - name: Check if file vmtemplates.csv exists
      stat:
        path: vars/vmtemplates.csv
      register: vmtemplatesfile
    - name: Check if file vmflavours.csv exists
      stat:
        path: vars/vmflavours.csv
      register: vmflavoursfile
    - name: Check if file permissions.csv exists
      stat:
        path: vars/permissions.csv
      register: permissionsfile
  # Check if there is a missing config file terminates the play
    - name: Terminate the play is any variable file is missing
      fail: msg="Variable file is missing"
      when: passwordsfile.stat.exists is undefined or vmsfile.stat.exists is undefined or vmtemplatesfile.stat.exists is undefined or vmflavoursfile.stat.exists is undefined or permissionsfile.stat.exists is undefined
  # Parse Config files
    - name: Parse vms.csv file
      read_csv:
        path: vars/vms.csv
        key: name
      register: vms
  # All the variables are null, then terminate the play.
    - name: Test variables used to deploy multiple VMs
      fail: msg="Please enter either site or system"
      when: site is undefined and system is undefined
  # Iterate Over the first and second plays based upon the non-null variables
    - name: Deploy VMs for certain site
      shell:
        cmd: ansible-playbook -e "vmchoice={{ item.value.name }}" --vault-password-file --vault-password-file /path/to/my/vault-password-file

This seems to supply --vault-password-file twice 

      loop: "{{ vms.dict|dict2items }}"
      ignore_errors: yes
      when: item.value.site==site and site is defined and system  is undefined
    - name: Deploy VMs for certain system
      shell:
        cmd: ansible-playbook -e "vmchoice={{ item.value.name }}" --vault-password-file --vault-password-file /path/to/my/vault-password-file
      loop: "{{ vms.dict|dict2items }}"
      ignore_errors: yes
      when: item.value.system==system and site is undefined and system  is defined

[student@workstation ansible]$ ansible-playbook -e "site=Default" --ask-vault-pass many-vms.yml
Vault password:

PLAY [Create Many VMs] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Check if passwords.yml exists] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Check if file vms.csv exists] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Check if file vmtemplates.csv exists] *************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Check if file vmflavours.csv exists] **************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Check if file permissions.csv exists] *************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Terminate the play is any variable file is missing] ***********************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]

TASK [Parse vms.csv file] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Test variables used to deploy multiple VMs] *******************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]

TASK [Deploy VMs for certain site] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************
failed: [localhost] (item={'key': 'ansible01', 'value': {'name': 'ansible01', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.50.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible01.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}}) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": true, "cmd": "ansible-playbook -e \"vmchoice=ansible01\" --vault-password-file --vault-password-file /path/to/my/vault-password-file", "delta": "0:00:00.426266", "end": "2022-02-25 14:44:24.057347", "item": {"key": "ansible01", "value": {"class": "server", "cluster": "Default", "dns1": "172.30.50.5", "dns2": "172.30.50.8", "dns_domain": "idm.nac-issa.org", "fqdn": "ansible01.idm.nac-issa.org", "gw": "172.30.50.1", "ip": "172.30.50.50", "mask": "255.255.255.0", "name": "ansible01", "nic": "eth0", "os": "rhel_8x64", "site": "Default", "system": "ansible", "type": "small", "vmflavour": "small_vm"}}, "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 2, "start": "2022-02-25 14:44:23.631081", "stderr": "usage: ansible-playbook [-h] [--version] [-v] [-k]\n                        [--private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE] [-u REMOTE_USER]\n                        [-c CONNECTION] [-T TIMEOUT]\n                        [--ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS]\n                        [--sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS]\n                        [--scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS]\n                        [--ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS] [--force-handlers]\n                        [--flush-cache] [-b] [--become-method BECOME_METHOD]\n                        [--become-user BECOME_USER] [-K] [-t TAGS]\n                        [--skip-tags SKIP_TAGS] [-C] [--syntax-check] [-D]\n                        [-i INVENTORY] [--list-hosts] [-l SUBSET]\n                        [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS]\n                        [--ask-vault-pass | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES]\n                        [-f FORKS] [-M MODULE_PATH] [--list-tasks]\n                        [--list-tags] [--step] [--start-at-task START_AT_TASK]\n                        playbook [playbook ...]\nansible-playbook: error: argument --vault-password-file: expected one argument", "stderr_lines": ["usage: ansible-playbook [-h] [--version] [-v] [-k]", "                        [--private-key PRIVATE_KEY_FILE] [-u REMOTE_USER]", "                        [-c CONNECTION] [-T TIMEOUT]", "                        [--ssh-common-args SSH_COMMON_ARGS]", "                        [--sftp-extra-args SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS]", "                        [--scp-extra-args SCP_EXTRA_ARGS]", "                        [--ssh-extra-args SSH_EXTRA_ARGS] [--force-handlers]", "                        [--flush-cache] [-b] [--become-method BECOME_METHOD]", "                        [--become-user BECOME_USER] [-K] [-t TAGS]", "                        [--skip-tags SKIP_TAGS] [-C] [--syntax-check] [-D]", "                        [-i INVENTORY] [--list-hosts] [-l SUBSET]", "                        [-e EXTRA_VARS] [--vault-id VAULT_IDS]", "                        [--ask-vault-pass | --vault-password-file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILES]", "                        [-f FORKS] [-M MODULE_PATH] [--list-tasks]", "                        [--list-tags] [--step] [--start-at-task START_AT_TASK]", "                        playbook [playbook ...]", "ansible-playbook: error: argument --vault-password-file: expected one argument"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

...
ansible02, 03, etc
...ignoring

TASK [Deploy VMs for certain system] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible01', 'value': {'name': 'ansible01', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.50.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible01.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible02', 'value': {'name': 'ansible02', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.55.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible02.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible03', 'value': {'name': 'ansible03', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.60.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible03.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible04', 'value': {'name': 'ansible04', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.65.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible04.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible05', 'value': {'name': 'ansible05', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.70.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible05.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible06', 'value': {'name': 'ansible06', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.75.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible06.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible07', 'value': {'name': 'ansible07', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.80.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible07.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible08', 'value': {'name': 'ansible08', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.85.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible08.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible09', 'value': {'name': 'ansible09', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.90.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible09.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})
skipping: [localhost] => (item={'key': 'ansible10', 'value': {'name': 'ansible10', 'vmflavour': 'small_vm', 'type': 'small', 'site': 'Default', 'cluster': 'Default', 'class': 'server', 'os': 'rhel_8x64', 'nic': 'eth0', 'ip': '172.30.50.50', 'gw': '172.30.95.1', 'mask': '255.255.255.0', 'system': 'ansible', 'fqdn': 'ansible01.idm.nac-issa.org', 'dns1': '172.30.50.5', 'dns2': '172.30.50.8', 'dns_domain': 'idm.nac-issa.org'}})

PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=7    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=3    rescued=0    ignored=1   

 

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