Failed to send key...to virtual machine due to None

[Landon Tom]

Hi,

I just started using Ansible and I'm having trouble sending key strokes to a VM to select options for an OS install. However, I get a "Failed to send key ... to virtual machine due to None" when trying to send keys. I have also tried using string_send (just to see if it worked), and I also got the same error.

The information to connect to vSphere is correct, because I was able to run a vmware_guest to create a VM, although I was wondering if it my be a permissions issue as I don't have all privileges on my account.

Thanks for your help!

yaml file

---

- name: test

  hosts: ansibleclient01.local

  tasks:

  - vmware_guest_sendkey:

        hostname: "myhostname"

        username: "myusername"

        password: "mypassword"

        cluster: "Cluster1"

        validate_certs: no

        folder: myfolder

        name: ansible_test_vm_0001

        keys_send:

            - DOWNARROW

            - ENTER

    delegate_to: localhost

    register: keys_num_sent

Output:

TASK [vmware_guest_sendkey] ************************************************************************************************

fatal: [ansibleclient01.local -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to send key (vim.vm.UsbScanCodeSpec.KeyEvent) {\n   dynamicType = <unset>,\n   dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],\n   usbHidCode = 1114119,\n   modifiers = (vim.vm.UsbScanCodeSpec.ModifierType) {\n      dynamicType = <unset>,\n      dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],\n      leftControl = false,\n      leftShift = true,\n      leftAlt = false,\n      leftGui = false,\n      rightControl = false,\n      rightShift = false,\n      rightAlt = false,\n      rightGui = false\n   }\n} to virtual machine due to None"}

ansible-playbook --version

ansible-playbook 2.9.7

config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

configured module search path = ['/home/mphadmin/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']

ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible

executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook

python version = 3.6.8 (default, Aug  7 2019, 08:02:28) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39.0.1)]

vSphere Version: Version 6.0.0 Build 5112533