ruzickap / ansible-role-vmwaretools

Ansible role will help you with installing original vmware-tools form Vmware or fallback to Open VMware Tools (open-vm-tools)

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ansible-role-vmwaretools's Issues

Falls back to openvmtools

I want to apply this role on Debian Jessie amd64 with internet connection -
but the open-vm-tools fallback is tried instead.

TASK [peru.vmwaretools : include] **********************************************
skipping: [localhost] => {"changed": false, "skip_reason": "Conditional check failed", "skipped": true}

TASK [peru.vmwaretools : include] **********************************************
skipping: [localhost] => {"changed": false, "skip_reason": "Conditional check failed", "skipped": true}

TASK [peru.vmwaretools : include] **********************************************
included: /etc/ansible/roles/peru.vmwaretools/tasks/Debian.yml for localhost

TASK [peru.vmwaretools : Installing Open VMware Tools (open-vm-tools).] ********
[...]

EDIT: Apparently it will only install open-vm-tools for Debian:
https://github.com/ruzickap/ansible-role-vmwaretools/blob/master/tasks/Debian.yml#L4

But VMware Tools can be installed on Debian, too. Will this be added in near future?

Package at packages.vmware.com..etc. could not be installed

The requested file was http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/repos/vmware-tools-repo-RHEL6-9.0.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm and it doesn't exist on that server.

All is well up until this point...

TASK: [peru.vmwaretools | Install vmware-tools repository.] *******************
failed: [ans01] => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "rc": 1}
msg: Package at http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/repos/vmware-tools-repo-RHEL6-9.0.15-1.el6.x86_64.rpm could not be installed

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

Not sure of the best way to deal with this but I changed the following line from
vmwaretools_repo_version: 9.0.15-1
to
vmwaretools_repo_version: 9.10.1-1

These tasks then worked like a treat. This hasn't been checked for other ditributions nor other release is of Centos6/ RHEL6. I could be persuaded to maintain this as part of my work, assuming that there is demand for this project.

'vmwaretools_repo_version' errors

I'm getting this error while trying to deploy vmware tools to SLES11. I tried to enter 10.3.5-1 manually into /defaults/main.yml but it only makes it worse

TASK [ruzickap.vmwaretools : Install vmware-tools repository for SLES 11] 

FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'vmwaretools_repo_version' is undefined\n\nThe error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/roles/ruzickap.vmwaretools/tasks/Suse.yml': line 20, column 7, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n  block:\n    - name: Install vmware-tools repository for SLES 11\n      ^ here\n\nexception type: <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleUndefinedVariable'>\nexception: 'vmwaretools_repo_version' is undefined"}

The RHEL/Centos task also gives an error while checking 'vmwaretools_repo_version':

TASK [ruzickap.vmwaretools : Get details about repository package version if vmwaretools_repo_version is undefined]

fatal: [.....]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Unexpected templating type error occurred on ({{ vmwaretools_web_page.content | regex_findall('vmware-tools-repo-RHEL' + ansible_distribution_major_version|string + '-(.*).el' + ansible_distribution_major_version|string + '.' + ansible_architecture + '.rpm') | first | string }}): expected string or buffer"}

Can i fix the problem myself or is it a general problem?

Fails if open-vm-tools is already installed

This is failing to run on my server because open-vm-tools is already installed. My suggestion is to add a test for open-vm-tools first. Or make an option for open-vm-tools or vmware tools to install so you could select which version/distribution you would like to use instead of the fallback method you are using now.

Add branch for ansible 2.3 support

Hi guys,

since your 2 last commits, I'm not able to use your role anymore because I don't have ansible 2.4 .
Cause I'm using ansible 2.3, I'm not able to use 'import_tasks' by I still need to use 'include' instead.

Can you create a branch of your project for ansible 2.3 , based on the commit 42d6b75 ?

Thank you guys !

ini_file module usage in ansible/AWX

ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'ini_file'. This often indicates a misspelling, missing collection, or incorrect module path.
The error appears to be in '/runner/requirements_roles/ruzickap.vmwaretools/tasks/RedHat.yml': line 25, column 7, but may

Newer versions should be using community.general.ini_file with a dependency on the community.general collection.

Use HTTPS to access the VMWare repository

Can you update the "vmwaretools_yum_server" to use "https://" instead of "http://" - this will help with some security concerns. (In the defaults/main.yml file)

Installing vmware tools from repo fails during GPG check

During yum install of official vmware tools(vmware-tools-esx-nox, vmware-tools-esx-kmods) yum fails with a GPG check, prompting user if they want to verify key. I got the task to complete successfully by adding the following param to the yum task (disable_gpg_check: yes).

• name: Install vmware-tools.
  yum: name={{ item }} state=present
  with_items:
  • vmware-tools-esx-nox
  • vmware-tools-esx-kmods
    disable_gpg_check: yes
    when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int <= 6