An error occurs when using vmware_guest_info by enabling the tags option.

[sky-joker]

SUMMARY

I tried to execute a playbook that true the tags option, the following error occurs.

The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_guest_info_payload_p7dnphwz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_guest_info_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_info.py", line 299, in main
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_guest_info_payload_p7dnphwz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_guest_info_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest_client.py", line 274, in get_vm_tags
    dobj=vm_mid
  File "/tmp/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_guest_info_payload_p7dnphwz/ansible_community.vmware.vmware_guest_info_payload.zip/ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest_client.py", line 172, in get_tags_for_object
    tag_ids = tag_assoc_svc.list_attached_tags(dobj)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/com/vmware/cis/tagging_client.py", line 1415, in list_attached_tags
    'object_id': object_id,
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 345, in _invoke
    return self._api_interface.native_invoke(ctx, _method_name, kwargs)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 230, in native_invoke
    self._rest_converter_mode)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/converter.py", line 1117, in convert_to_vapi
    binding_type.accept(visitor)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/type.py", line 40, in accept
    visitor.visit(self)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/lib/visitor.py", line 43, in visit
    return method(value)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/converter.py", line 327, in visit_struct
    self._visit_python_dict(typ)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/converter.py", line 306, in _visit_python_dict
    self.visit(field_type)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/lib/visitor.py", line 43, in visit
    return method(value)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/converter.py", line 434, in visit_reference
    self.visit(typ.resolved_type)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/lib/visitor.py", line 43, in visit
    return method(value)
  File "/root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/converter.py", line 333, in visit_struct
    raise CoreException(msg)
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "datacenter": "DC",
            "folder": null,
            "hostname": "vcenterhostname",
            "moid": null,
            "name": "test_vm1",
            "name_match": "first",
            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "port": 443,
            "properties": null,
            "proxy_host": null,
            "proxy_port": null,
            "schema": "summary",
            "tags": true,
            "use_instance_uuid": false,
            "username": "[email protected]",
            "uuid": null,
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Information gathering failed with exception Expected VapiStruct instance or python dictionary, but received str"
}

Ansible 2.9 had not the above error.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

plugins/modules/vmware_guest_info.py

ANSIBLE VERSION

# ansible --version
ansible 2.10.1
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /root/stackoverflow/60307702/venv/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.6.8 (default, Aug  7 2019, 17:28:10) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]

CONFIGURATION

# ansible-config dump --only-changed

OS / ENVIRONMENT

• vCenter/ESXi 7.0
• pyvmomi 7.0
• vSphere-Automation-SDK 1.37.0
• VMware collection latest

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

I created the following playbook, and it executed.

---
- name: test
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    vcenter_hostname: vcenterhostname
    vcenter_username: [email protected]
    vcenter_password: secret
    dc1: DC
    vm_name: test_vm1
  tasks:
    - name: test
      community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        validate_certs: false
        datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
        name: "{{ vm_name }}"
        tags: true
      register: r

    - debug: var=r

EXPECTED RESULTS

Gather tags and summary information for specified VM.

ACTUAL RESULTS

The error occurred.

[Akasurde]

resolved_by_pr #406