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Issue with vmware_export_ovf module when user doesn't have permission to hosts #2137

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ledz0 opened this issue Aug 21, 2024 · 0 comments
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ledz0 commented Aug 21, 2024

So, the module vmware_export_ovf cannot export OVF template from Vcenter when the user does not have permission to READ hosts.
It works when use WebUI or PowerCLI, but issue is with vmware_export_ovf ansible module for this account.

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_export_ovf

ANSIBLE VERSION
root@5dd574f1cf28:/# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.3]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.2 (main, May  2 2024, 11:59:08) [GCC 12.2.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True
COLLECTION VERSION
# /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection       Version
---------------- -------
community.vmware 4.5.0
OS / ENVIRONMENT

Debian 12 Bookworm

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

---
- hosts: localhost
  become: yes
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:
  - name: VM EXPORT | Export VM to OVF
    vmware_export_ovf:
      validate_certs: false
      hostname: "any_vsphere.local"
      username: "username@local.com"
      password: "any_password"
      name: "vm_template"
      download_timeout: 60
      export_dir: /build

EXPECTED RESULTS

Export OVF template via ansible module vmware_export_ovf

ACTUAL RESULTS
TASK [VM EXPORT | Export VM to OVF] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "get exception: (vim.fault.NoPermission) {\n   dynamicType = <unset>,\n   dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],\n   msg = 'Permission to perform this operation was denied.',\n   faultCause = <unset>,\n   faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [],\n   object = 'vim.HostSystem:host-11',\n   privilegeId = 'System.Read',\n   missingPrivileges = (vim.fault.NoPermission.EntityPrivileges) []\n}"}


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