KeyError exception in build_full_device_list

[CarstenGrohmann]

SUMMARY

I get a Python KeyError exception. Please catch this error and provide a useful error message.

TASK [Add second disk (REST)] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [grohmann-src-168]: FAILED! => changed=false 
  msg:
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      File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
        return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
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      File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
        exec(code, run_globals)
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      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 395, in <module>
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      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 372, in start
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      File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 603, in run_forever
        self._run_once()
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      File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1899, in _run_once
        handle._run()
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      File "/usr/lib64/python3.10/asyncio/events.py", line 80, in _run
        self._context.run(self._callback, *self._args)
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      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 342, in handle
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      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 297, in run_as_module
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    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/cloud/common/plugins/module_utils/turbo/server.py", line 201, in run
      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/modules/vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.py", line 333, in main
        result = await entry_point(module, session)
      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/modules/vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.py", line 358, in entry_point
        return await func(module.params, session)
      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/modules/vcenter_vm_hardware_disk.py", line 386, in _create
        _json = await exists(
      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest.py", line 369, in exists
        full_devices = await build_full_device_list(session, per_id_url, devices)
      File "/tmp/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload_qx_9n8yt/ansible_vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk_payload.zip/ansible_collections/vmware/vmware_rest/plugins/module_utils/vmware_rest.py", line 294, in build_full_device_list
        value = device_list["value"]
    KeyError: 'value'

I extended to code locally to print the content of the device_list structure.

284 async def build_full_device_list(session, url, device_list):
285     import asyncio
286 
287     device_ids = []
288 
289     if isinstance(device_list, list):
290         value = device_list
291     else:  # 7.0.2 <
292         s=open('/tmp/error.txt', mode='w')
293         import pprint; pprint.pprint(device_list, stream=s)
294         value = device_list["value"]
295     for i in value:
296         # Content library returns string {"value": "library_id"}
297         if isinstance(i, str):
298             device_ids.append(i)
299             continue
300         fields = list(i.values())
301         if len(fields) != 1:
302             # The list already comes with all the details
303             return device_list
304         device_ids.append(fields[0])
305 
306     tasks = [
307         asyncio.ensure_future(get_device_info(session, url, _id)) for _id in device_ids
308     ]
309 
310     return [await i for i in tasks]

#  cat /tmp/error.txt 
{'error_type': 'NOT_FOUND',
 'messages': [{'args': [],
               'default_message': 'The object '
                                  "'vim.ManagedEntity:myvm1' has "
                                  'already been deleted or has not been '
                                  'completely created',
               'id': 'vmsg.ManagedObjectNotFound.summary'}]}

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk

ANSIBLE VERSION

 ansible --version
ansible [core 2.13.7]
  config file = /home/i10122719/Projects/ansible-sles-upgrade/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/i10122719/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/i10122719/virtualenv/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/i10122719/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/i10122719/virtualenv/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.8 (main, Oct 28 2022, 17:28:32) [GCC]
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# ansible-galaxy collection list | grep vmware
community.vmware              2.10.1 
vmware.vmware_rest            2.2.0  
community.vmware              2.10.1 
vmware.vmware_rest            2.2.0  
community.vmware  3.2.0  

CONFIGURATION

CACHE_PLUGIN(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = jsonfile
CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = ./facts
CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = 28800
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = smart
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/hosts']
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/roles']
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = yaml
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = False
INTERPRETER_PYTHON(/home/carsten/Projects/upgrade/ansible.cfg) = auto_silent

OS / ENVIRONMENT

• OS

  # cat /etc/os-release 
  NAME="SLES"
  VERSION="15-SP4"
  VERSION_ID="15.4"
  PRETTY_NAME="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4"
  ID="sles"
  ID_LIKE="suse"
  ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
  CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:suse:sles:15:sp4"
  DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://documentation.suse.com/"
  

• vSphere: vSphere Client version 7.0.3.01100

• Hypervisor: VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 17700523

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

    - name: Add second disk (REST)
      block:
        - name: Add second disk (REST)
          vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_hardware_disk:
            vcenter_hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
            vcenter_username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
            vcenter_password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
            vcenter_validate_certs: no
            vm: myvm1
            type: SATA
            new_vmdk:
              capacity: 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
          register: my_new_disk

[Greek-Fire]

Yeah, I am running into the same problem. Sadly, I do not have access to the code to display a useful error.