Ansible troubleshooting — VMware Failed to Import PyVmomi

Let’s troubleshoot together the Ansible fatal error “Failed to import the required Python library (PyVmomi)” to find the root cause, install the required library using PIP, and successfully run our Ansible For VMware Playbook code.

Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the “Failed to import the required Python library (PyVmomi)” message and enable Ansible For VMware.

This fatal error message happens when we are trying to execute some code against your VMware Infrastructure without the necessary Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API.

These circumstances are usually related to the configuration of your Ansible Controller node and usually are not related to Ansible Playbook.

I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

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