Issue when running vmware_guest while vms in vApp

[neevnuv]

SUMMARY

When running vmware_guest module in ansible, while the vms are in a vApp, I recive the following error:

File "ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py", line 1315, in get_vm TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

community.vmware.vmware_guest

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.12.10]

COLLECTION VERSION

community.vmware 3.5.0

OS / ENVIRONMENT

VMs are located on Vsphere Clients in versions 6.7 and 7. vms with guest os of rhel7.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

• Have more than one vm created in your vshpere client and move both of the inside the same vApp.
• The playbook runs when the vms do not exist or are not in the vApp. It only accours when they are in a vApp.
• Run the following playbook:

---
- name: Create a new VM
  block: 
    - set_fact:
        disk_size: 45
        memory: 4096
        cpu: 2
    - vmware_guest:
        hostname: {{ hostname }}
        username: {{ username }}
        password: {{ password }}
        datacenter: Datacenter1
        name: {{ hostname }}
        template: {{ template_name }}
        cluster: VsanCluster
        state: poweredoff
        datastore: vsanDatastore
        folder: {{ vcenter_full_folder }}
        validate_certs: False
        is_template: no
        hardware:
          memory_mb: "{{ memory }}"
          num_cpus: "{{ cpu }}"
        networks: 
          - name: My Network
            start_connected: yes
      delegate_to: localhost

EXPECTED RESULTS

Because the vms already exist, the vms will only power off.

ACTUAL RESULTS

I receive a pythonic error from the ansible collection, with the msg "MODULE FAILIURE \n See stdout/stderr for the exact error":

Traceback (most recent call last): File "AnsiballZ_vmware_guest.py", line 107, in _ansiballz_main() File "AnsiballZ_vmware_guest.py", line 99, in _ansiballz_main invoke module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS) File "AnsiballZ_vmware_guest.py", line 47, in invoke_module runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible_collections.community.vmware.plugins.modules.vmware_guest', init_globals=dict(_module_fqdn='ansible_collections.community.vmware.plugins.modules.vmware_guest', _modlib_path=modlib_path) File python3.8/runpy.py, line 207, in run_module return _run_module_code(codem init_globals, run_name, mod_spec) File python3.8/runpy.py, line 97, in _run_module_code _run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals) File python3.8/runpy.py, line 87, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py", line 3597, in
File "ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py", line 3516, in main File "ansible_collections/community/vmware/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py", line 1315, in get_vm TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable.

[neevnuv]

The issue seems to rise from the lines: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/blob/6bde749991bc8119f0bb6efba536f5b5b4a933ec/plugins/module_utils/vmware.py#L1331-L1337

The function self.get_vm_path(content=self.content, vm_name=vms[0]) returns None, because the vms are in the vApp and then the boolean self.params['folder'] in None raises the error I got.