VMware: handle permission denied while reading facts (ansible#37163)

This fix adds exception handling which is raised when user does not have correct set of permissions/privileges to read virtual machine facts especially host system configuration. Fixes: ansible#37056 Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <[email protected]>
mgu · Apr 17, 2018 · efc3f4f · efc3f4f
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Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/vmware.py
@@ -307,8 +307,14 @@ def gather_vm_facts(content, vm):
 
     # facts that may or may not exist
     if vm.summary.runtime.host:
-        host = vm.summary.runtime.host
-        facts['hw_esxi_host'] = host.summary.config.name
+        try:
+            host = vm.summary.runtime.host
+            facts['hw_esxi_host'] = host.summary.config.name
+        except vim.fault.NoPermission:
+            # User does not have read permission for the host system,
+            # proceed without this value. This value does not contribute or hamper
+            # provisioning or power management operations.
+            pass
     if vm.summary.runtime.dasVmProtection:
         facts['hw_guest_ha_state'] = vm.summary.runtime.dasVmProtection.dasProtected