VMware: fix inventory plugin (#56431)

* Fixed regression introduced in #56071
* Added test to check if hostvars are populated
* Fix toml installation logic

Fixes: #56413

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>

lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/vmware_vm_inventory.py

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             'customValue',
         ]
         field_mgr = []
-        if self.content.customFieldsManager:
+        if self.pyv.content.customFieldsManager:
             field_mgr = self.pyv.content.customFieldsManager.field
 
         for vm_prop in vm_properties:

test/integration/targets/inventory_vmware_vm_inventory/runme.sh

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ export ANSIBLE_CONFIG=ansible.cfg
 export VMWARE_SERVER="${VCENTER_HOST}"
 export VMWARE_USERNAME="${VMWARE_USERNAME:-user}"
 export VMWARE_PASSWORD="${VMWARE_PASSWORD:-pass}"
+port=5000
 VMWARE_CONFIG=test-config.vmware.yaml
+inventory_cache="$(pwd)/inventory_cache"
 
 cat > "$VMWARE_CONFIG" <<VMWARE_YAML
 plugin: vmware_vm_inventory
@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@ cleanup() {
     if [ -f "${VMWARE_CONFIG}" ]; then
         rm -f "${VMWARE_CONFIG}"
     fi
-    if [ -d "$(pwd)/inventory_cache" ]; then
-        echo "Removing $(pwd)/inventory_cache"
-        rm -rf "$(pwd)/inventory_cache"
+    if [ -d "${inventory_cache}" ]; then
+        echo "Removing ${inventory_cache}"
+        rm -rf "${inventory_cache}"
     fi
     echo "Done"
     exit 0
@@ -38,33 +40,42 @@ trap cleanup INT TERM EXIT
 echo "DEBUG: Using ${VCENTER_HOST} with username ${VMWARE_USERNAME} and password ${VMWARE_PASSWORD}"
 
 echo "Kill all previous instances"
-curl "http://${VCENTER_HOST}:5000/killall" > /dev/null 2>&1
+curl "http://${VCENTER_HOST}:${port}/killall" > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 echo "Start new VCSIM server"
-curl "http://${VCENTER_HOST}:5000/spawn?datacenter=1&cluster=1&folder=0" > /dev/null 2>&1
+curl "http://${VCENTER_HOST}:${port}/spawn?datacenter=1&cluster=1&folder=0" > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 echo "Debugging new instances"
-curl "http://${VCENTER_HOST}:5000/govc_find"
+curl "http://${VCENTER_HOST}:${port}/govc_find"
 
 # Get inventory
 ansible-inventory -i ${VMWARE_CONFIG} --list
 
+echo "Check if cache is working for inventory plugin"
+if [ ! -n "$(find "${inventory_cache}" -maxdepth 1 -name 'vmware_vm_inventory_*' -print -quit)" ]; then
+    echo "Cache directory not found. Please debug"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "Cache is working"
+
 # Get inventory using YAML
 ansible-inventory -i ${VMWARE_CONFIG} --list --yaml
 
 # Install TOML for --toml
-${PYTHON} -m pip install toml
+${PYTHON} -m pip freeze | grep toml > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Installing TOML package"
+    ${PYTHON} -m pip install toml
+else
+    echo "TOML package already exists, skipping installation"
+fi
 
 # Get inventory using TOML
 ansible-inventory -i ${VMWARE_CONFIG} --list --toml
-
-echo "Check if cache is working for inventory plugin"
-ls "$(pwd)/inventory_cache/vmware_vm_*" > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Cache directory not found. Please debug"
+    echo "Inventory plugin failed to list inventory host using --toml, please debug"
     exit 1
 fi
-echo "Cache is working"
 
 # Test playbook with given inventory
 ansible-playbook -i ${VMWARE_CONFIG} test_vmware_vm_inventory.yml --connection=local "$@"

test/integration/targets/inventory_vmware_vm_inventory/test_vmware_vm_inventory.yml

@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@
       with_items:
       - all
       - otherGuest
+
+    - name: Check if Hostname and other details are populated in hostvars
+      assert:
+        that:
+        - hostvars[item].name is defined
+      with_items: "{{  groups['all'] }}"