reboot_vm.yml

# Gist for ansible/ansible#48976

- name: Reboot the vm
  vmware_guest:
    name:           jenkins-{{ lookup('env', 'BUILD_NUMBER') }}
    hostname:       "{{ lookup('env', 'VSPHERE_SERVER') }}"
    username:       "{{ lookup('env', 'KP_AD_USERNAME') }}"
    password:       "{{ lookup('env', 'VSPHERE_PWD') }}"
    validate_certs: false
    state:          reboot-guest

stdout.log

─$ ansible-playbook --connection=local reboot_vm.yml                                        130 ↵
 [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost
does not match 'all'


PLAY [localhost] *****************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ***********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Reboot the vm] *************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "value of state must be one of: absent, poweredoff, poweredon, present, rebootguest, restarted, shutdownguest, suspended, got: reboot-guest"}
	to retry, use: --limit @/media/sf_workspace/icce_automation/test_before_role.retry

PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1