[PR #7049/2089769c backport][stable-7] [proxmox_vm_info] Return empty list when requested VM doesn't exist (#7079)

[proxmox_vm_info] Return empty list when requested VM doesn't exist (#7049)

* [proxmox_vm_info] Return empty list when requested VM doesn't exist

* Update documentation

* Add changelog fragment

* Address review comments

* Allow to filter by empty name

* Update plugins/modules/proxmox_vm_info.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit 2089769ccc)

Co-authored-by: Sergei Antipov <greendayonfire@gmail.com>

changelogs/fragments/7049-proxmox-vm-info-empty-results.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - proxmox_vm_info - non-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7049).

plugins/modules/proxmox_vm_info.py

@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ options:
   vmid:
     description:
       - Restrict results to a specific virtual machine by using its ID.
+      - If VM with the specified vmid does not exist in a cluster then resulting list will be empty.
     type: int
   name:
     description:
-      - Restrict results to a specific virtual machine by using its name.
-      - If multiple virtual machines have the same name then vmid must be used instead.
+      - Restrict results to a specific virtual machine(s) by using their name.
+      - If VM(s) with the specified name do not exist in a cluster then the resulting list will be empty.
     type: str
 extends_documentation_fragment:
     - community.general.proxmox.documentation
@@ -153,13 +154,14 @@ class ProxmoxVmInfoAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
                 msg="Failed to retrieve VMs information from cluster resources: %s" % e
             )
 
-    def get_vms_from_nodes(self, vms_unfiltered, type, vmid=None, node=None):
+    def get_vms_from_nodes(self, vms_unfiltered, type, vmid=None, name=None, node=None):
         vms = []
         for vm in vms_unfiltered:
             if (
                 type != vm["type"]
                 or (node and vm["node"] != node)
                 or (vmid and int(vm["vmid"]) != vmid)
+                or (name is not None and vm["name"] != name)
             ):
                 continue
             vms.append(vm)
@@ -179,15 +181,15 @@ class ProxmoxVmInfoAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
 
         return vms
 
-    def get_qemu_vms(self, vms_unfiltered, vmid=None, node=None):
+    def get_qemu_vms(self, vms_unfiltered, vmid=None, name=None, node=None):
         try:
-            return self.get_vms_from_nodes(vms_unfiltered, "qemu", vmid, node)
+            return self.get_vms_from_nodes(vms_unfiltered, "qemu", vmid, name, node)
         except Exception as e:
             self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to retrieve QEMU VMs information: %s" % e)
 
-    def get_lxc_vms(self, vms_unfiltered, vmid=None, node=None):
+    def get_lxc_vms(self, vms_unfiltered, vmid=None, name=None, node=None):
         try:
-            return self.get_vms_from_nodes(vms_unfiltered, "lxc", vmid, node)
+            return self.get_vms_from_nodes(vms_unfiltered, "lxc", vmid, name, node)
         except Exception as e:
             self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to retrieve LXC VMs information: %s" % e)
 
@@ -222,30 +224,23 @@ def main():
     if node and proxmox.get_node(node) is None:
         module.fail_json(msg="Node %s doesn't exist in PVE cluster" % node)
 
-    if not vmid and name:
-        vmid = int(proxmox.get_vmid(name, ignore_missing=False))
-
     vms_cluster_resources = proxmox.get_vms_from_cluster_resources()
-    vms = None
+    vms = []
 
     if type == "lxc":
-        vms = proxmox.get_lxc_vms(vms_cluster_resources, vmid, node)
+        vms = proxmox.get_lxc_vms(vms_cluster_resources, vmid, name, node)
     elif type == "qemu":
-        vms = proxmox.get_qemu_vms(vms_cluster_resources, vmid, node)
+        vms = proxmox.get_qemu_vms(vms_cluster_resources, vmid, name, node)
     else:
         vms = proxmox.get_qemu_vms(
-            vms_cluster_resources, vmid, node
-        ) + proxmox.get_lxc_vms(vms_cluster_resources, vmid, node)
+            vms_cluster_resources,
+            vmid,
+            name,
+            node,
+        ) + proxmox.get_lxc_vms(vms_cluster_resources, vmid, name, node)
 
-    if vms or vmid is None:
-        result["proxmox_vms"] = vms
-        module.exit_json(**result)
-    else:
-        if node is None:
-            result["msg"] = "VM with vmid %s doesn't exist in cluster" % (vmid)
-        else:
-            result["msg"] = "VM with vmid %s doesn't exist on node %s" % (vmid, node)
-        module.fail_json(**result)
+    result["proxmox_vms"] = vms
+    module.exit_json(**result)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_proxmox_vm_info.py

@@ -113,6 +113,48 @@ RAW_CLUSTER_OUTPUT = [
         "uptime": 0,
         "vmid": 103,
     },
+    {
+        "cpu": 0,
+        "disk": 0,
+        "diskread": 0,
+        "diskwrite": 0,
+        "id": "lxc/104",
+        "maxcpu": 2,
+        "maxdisk": 10737418240,
+        "maxmem": 536870912,
+        "mem": 0,
+        "name": "test-lxc.home.arpa",
+        "netin": 0,
+        "netout": 0,
+        "node": NODE2,
+        "pool": "pool1",
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "template": 0,
+        "type": "lxc",
+        "uptime": 0,
+        "vmid": 104,
+    },
+    {
+        "cpu": 0,
+        "disk": 0,
+        "diskread": 0,
+        "diskwrite": 0,
+        "id": "lxc/105",
+        "maxcpu": 2,
+        "maxdisk": 10737418240,
+        "maxmem": 536870912,
+        "mem": 0,
+        "name": "",
+        "netin": 0,
+        "netout": 0,
+        "node": NODE2,
+        "pool": "pool1",
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "template": 0,
+        "type": "lxc",
+        "uptime": 0,
+        "vmid": 105,
+    },
 ]
 RAW_LXC_OUTPUT = [
     {
@@ -154,6 +196,44 @@ RAW_LXC_OUTPUT = [
         "uptime": 161,
         "vmid": "102",
     },
+    {
+        "cpu": 0,
+        "cpus": 2,
+        "disk": 0,
+        "diskread": 0,
+        "diskwrite": 0,
+        "maxdisk": 10737418240,
+        "maxmem": 536870912,
+        "maxswap": 536870912,
+        "mem": 0,
+        "name": "test-lxc.home.arpa",
+        "netin": 0,
+        "netout": 0,
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "swap": 0,
+        "type": "lxc",
+        "uptime": 0,
+        "vmid": "104",
+    },
+    {
+        "cpu": 0,
+        "cpus": 2,
+        "disk": 0,
+        "diskread": 0,
+        "diskwrite": 0,
+        "maxdisk": 10737418240,
+        "maxmem": 536870912,
+        "maxswap": 536870912,
+        "mem": 0,
+        "name": "",
+        "netin": 0,
+        "netout": 0,
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "swap": 0,
+        "type": "lxc",
+        "uptime": 0,
+        "vmid": "105",
+    },
 ]
 RAW_QEMU_OUTPUT = [
     {
@@ -283,6 +363,54 @@ EXPECTED_VMS_OUTPUT = [
         "uptime": 0,
         "vmid": 103,
     },
+    {
+        "cpu": 0,
+        "cpus": 2,
+        "disk": 0,
+        "diskread": 0,
+        "diskwrite": 0,
+        "id": "lxc/104",
+        "maxcpu": 2,
+        "maxdisk": 10737418240,
+        "maxmem": 536870912,
+        "maxswap": 536870912,
+        "mem": 0,
+        "name": "test-lxc.home.arpa",
+        "netin": 0,
+        "netout": 0,
+        "node": NODE2,
+        "pool": "pool1",
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "swap": 0,
+        "template": False,
+        "type": "lxc",
+        "uptime": 0,
+        "vmid": 104,
+    },
+    {
+        "cpu": 0,
+        "cpus": 2,
+        "disk": 0,
+        "diskread": 0,
+        "diskwrite": 0,
+        "id": "lxc/105",
+        "maxcpu": 2,
+        "maxdisk": 10737418240,
+        "maxmem": 536870912,
+        "maxswap": 536870912,
+        "mem": 0,
+        "name": "",
+        "netin": 0,
+        "netout": 0,
+        "node": NODE2,
+        "pool": "pool1",
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "swap": 0,
+        "template": False,
+        "type": "lxc",
+        "uptime": 0,
+        "vmid": 105,
+    },
 ]
 
 
@@ -408,9 +536,40 @@ class TestProxmoxVmInfoModule(ModuleTestCase):
         assert len(result["proxmox_vms"]) == 1
 
     def test_get_specific_vm_information_by_using_name(self):
+        name = "test1-lxc.home.arpa"
+        self.connect_mock.return_value.cluster.resources.get.return_value = [
+            {"name": name, "vmid": "103"}
+        ]
+
+        with pytest.raises(AnsibleExitJson) as exc_info:
+            expected_output = [vm for vm in EXPECTED_VMS_OUTPUT if vm["name"] == name]
+            set_module_args(get_module_args(type="all", name=name))
+            self.module.main()
+
+        result = exc_info.value.args[0]
+        assert result["proxmox_vms"] == expected_output
+        assert len(result["proxmox_vms"]) == 1
+
+    def test_get_multiple_vms_with_the_same_name(self):
         name = "test-lxc.home.arpa"
         self.connect_mock.return_value.cluster.resources.get.return_value = [
-            {"name": name, "vmid": "102"}
+            {"name": name, "vmid": "102"},
+            {"name": name, "vmid": "104"},
+        ]
+
+        with pytest.raises(AnsibleExitJson) as exc_info:
+            expected_output = [vm for vm in EXPECTED_VMS_OUTPUT if vm["name"] == name]
+            set_module_args(get_module_args(type="all", name=name))
+            self.module.main()
+
+        result = exc_info.value.args[0]
+        assert result["proxmox_vms"] == expected_output
+        assert len(result["proxmox_vms"]) == 2
+
+    def test_get_multiple_vms_with_the_same_name(self):
+        name = ""
+        self.connect_mock.return_value.cluster.resources.get.return_value = [
+            {"name": name, "vmid": "105"},
         ]
 
         with pytest.raises(AnsibleExitJson) as exc_info:
@@ -452,11 +611,7 @@ class TestProxmoxVmInfoModule(ModuleTestCase):
 
     def test_get_all_vms_from_specific_node(self):
         with pytest.raises(AnsibleExitJson) as exc_info:
-            expected_output = [
-                vm
-                for vm in EXPECTED_VMS_OUTPUT
-                if vm["node"] == NODE1
-            ]
+            expected_output = [vm for vm in EXPECTED_VMS_OUTPUT if vm["node"] == NODE1]
             set_module_args(get_module_args(node=NODE1))
             self.module.main()
 
@@ -464,23 +619,14 @@ class TestProxmoxVmInfoModule(ModuleTestCase):
         assert result["proxmox_vms"] == expected_output
         assert len(result["proxmox_vms"]) == 2
 
-    def test_module_fail_when_vm_does_not_exist_on_node(self):
-        with pytest.raises(AnsibleFailJson) as exc_info:
-            vmid = 200
-            set_module_args(get_module_args(type="all", vmid=vmid, node=NODE1))
-            self.module.main()
-
-        result = exc_info.value.args[0]
-        assert result["msg"] == "VM with vmid 200 doesn't exist on node pve"
-
-    def test_module_fail_when_vm_does_not_exist_in_cluster(self):
-        with pytest.raises(AnsibleFailJson) as exc_info:
+    def test_module_returns_empty_list_when_vm_does_not_exist(self):
+        with pytest.raises(AnsibleExitJson) as exc_info:
             vmid = 200
             set_module_args(get_module_args(type="all", vmid=vmid))
             self.module.main()
 
         result = exc_info.value.args[0]
-        assert result["msg"] == "VM with vmid 200 doesn't exist in cluster"
+        assert result["proxmox_vms"] == []
 
     def test_module_fail_when_qemu_request_fails(self):
         self.connect_mock.return_value.nodes.return_value.qemu.return_value.get.side_effect = IOError(