From 6e56e72d9966999911b572fc2856a66beb48276f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abhijeet Kasurde Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:41:45 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] vmware: Add a note about known issue (#73273) Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde Co-authored-by: Sandra McCann Co-authored-by: Alicia Cozine <879121+acozine@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../scenario_guides/vmware_scenarios/vmware_requirements.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_scenarios/vmware_requirements.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_scenarios/vmware_requirements.rst index f6cb8459c17..e3eb4e746f7 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_scenarios/vmware_requirements.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/scenario_guides/vmware_scenarios/vmware_requirements.rst @@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ For example, if ``/var/vmware/certs/vcenter1.crt`` is the SSL certificate for yo password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' environment: REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE: /var/vmware/certs/vcenter1.crt + +There is a `known issue `_ in ``requests`` library (version 2) which you may want to consider when using this environment variable. Basically, setting ``REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE`` environment variable on managed nodes overrides the ``validate_certs`` value. This may result in unexpected behavior while running the playbook. Please see `community.vmware issue 601 `_ and `vmware issue 254 `_ for more information.