I have a Gitlab CI/CD setup that pulls the vmware/powerclicore image from Dockerhub and runs a ps1 script. This script runs correctly on a Windows host, or interactively from the Docker image, but fails if ran through the Gitlab CI/CD with the error:
Set-NetworkAdapter : 02/04/2020 20:28:38 Set-NetworkAdapter Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
The gitlab-ci.yml is:
veeam-map-rep-networks:
image:
name: vmware/powerclicore
stage: deploy
script:
- pwsh powershell/ps_dr_replication_remapping.ps1 -pass $vCenterPassword
ps_dr_replication_remapping.ps1 is:
# Define passed in variables
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=1)]
[string]$pass
)
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope AllUsers -Confirm:$false
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -ParticipateInCeip $false -Confirm:$false
$ConfirmPreference = "None"
Connect-VIServer -Server server.example.com -User [email protected] -Password $pass -Force
Write-Host (Get-VM -Name "REDACTED-VM-Name")
Write-Host (Get-VM -Name "REDACTED-VM-Name" | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1")
Get-VM -Name "REDACTED-VM-Name" | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName "Target Network"
Write-Host ($error[0].Exception | select *)
Write-Host ($error[0].Exception.InnerException | select *)
Output of script in Gitlab CI/CD Pipeline:
Running with gitlab-runner 12.7.0 (58272c27)
on REDACTED
Using Docker executor with image vmware/powerclicore ...
00:00
Pulling docker image vmware/powerclicore ...
Using docker image sha256:ad74fa86c83bc47805e3db4b40b7baeb847d1c1924f7bb99d9cbdcecd7a55a6a for vmware/powerclicore ...
Running on runner-REDACTED via REDACTED...
00:02
Fetching changes with git depth set to 50...
00:01
Reinitialized existing Git repository in REDACTED
* [new ref] refs/pipelines/114987846 -> refs/pipelines/114987846
104dcbf..5978962 REDACTED
Skipping Git submodules setup
$ TZ=":US/Eastern" date
00:07
Tue Feb 4 20:28:31 2020
$ pwsh powershell/ps_dr_replication_remapping.ps1 -pass $pass
WARNING: Please consider joining the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program, so you can help us make PowerCLI a better product. You can join using the following command:
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true
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For more details: type "help about_ceip" to see the related help article.
To disable this warning and set your preference use the following command and restart PowerShell:
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true or $false.
WARNING: The cmdlet "Get-PowerCLIVersion" is deprecated. Please use the 'Get-Module' cmdlet instead.
VMware PowerCLI 11.5.0 build 14912921
REDACTED-VM-Name <--This confirms connection to vCenter and VM
Network adapter 1 <--This confirms I can see the portgroup
Set-NetworkAdapter : 02/04/2020 20:28:38 Set-NetworkAdapter Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
At REDACTED/powershell/ps_dr_replication_remapping.ps1:32 char:87
+ ... etwork adapter 1" | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName "Target Network"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-NetworkAdapter], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.SetNetworkAdapter
@{ErrorId=Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError; ErrorCategory=NotSpecified; TargetObject=; RecommendedAction=Error occured while executing cmdlet: Set-NetworkAdapter. Check inner exception for more details.; SessionId=; ConnectionId=; Severity=Error; Message=02/04/2020 20:28:38 Set-NetworkAdapter Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length ; Data=System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal; InnerException=System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
at System.Management.Automation.Internal.StringUtil.TruncateToBufferCellWidth(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUI, String toTruncate, Int32 maxWidthInBufferCells) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/StringUtil.cs:line 46
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressNode.RenderFullDescription(String description, String indent, Int32 maxWidth, PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, ArrayList strCollection, Boolean isFullPlus) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressNode.cs:line 214
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressNode.LinesRequiredInFullStyleMethod(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, Int32 maxWidth, Boolean isFullPlus) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressNode.cs:line 441
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressNode.LinesRequiredMethod(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, Int32 maxWidth) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressNode.cs:line 398
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.HeightTallyer.Visit(ProgressNode node, ArrayList unused, Int32 unusedToo) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 678
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.NodeVisitor.VisitNodes(ArrayList nodes, NodeVisitor v) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 1005
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.TallyHeight(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, Int32 maxHeight, Int32 maxWidth) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 715
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.Render(Int32 maxWidth, Int32 maxHeight, PSHostRawUserInterface rawUI) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 581
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressPane.Show(PendingProgress pendingProgress) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressPane.cs:line 182
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHostUserInterface.HandleIncomingProgressRecord(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord record) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ConsoleHostUserInterfaceProgress.cs:line 96
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHostUserInterface.WriteProgress(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord record) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ConsoleHostUserInterface.cs:line 1219
at System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface.WriteProgress(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord record) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/InternalHostUserInterface.cs:line 562
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.WriteProgress(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord progressRecord, Boolean overrideInquire) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 414
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.WriteProgress(ProgressRecord progressRecord, Boolean overrideInquire) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 355
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.WriteProgress(ProgressRecord progressRecord) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 325
at System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.WriteProgress(ProgressRecord progressRecord) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/cmdlet.cs:line 563
at VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Util10Ps.BaseCmdlet.BaseCmdlet.ProgressCallback(Task task, Object result, Boolean writeResultToScreen)
at VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Util10Ps.BaseCmdlet.BaseCmdlet.EndProcessingErrorHandled()
at VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Util10Ps.BaseCmdlet.BaseCmdlet.EndProcessingErrorHandled(); TargetSite=Void ThrowTerminatingError(System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord); StackTrace= at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 2055; HelpLink=; Source=System.Management.Automation; HResult=-2146232832}
@{Message=Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length; ActualValue=; ParamName=length; Data=System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal; InnerException=; TargetSite=System.String Substring(Int32, Int32); StackTrace= at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
at System.Management.Automation.Internal.StringUtil.TruncateToBufferCellWidth(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUI, String toTruncate, Int32 maxWidthInBufferCells) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/utils/StringUtil.cs:line 46
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressNode.RenderFullDescription(String description, String indent, Int32 maxWidth, PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, ArrayList strCollection, Boolean isFullPlus) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressNode.cs:line 214
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressNode.LinesRequiredInFullStyleMethod(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, Int32 maxWidth, Boolean isFullPlus) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressNode.cs:line 441
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressNode.LinesRequiredMethod(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, Int32 maxWidth) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressNode.cs:line 398
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.HeightTallyer.Visit(ProgressNode node, ArrayList unused, Int32 unusedToo) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 678
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.NodeVisitor.VisitNodes(ArrayList nodes, NodeVisitor v) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 1005
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.TallyHeight(PSHostRawUserInterface rawUi, Int32 maxHeight, Int32 maxWidth) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 715
at Microsoft.PowerShell.PendingProgress.Render(Int32 maxWidth, Int32 maxHeight, PSHostRawUserInterface rawUI) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/PendingProgress.cs:line 581
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ProgressPane.Show(PendingProgress pendingProgress) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ProgressPane.cs:line 182
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHostUserInterface.HandleIncomingProgressRecord(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord record) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ConsoleHostUserInterfaceProgress.cs:line 96
at Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHostUserInterface.WriteProgress(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord record) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/host/msh/ConsoleHostUserInterface.cs:line 1219
at System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface.WriteProgress(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord record) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/InternalHostUserInterface.cs:line 562
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.WriteProgress(Int64 sourceId, ProgressRecord progressRecord, Boolean overrideInquire) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 414
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.WriteProgress(ProgressRecord progressRecord, Boolean overrideInquire) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 355
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.WriteProgress(ProgressRecord progressRecord) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/MshCommandRuntime.cs:line 325
at System.Management.Automation.Cmdlet.WriteProgress(ProgressRecord progressRecord) in /usr/src/photon/BUILD/PowerShell-6.2.3/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/cmdlet.cs:line 563
at VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Util10Ps.BaseCmdlet.BaseCmdlet.ProgressCallback(Task task, Object result, Boolean writeResultToScreen)
at VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Util10Ps.BaseCmdlet.BaseCmdlet.EndProcessingErrorHandled()
at VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Util10Ps.BaseCmdlet.BaseCmdlet.EndProcessingErrorHandled(); HelpLink=; Source=System.Private.CoreLib; HResult=-2146233086}
Running after script...
00:02
$ TZ=":US/Eastern" date
Tue Feb 4 20:28:39 2020
Job succeeded
Why would Gitlab's runner cause this to fail on the same Docker image I can manually make it run as? The Gitlab output confirms I'm connecting to vCenter and can see the VM's and Portgroups
I had similar issue. It looked like a bug in the vmware/powerclicore docker image.
So I used the docker image: mcr.microsoft.com/powershell instead of vmware/powerclicore and ran the following commands to install powercli module to its powershell instance. All other powerCLI commands should follow after them.
Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted
Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -Confirm:$false