Getting started with Ansible

Tim, I'm having trouble with the code in K10531487: Running Ansible tasks on the active BIG-IP in a device group. This build and variables works for other f5 ansible plays and roles. I've been debugging this all day..please help.

This is the playbook:

---
- name: "Syncing F5 Active config to group"
  hosts: "drhaf5"
  serial: 1
  vars_files:
    - "vars/main.yml"
    - "vars/vault.yml"
  gather_facts: "no"
  roles:
    - "f5syncactive"

  tasks:
    - name: "Get bigip facts"
      bigip_facts:
        server: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
        user: "admin"
        password: "{{adminpass}}"
        include:
          - "device"
          - "system_info"
        validate_certs: False
      check_mode: no
      delegate_to: "localhost"

    - name: "Display bigip facts {{inventory_hostname}}"
      debug:
        msg:
          - "Hostname: {{ system_info.system_information.host_name }}"
          - "Status: {{ device['/Common/' + system_info.system_information.host_name].failover_state }}"
    - name: "Create pool"
      bigip_pool:
        server: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
        user: "admin"
        password: "{{adminpass}}"
        lb_method: "round-robin"
        monitors: http
        name: "pool1"
        validate_certs: False
      notify:
        - "Save the running configuration to disk"
        - "Sync configuration from device to group"
      delegate_to: "localhost"
      when: device['/Common/' + system_info.system_information.host_name].failover_state == "HA_STATE_ACTIVE"

  handlers:
    - name: "Save the running {{inventory_hostname}} configuration to disk"
      bigip_config:
        save: "yes"
        server: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
        user: "admin"
        password: "{{adminpass}}"
        validate_certs: False
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: "Handler Sync configuration from {{inventory_hostname}} to group"
      bigip_configsync_action:
        device_group: "sync-failover-group"
        sync_device_to_group: "yes"
        server: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
        user: "admin"
        password: "{{adminpass}}"
        validate_certs: False
      delegate_to: localhost

When the play runs on the a standby box it gets facts and skips, as expected:

TASK [Display bigip facts f5am.express-scripts.com] ******************************************
ok: [f5am.express-scripts.com] => {}

MSG:

[u'Hostname: f5am.express-scripts.com', u'Status: HA_STATE_STANDBY']


TASK [Create pool] ************************************************************************************
skipping: [f5am.express-scripts.com] => {
    "changed": false,
    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"
}

PLAY [Syncing F5 Active config to group] **************************************************************

TASK [Get bigip facts] ********************************************************************************
ok: [f5bm.express-scripts.com -> localhost] => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "device": {
            "/Common/f5am.express-scripts.com": {

But when it runs on the b box, it fails with "Unexpected **kwargs: {'verify': False}". I have verified that the passwords are equal from a to b boxes. And ansible is able to get facts in the play above.

TASK [Display bigip facts f5bm.express-scripts.com] ******************************************
ok: [f5bm.express-scripts.com] => {}

MSG:

[u'Hostname: f5bm.express-scripts.com', u'Status: HA_STATE_ACTIVE']


TASK [Create pool] ************************************************************************************
fatal: [f5bm.express-scripts.com -> localhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false
}

MSG:

Unable to connect to f5bm.express-scripts.com on port 443. The reported error was "Unexpected **kwargs: {'verify': False}".

        to retry, use: --limit @/home/eh7305/scripts/ansible/f5tst.retry

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************
f5am.express-scripts.com : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0
f5bm.express-scripts.com : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1