Redirect error output;Add debugging;Housekeeping

ansible/roles/appliance/tasks/dependencies.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
     cmd: ansible-galaxy collection install {{ item }}
   loop: "{{ dependencies.ansible_galaxy_collections }}"
 
+- ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: ls ~/.ansible -lashR
+  register: results
+- ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: results
+
 - name: Install distro packages
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     pkg: "{{ dependencies.packages }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/vapp/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: /usr/bin/vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv"
   register: ovfenv
+
 - name: Parse XML for vApp properties
   community.general.xml:
     xmlstring: "{{ ovfenv.stdout }}"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
     xpath: /ns:Environment/ns:PropertySection/ns:Property
     content: attribute
   register: ovfenv
+
 - name: Assign vApp properties to dictionary
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     vapp: >-

ansible/roles/firstboot/templates/firstboot.j2

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Apply firstboot configuration w/ ansible
-/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook /opt/firstboot/ansible/playbook.yml | tee -a /var/log/firstboot.log > /dev/tty1
+/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook /opt/firstboot/ansible/playbook.yml | tee -a /var/log/firstboot.log > /dev/tty1 2>&1