kubeadm token create --print-join-command fails silently

[Aram Mirzadeh]

VMs: "Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS"

$ ansible-galaxy role list | grep geerling

• geerlingguy.ntp, 2.3.1
• geerlingguy.repo-epel, 3.1.1
• geerlingguy.security, 2.2.0
• geerlingguy.swap, 1.0.2
• geerlingguy.docker, 6.0.3
• geerlingguy.kubernetes, 7.1.1

playbook:

- hosts: kube 
  become: true 
  vars:
    kubernetes_allow_pods_on_control_plane: true
    docker_install_compose: false 
    docker_users: 
      - ansible
    swap_file_state: absent 
    swap_file_path: /dev/mapper/packer--debian--10--amd64--vg-swap_1
    kubernetes_allow_pods_on_master: false
    kubernetes_apiserver_advertise_address: '192.168.1.110'
    kubernetes_kubelet_extra_args: '--node-ip={{ ansible_host }}'
    kubernetes_join_command_extra_opts: ""

  roles:
    - geerlingguy.security
    - geerlingguy.swap
    - geerlingguy.docker
    - geerlingguy.kubernetes

Partial run output:

TASK [geerlingguy.kubernetes : Set the kubeadm join command globally.] *********************************************************************
skipping: [kub02] => (item=kubmaster) 
skipping: [kub02] => (item=kub01) 
skipping: [kub02] => (item=kub02) 
skipping: [kub02] => (item=kub03) 
skipping: [kub03] => (item=kubmaster) 
skipping: [kub03] => (item=kub01) 
skipping: [kub03] => (item=kub02) 
skipping: [kub03] => (item=kub03) 

TASK [geerlingguy.kubernetes : include_tasks] **********************************************************************************************
included: /home/ansible/.ansible/roles/geerlingguy.kubernetes/tasks/node-setup.yml for kub02
included: /home/ansible/.ansible/roles/geerlingguy.kubernetes/tasks/node-setup.yml for kub03

TASK [geerlingguy.kubernetes : Ensure kubelet is started and enabled at boot.] *************************************************************
ok: [kub01]

TASK [geerlingguy.kubernetes : Join node to Kubernetes master] *****************************************************************************
fatal: [kub02]: FAILED! => 
  msg: |-
    The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'kubernetes_join_command' is undefined
  
    The error appears to be in '/home/ansible/.ansible/roles/geerlingguy.kubernetes/tasks/node-setup.yml': line 2, column 3, but may
    be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
  
    The offending line appears to be:
  
    ---
    - name: Join node to Kubernetes master
      ^ here

[Rich McDonald]

I am having the same problem after having dealt with VirtualBox's restricting private networks to 192.168.56.0 and switching to bento/debian-11.6 to deal with missing update packages.