[PR #6839/e5dc6978 backport][stable-7] proxmox module utils: better error msg when token fails with old proxmoxer (#6846)

proxmox module utils: better error msg when token fails with old proxmoxer (#6839)

* proxmox module utils: clear msg when token fails with old proxmoxer

* add changelog frag

* better way to determine version

(cherry picked from commit e5dc697887)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>

plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py

@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ options:
   api_token_id:
     description:
       - Specify the token ID.
+      - Requires C(proxmoxer>=1.1.0) to work.
     type: str
     version_added: 1.3.0
   api_token_secret:
     description:
       - Specify the token secret.
+      - Requires C(proxmoxer>=1.1.0) to work.
     type: str
     version_added: 1.3.0
   validate_certs:

plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
         if api_password:
             auth_args['password'] = api_password
         else:
+            if self.version() < LooseVersion('1.1.0'):
+                self.module.fail_json('Using "token_name" and "token_value" require proxmoxer>=1.1.0')
             auth_args['token_name'] = api_token_id
             auth_args['token_value'] = api_token_secret