I deployed a minimal RHEL9 images and ran the task against it. It fails here:
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Reboot] *************************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Restart sshd] *******************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Restart chronyd] ****************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Restart journald] ***************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Start firewalld] ****************************************
fatal: [rhel9base]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to start service firewalld: Failed to start firewalld.service: Unit firewalld.service is masked.\n"}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
rhel9base : ok=220 changed=100 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=87 rescued=0 ignored=0
I deployed a minimal RHEL9 images and ran the task against it. It fails here:
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Reboot] *************************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Restart sshd] *******************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Restart chronyd] ****************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Restart journald] ***************************************
changed: [rhel9base]
RUNNING HANDLER [cis : Start firewalld] ****************************************
fatal: [rhel9base]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Unable to start service firewalld: Failed to start firewalld.service: Unit firewalld.service is masked.\n"}
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
rhel9base : ok=220 changed=100 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=87 rescued=0 ignored=0