community.vmware.vmware_guest_info – Gather info about a single VM

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community.vmware.vmware_guest_info – Gather info about a single VM

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.6.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_info.


Synopsis

  • Gather information about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster.
  • This module was called vmware_guest_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

datacenter

string / required

Destination datacenter for the deploy operation

folder

string

Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.

This is required if name is supplied.

The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter

Examples:

folder: /ha-datacenter/vm

folder: ha-datacenter/vm

folder: /datacenter1/vm

folder: datacenter1/vm

folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1

folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1

folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm

folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm

folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

moid

string

Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.

This is required if name or uuid is not supplied.

name

string

Name of the VM to work with

This is required if uuid or moid is not supplied.

name_match

string

  • first

  • last

If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found

password

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.


aliases: pass, pwd

port

integer

Default:

443

The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

properties

list / elements=string

Specify the properties to retrieve.

If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply).

Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API.

Example:

properties: [

"config.hardware.memoryMB",

"config.hardware.numCPU",

"guest.disk",

"overallStatus"

]

Only valid when schema is vsphere.

proxy_host

string

Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

The format is a hostname or a IP.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.

This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12

proxy_port

integer

Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.

schema

string

  • summary

  • vsphere

Specify the output schema desired.

The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module

The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1

tag_details

boolean

added in 1.4.0 of community.vmware

  • no

  • yes

If set True, detail information about 'tags' returned.

Without this flag, the 'tags' returns a list of tag names.

With this flag, the 'tags' returns a list of dict about tag information with additional details like category name, category id, and tag id.

This parameter is added to maintain backward compatability.

tags

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Whether to show tags or not.

If set True, shows tags information. Returns a list of tag names.

If set False, hides tags information.

vSphere Automation SDK is required.

use_instance_uuid

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.

username

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.


aliases: admin, user

uuid

string

UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.

This is required if name or moid is not supplied.

validate_certs

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.



Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.7


Examples

- name: Gather info from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

- name: Gather some info from a guest using the vSphere API output schema
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    schema: "vsphere"
    properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

- name: Gather some information about a guest using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
    schema: "vsphere"
    properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_moid_info

- name: Gather Managed object ID (moid) from a guest using the vSphere API output schema for REST Calls
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    schema: "vsphere"
    properties:
      - _moId
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: moid_info

- name: Gather detailed information about tags and category associated with the given VM
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    tags: True
    tag_details: True
  register: detailed_tag_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description

instance

dictionary

always

metadata about the virtual machine


Sample:

{'annotation': , 'current_snapshot': None, 'customvalues': {}, 'guest_consolidation_needed': False, 'guest_question': None, 'guest_tools_status': 'guestToolsNotRunning', 'guest_tools_version': '10247', 'hw_cores_per_socket': 1, 'hw_datastores': ['ds_226_3'], 'hw_esxi_host': '10.76.33.226', 'hw_eth0': {'addresstype': 'assigned', 'ipaddresses': None, 'label': 'Network adapter 1', 'macaddress': '00:50:56:87:a5:9a', 'macaddress_dash': '00-50-56-87-a5-9a', 'portgroup_key': None, 'portgroup_portkey': None, 'summary': 'VM Network'}, 'hw_files': ['[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.vmx', '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.nvram', '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.vmsd', '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/vmware.log', '[ds_226_3] u0001/u0001.vmdk'], 'hw_folder': '/DC0/vm/Discovered virtual machine', 'hw_guest_full_name': None, 'hw_guest_ha_state': None, 'hw_guest_id': None, 'hw_interfaces': ['eth0'], 'hw_is_template': False, 'hw_memtotal_mb': 1024, 'hw_name': 'ubuntu_t', 'hw_power_status': 'poweredOff', 'hw_processor_count': 1, 'hw_product_uuid': '4207072c-edd8-3bd5-64dc-903fd3a0db04', 'hw_version': 'vmx-13', 'instance_uuid': '5007769d-add3-1e12-f1fe-225ae2a07caf', 'ipv4': None, 'ipv6': None, 'module_hw': True, 'moid': 'vm-42', 'snapshots': [], 'tags': ['backup'], 'vimref': 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-42', 'vnc': {}}




Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_guest_info_module.html