community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation – VM inventory registration operation

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_register_operation.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples

Synopsis

This module can register or unregister VMs to the inventory.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster string		Specify a cluster name to register VM.
datacenter string		Destination datacenter for the register/unregister operation. This parameter is case sensitive.
esxi_hostname string		The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine will run. This parameter is case sensitive.
folder string		Description folder, absolute path of the target folder. The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter. This parameter is case sensitive. Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1
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.
name string / required		Specify VM name to be registered in the inventory.
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
path string		Specify the path of vmx file. Examples: [datastore1] vm/vm.vmx [datastore1] vm/vm.vmtx
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.
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.
resource_pool string		Specify a resource pool name to register VM. This parameter is case sensitive. Resource pool should be child of the selected host parent.
state string	present ← absent	Specify the state the virtual machine should be in. if set to `present`, register VM in inventory. if set to `absent`, unregister VM from inventory.
template boolean	no ← yes	Whether to register VM as a template.
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 virtual machine to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. If virtual machine does not exists, then this parameter is ignored.
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.

Examples

- name: Register VM to inventory
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    template: false
    path: "[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx"
    state: present

- name: Register VM in resource pool
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    resource_pool: "{{ resource_pool }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    template: false
    path: "[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx"
    state: present

- name: Register VM in Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    template: false
    path: "[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx"
    state: present

- name: UnRegister VM from inventory
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    state: absent

Authors

sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 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_register_operation_module.html