community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info – Gather info vCenter settings

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Ansible/docs/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware vcenter settings info module


community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info – Gather info vCenter settings

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_vcenter_settings_info.


Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather information about vCenter settings.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

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.

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.

Example:

properties: [

"config.workflow.port"

]

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.

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

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: "Gather info about vCenter settings"
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  register: vcenter_settings_info

- name: "Gather some info from vCenter using the vSphere API output schema"
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - config.workflow.port
  register: vcenter_settings_info_vsphere_api

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

vcenter_config_info

dictionary

success

dict of vCenter settings


Sample:

{ "db_event_cleanup_previous": true, "db_event_retention_previous": 30, "db_max_connections_previous": 50, "db_task_cleanup_previous": true, "db_task_retention_previous": 30, "directory_query_limit_previous": true, "directory_query_limit_size_previous": 5000, "directory_timeout_previous": 60, "directory_validation_period_previous": 1440, "directory_validation_previous": true, "logging_options_previous": "info", "mail_sender_previous": "", "mail_server_previous": "", "runtime_managed_address_previous": "", "runtime_server_name_previous": "vcenter.local", "runtime_unique_id_previous": 48, "snmp_1_community_previous": "public", "snmp_1_enabled_previous": true, "snmp_1_url_previous": "localhost", "snmp_2_community_previous": "", "snmp_2_enabled_previous": false, "snmp_2_url_previous": "", "snmp_3_community_previous": "", "snmp_3_enabled_previous": false, "snmp_3_url_previous": "", "snmp_4_community_previous": "", "snmp_4_enabled_previous": false, "snmp_4_url_previous": "", "snmp_receiver_1_port_previous": 162, "snmp_receiver_2_port_previous": 162, "snmp_receiver_3_port_previous": 162, "snmp_receiver_4_port_previous": 162, "timeout_long_operations_previous": 120, "timeout_normal_operations_previous": 30 }




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_vcenter_settings_info_module.html