community.vmware.vmware_tag_info – Manage VMware tag info

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.7.0).

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

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

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module can be used to collect information about VMware tags.
Tag feature is introduced in vSphere 6 version, so this module is not supported in the earlier versions of vSphere.
All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.
This module was called vmware_tag_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
tag_facts will be deprecated in Ansible 2.14, since it does not return multiple tags with same name and different category id.
Please use tag_info instead of tag_facts.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
vSphere Automation SDK

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead.
protocol string	http https ←	The connection to protocol.
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. 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.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Get info about tag
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get category id from the given tag
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: tag_details
- debug:
    msg: "{{ tag_details.tag_facts['fedora_machines']['tag_category_id'] }}"

- name: Gather tag id from the given tag
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: tag_results
- set_fact:
    tag_id: "{{ item.tag_id }}"
  loop: "{{ tag_results.tag_info|json_query(query) }}"
  vars:
    query: "[?tag_name==`tag0001`]"
- debug: var=tag_id

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
tag_facts dictionary	on success	dictionary of tag metadata Sample: {'Sample_Tag_0002': {'tag_category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:6de17f28-7694-43ec-a783-d09c141819ae:GLOBAL', 'tag_description': 'Sample Description', 'tag_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:a141f212-0f82-4f05-8eb3-c49647c904c5:GLOBAL', 'tag_used_by': []}, 'fedora_machines': {'tag_category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:baa90bae-951b-4e87-af8c-be681a1ba30c:GLOBAL', 'tag_description': , 'tag_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:7d27d182-3ecd-4200-9d72-410cc6398a8a:GLOBAL', 'tag_used_by': []}, 'ubuntu_machines': {'tag_category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:89573410-29b4-4cac-87a4-127c084f3d50:GLOBAL', 'tag_description': , 'tag_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:7f3516d5-a750-4cb9-8610-6747eb39965d:GLOBAL', 'tag_used_by': []}}
tag_info list / elements=string	on success	list of tag metadata Sample: [{'tag_category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:6de17f28-7694-43ec-a783-d09c141819ae:GLOBAL', 'tag_description': 'Sample Description', 'tag_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:a141f212-0f82-4f05-8eb3-c49647c904c5:GLOBAL', 'tag_name': 'Sample_Tag_0002', 'tag_used_by': []}, {'tag_category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:6de17f28-7694-43ec-a783-d09c141819ae:GLOBAL', 'tag_description': , 'tag_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:7d27d182-3ecd-4200-9d72-410cc6398a8a:GLOBAL', 'tag_name': 'Sample_Tag_0002', 'tag_used_by': []}, {'tag_category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:89573410-29b4-4cac-87a4-127c084f3d50:GLOBAL', 'tag_description': , 'tag_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:7f3516d5-a750-4cb9-8610-6747eb39965d:GLOBAL', 'tag_name': 'ubuntu_machines', 'tag_used_by': []}]

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/vmware/vmware_tag_info_module.html