community.vmware.vmware_vm_info – Return basic info pertaining to a VMware machine guest
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info – Return basic info pertaining to a VMware machine guest
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_vm_info
.
Synopsis
- Return basic information pertaining to a vSphere or ESXi virtual machine guest.
- Cluster name as fact is added in version 2.7.
- This module was called
vmware_vm_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 |
---|---|---|
folder string |
Specify a folder location of VMs to gather information from. 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 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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
| |
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 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 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 | |
show_attribute boolean |
|
Attributes related to VM guest shown in information only when this is set |
show_tag boolean |
|
Tags related to virtual machine are shown if set to |
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 Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
| |
validate_certs boolean |
|
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to |
vm_type string |
|
If set to If set to If set to |
Notes
Note
- Tested on ESXi 6.7, vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.5
- From 2.8 and onwards, information are returned as list of dict instead of dict.
- Fact about
moid
added in VMware collection 1.4.0.
Examples
- name: Gather all registered virtual machines
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: vminfo
- debug:
var: vminfo.virtual_machines
- name: Gather only registered virtual machine templates
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
vm_type: template
delegate_to: localhost
register: template_info
- debug:
var: template_info.virtual_machines
- name: Gather only registered virtual machines
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
vm_type: vm
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
var: vm_info.virtual_machines
- name: Get UUID from given VM Name
block:
- name: Get virtual machine info
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.uuid }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"
- name: Get Tags from given VM Name
block:
- name: Get virtual machine info
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.tags }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"
- name: Gather all VMs from a specific folder
community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
folder: "/Asia-Datacenter1/vm/prod"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
virtual_machines list / elements=string |
success |
list of dictionary of virtual machines and their information
Sample: [{'attributes': {'job': 'backup-prepare'}, 'cluster': None, 'datacenter': 'Datacenter-1', 'esxi_hostname': '10.76.33.226', 'folder': '/Datacenter-1/vm', 'guest_fullname': 'Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)', 'guest_name': 'ubuntu_t', 'ip_address': , 'mac_address': ['00:50:56:87:a5:9a'], 'moid': 'vm-24', 'power_state': 'poweredOff', 'tags': [{'category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:b316cc45-f1a9-4277-811d-56c7e7975203:GLOBAL', 'category_name': 'cat_0001', 'description': , 'id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:43737ec0-b832-4abf-abb1-fd2448ce3b26:GLOBAL', 'name': 'tag_0001'}], 'uuid': '4207072c-edd8-3bd5-64dc-903fd3a0db04', 'vm_network': {'00:50:56:87:a5:9a': {'ipv4': ['10.76.33.228'], 'ipv6': []}}}] |
Authors
- Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
- Fedor Vompe (@sumkincpp)
© 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_vm_info_module.html