community.vmware.vmware_vm_info – Return basic info pertaining to a VMware machine guest

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Ansible/docs/2.11/collections/community/vmware/vmware vm info module


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 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.

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.

show_attribute

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Attributes related to VM guest shown in information only when this is set true.

show_tag

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Tags related to virtual machine are shown if set to True.

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.

vm_type

string

  • all

  • vm
  • template

If set to vm, then information are gathered for virtual machines only.

If set to template, then information are gathered for virtual machine templates only.

If set to all, then information are gathered for all virtual machines and virtual machine templates.



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