ovirt_host_facts – Retrieve facts about one or more oVirt/RHV hosts
ovirt_host_facts – Retrieve facts about one or more oVirt/RHV hosts
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- Retrieve facts about one or more oVirt/RHV hosts.
Aliases: ovirt_hosts_facts
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.7
- ovirt-engine-sdk-python >= 4.2.4
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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all_content boolean added in 2.7 |
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If true all the attributes of the hosts should be included in the response. |
auth - / required |
Dictionary with values needed to create HTTP/HTTPS connection to oVirt:
| |
fetch_nested boolean added in 2.3 |
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If True the module will fetch additional data from the API. It will fetch IDs of the VMs disks, snapshots, etc. User can configure to fetch other attributes of the nested entities by specifying |
nested_attributes - added in 2.3 |
Specifies list of the attributes which should be fetched from the API. This parameter apply only when | |
pattern - |
Search term which is accepted by oVirt/RHV search backend. For example to search host X from datacenter Y use following pattern: name=X and datacenter=Y |
Notes
Note
- This module creates a new top-level
ovirt_hosts
fact, which contains a list of hosts. - In order to use this module you have to install oVirt Python SDK. To ensure it’s installed with correct version you can create the following task: pip: name=ovirt-engine-sdk-python version=4.2.4
Examples
# Examples don't contain auth parameter for simplicity,
# look at ovirt_auth module to see how to reuse authentication:
# Gather facts about all hosts which names start with C(host) and
# belong to data center C(west):
- ovirt_host_facts:
pattern: name=host* and datacenter=west
- debug:
var: ovirt_hosts
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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ovirt_hosts list |
On success. |
List of dictionaries describing the hosts. Host attributes are mapped to dictionary keys, all hosts attributes can be found at following url: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#types/host.
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Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Ondra Machacek (@machacekondra)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/ovirt_host_facts_module.html