vcenter_license – Manage VMware vCenter license keys

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Add and delete vCenter license keys.

Requirements

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

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 version 2.6.
labels -	Default: {"source": "ansible"}	The optional labels of the license key to manage in vSphere vCenter. This is dictionary with key/value pair.
license - / required		The license key to manage in vSphere vCenter.
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 version 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer added in 2.5	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 version 2.6.
state -	absent present ←	Whether to add (`present`) or remove (`absent`) the license key.
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 version 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 version 2.6. If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

This module will also auto-assign the current vCenter to the license key if the product matches the license key, and vCenter us currently assigned an evaluation license only.
The evaluation license (00000-00000-00000-00000-00000) is not listed when unused.

Examples

- name: Add a new vCenter license
  vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove an (unused) vCenter license
  vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
licenses list	always	list of license keys after module executed Sample: ['f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341', '143cc-0e942-b2955-3ea12-d006f']

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/vcenter_license_module.html