vmware_guest_custom_attributes – Manage custom attributes from VMWare for the given virtual machine

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vmware_guest_custom_attributes – Manage custom attributes from VMWare for the given virtual machine

New in version 2.7.


Synopsis

  • This module can be used to add, remove and update custom attributes for the given virtual machine.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

attributes

-

Default:

[]

A list of name and value of custom attributes that needs to be manage.

Value of custom attribute is not required and will be ignored, if state is set to absent.

datacenter

- / required

Datacenter name where the virtual machine is located in.

folder

-

Absolute path to find an existing guest.

This is required parameter, if name is supplied and multiple virtual machines with same name are found.

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.

name

- / required

Name of the virtual machine to work with.

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

-

  • present

  • absent

The action to take.

If set to present, then custom attribute is added or updated.

If set to absent, then custom attribute is removed.

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

uuid

-

UUID of the virtual machine to manage if known. This is VMware's unique identifier.

This is required parameter, if name is not supplied.

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

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5


Examples

- name: Add virtual machine custom attributes
  vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
    state: present
    attributes:
      - name: MyAttribute
        value: MyValue
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: attributes

- name: Add multiple virtual machine custom attributes
  vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
    state: present
    attributes:
      - name: MyAttribute
        value: MyValue
      - name: MyAttribute2
        value: MyValue2
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: attributes

- name: Remove virtual machine Attribute
  vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
    state: absent
    attributes:
      - name: MyAttribute
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: attributes

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

custom_attributes

dictionary

always

metadata about the virtual machine attributes


Sample:

{'mycustom': 'my_custom_value', 'mycustom_2': 'my_custom_value_2', 'sample_1': 'sample_1_value', 'sample_2': 'sample_2_value', 'sample_3': 'sample_3_value'}




Status

Authors

  • Jimmy Conner
  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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