vmware_guest_facts – Gather facts about a single VM

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vmware_guest_facts – Gather facts about a single VM

New in version 2.3.


Synopsis

  • Gather facts about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

datacenter

- / required

Destination datacenter for the deploy operation

folder

-

Default:

"/vm"

Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.

This is required if name is supplied.

The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter

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

folder: vm/folder2

folder: 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 version 2.6.

name

-

Name of the VM to work with

This is required if UUID is not supplied.

name_match

-

  • first

  • last

If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found

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.

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 instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.

This is required 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 5.5


Examples

- name: Gather facts from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  vmware_guest_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    validate_certs: no
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: facts

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

instance

dictionary

always

metadata about the virtual machine


Sample:

None




Status

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