vmware_guest_powerstate – Manages power states of virtual machines in vCenter
vmware_guest_powerstate – Manages power states of virtual machines in vCenter
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- Power on / Power off / Restart a virtual machine.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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folder - |
Default: "/vm" |
Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest or create the new guest. 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 |
force boolean added in 2.5 |
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Ignore warnings and complete the actions. This parameter is useful while forcing virtual machine state. |
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 Environment variable support added in version 2.6. | |
name - |
Name of the virtual machine to work with. Virtual machine names in vCenter are not necessarily unique, which may be problematic, see | |
name_match - |
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If multiple virtual machines 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 Environment variable support added in version 2.6.
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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 Environment variable support added in version 2.6. |
scheduled_at - |
Date and time in string format at which specificed task needs to be performed. The required format for date and time - 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm'. Scheduling task requires vCenter server. A standalone ESXi server does not support this option. | |
state - |
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Set the state of the virtual machine. |
state_change_timeout - added in 2.6 |
Default: 0 |
If the If this argument is set to a positive integer, the module will instead wait for the VM to reach the poweredoff state. The value sets a timeout in seconds for the module to wait for the state change. |
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 Environment variable support added in version 2.6.
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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 |
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Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Environment variable support added in version 2.6. If set to |
Examples
- name: Set the state of a virtual machine to poweroff
vmware_guest_powerstate:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
folder: /"{{ datacenter_name }}"/vm/my_folder
name: "{{ guest_name }}"
state: powered-off
delegate_to: localhost
register: deploy
- name: Set the state of a virtual machine to poweroff at given scheduled time
vmware_guest_powerstate:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
folder: /"{{ datacenter_name }}"/vm/my_folder
name: "{{ guest_name }}"
state: powered-off
scheduled_at: "09/01/2018 10:18"
delegate_to: localhost
register: deploy_at_schedule_datetime
- name: Wait for the virtual machine to shutdown
vmware_guest_powerstate:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
name: "{{ guest_name }}"
state: shutdown-guest
state_change_timeout: 200
delegate_to: localhost
register: deploy
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <[email protected]>
© 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/vmware_guest_powerstate_module.html