vmware_guest_powerstate – Manages power states of virtual machines in vCenter

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Ansible/docs/2.8/modules/vmware guest powerstate module


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

folder

string

Destination folder path to find an existing 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

force

boolean

added in 2.5

  • no

  • yes

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 VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

name

string

Name of the virtual machine to work with.

Virtual machine names in vCenter are not necessarily unique, which may be problematic, see name_match.

name_match

string

  • first

  • last

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 VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 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 Ansible 2.6.

scheduled_at

string

Date and time in string format at which specified 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

string

  • powered-off
  • powered-on
  • reboot-guest
  • restarted
  • shutdown-guest
  • suspended
  • present

Set the state of the virtual machine.

state_change_timeout

-

added in 2.6

Default:

0

If the state is set to shutdown-guest, by default the module will return immediately after sending the shutdown signal.

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.

use_instance_uuid

boolean

added in 2.8

  • no

  • yes

Whether to use the VMWare instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.

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 Ansible 2.6.


aliases: admin, user

uuid

string

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 Ansible 2.6.

If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.



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

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