vmware_guest_vnc – Manages VNC remote display on virtual machines in vCenter

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

This module can be used to enable and disable VNC remote display on virtual machine.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter -	Default: "ha-datacenter"	Destination datacenter for the deploy operation. This parameter is case sensitive.
folder -		Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter
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 -		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 -	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.
state -	present ← absent	Set the state of VNC on virtual machine.
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 -		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.
vnc_ip -	Default: "0.0.0.0"	Sets an IP for VNC on virtual machine. This is required only when state is set to present and will be ignored if state is absent.
vnc_password -	Default: ""	Sets a password for VNC on virtual machine. This is required only when state is set to present and will be ignored if state is absent.
vnc_port -	Default: 0	The port that VNC listens on. Usually a number between 5900 and 7000 depending on your config. This is required only when state is set to present and will be ignored if state is absent.

Examples

- name: Enable VNC remote display on the VM
  vmware_guest_vnc:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    folder: /mydatacenter/vm
    name: testvm1
    vnc_port: 5990
    vnc_password: vNc5ecr3t
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vnc_result

- name: Disable VNC remote display on the VM
  vmware_guest_vnc:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: 32074771-7d6b-699a-66a8-2d9cf8236fff
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vnc_result

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	If anything changed on VM's extraConfig.
failed boolean	always	If changes failed.
instance dictionary	On success in both state	Dictionary describing the VM, including VNC info.

Status

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

Authors

Armin Ranjbar Daemi (@rmin)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/vmware_guest_vnc_module.html