vmware_local_user_facts – Gather facts about users on the given ESXi host

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Ansible/docs/2.8/modules/vmware local user facts module


vmware_local_user_facts – Gather facts about users on the given ESXi host

New in version 2.6.


Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about users present on the given ESXi host system in VMware infrastructure.
  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.
  • User must hold the ‘Authorization.ModifyPermissions’ privilege to invoke this module.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

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.

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.

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

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.



Notes

Note

  • Tested on ESXi 6.5
  • The full_name, principal, and user_group properties are deprecated starting from Ansible v2.12


Examples

- name: Gather facts about all Users on given ESXi host system
  vmware_local_user_facts:
    hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_user_facts

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

local_user_facts

dictionary

always

metadata about all local users


Sample:

[{'role': 'admin', 'description': 'Administrator', 'full_name': 'Administrator', 'group': False, 'user_group': False, 'user_id': 0, 'user_name': 'root', 'principal': 'root', 'shell_access': True}, {'role': 'admin', 'description': 'DCUI User', 'full_name': 'DCUI User', 'group': False, 'user_group': False, 'user_id': 100, 'user_name': 'dcui', 'principal': 'dcui', 'shell_access': False}]




Status

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
  • Christian Kotte (@ckotte)

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