vmware_local_user_manager – Manage local users on an ESXi host

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


vmware_local_user_manager – Manage local users on an ESXi host

New in version 2.2.


Synopsis

  • Manage local users on an ESXi host

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi installed

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.

local_user_description

-

Description for the user.

local_user_name

- / required

The local user name to be changed.

local_user_password

-

The password to be set.

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

Indicate desired state of the user. If the user already exists when state=present, the user info is updated

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 6.0
  • Be sure that the ESXi user used for login, has the appropriate rights to create / delete / edit users


Examples

- name: Add local user to ESXi
  vmware_local_user_manager:
    hostname: esxi_hostname
    username: root
    password: vmware
    local_user_name: foo
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

Authors

  • Andreas Nafpliotis (@nafpliot-ibm)

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