vmware_content_library_info – Gather information about VMware Content Library

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Module to list the content libraries.
Module to get information about specific content library.
Content Library feature is introduced in vSphere 6.0 version, so this module is not supported in the earlier versions of vSphere.
All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
vSphere Automation SDK

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead.
library_id string		content library id for which details needs to be fetched.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. aliases: pass, pwd
protocol string	http https ←	The connection to protocol.
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `no` 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.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5, 6.7

Examples

- name: Get List of Content Libraries
  vmware_content_library_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get information about content library
  vmware_content_library_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    library_id: '13b0f060-f4d3-4f84-b61f-0fe1b0c0a5a8'
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
content_lib_details list	on success	list of content library metadata Sample: [{'library_creation_time': '2019-07-02T11:50:52.242000', 'library_description': 'new description', 'library_id': '13b0f060-f4d3-4f84-b61f-0fe1b0c0a5a8', 'library_name': 'demo-local-lib', 'library_publish_info': {'authentication_method': 'NONE', 'persist_json_enabled': False, 'publish_url': None, 'published': False, 'user_name': None}, 'library_server_guid': '0fd5813b-aac7-4b92-9fb7-f18f16565613', 'library_type': 'LOCAL', 'library_version': '3'}]
content_libs list	on success	list of content libraries Sample: ['ded9c4d5-0dcd-4837-b1d8-af7398511e33', '36b72549-14ed-4b5f-94cb-6213fecacc02']

Status

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

Authors

Pavan Bidkar (@pgbidkar)

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