vmware_guest_boot_facts – Gather facts about boot options for the given virtual machine

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vmware_guest_boot_facts – Gather facts about boot options for the given virtual machine

New in version 2.7.


DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
version: 2.13
Why: Deprecated in favour of _info module.
Alternative: Use vmware_guest_boot_info instead.

Synopsis

  • Gather facts about boot options for the given virtual machine.

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.

moid

string

added in 2.9

Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.

This is required if name or uuid is not supplied.

name

string

Name of the VM to work with.

This is required if uuid or moid parameter is not supplied.

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.

proxy_host

string

added in 2.9

Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

The format is a hostname or a IP.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.

This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12

proxy_port

integer

added in 2.9

Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.

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 BIOS UUID by default.

This is required if name or moid parameter 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.



Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5


Examples

- name: Gather facts about virtual machine's boot order and related parameters
  vmware_guest_boot_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
  register: vm_boot_order_facts

- name: Gather facts about virtual machine's boot order using MoID
  vmware_guest_boot_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    moid: "vm-42"
  register: vm_moid_boot_order_facts

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

vm_boot_facts

dictionary

always

metadata about boot order of virtual machine


Sample:

{'current_boot_order': ['floppy', 'disk', 'ethernet', 'cdrom'], 'current_boot_delay': 2000, 'current_boot_retry_delay': 22300, 'current_boot_retry_enabled': True, 'current_enter_bios_setup': True, 'current_boot_firmware': 'bios', 'current_secure_boot_enabled': False}




Status

  • This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]
  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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