vmware_guest_info – Gather info about a single VM

vmware_guest_info – Gather info about a single VM

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Gather information about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster.
• This module was called vmware_guest_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: vmware_guest_facts

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter string / required		Destination datacenter for the deploy operation
folder string		Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is required if name is supplied. The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2
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 is not supplied.
name_match string	first ← last	If multiple VMs 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.
properties list added in 2.8		Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API. Example: properties: [ "config.hardware.memoryMB", "config.hardware.numCPU", "guest.disk", "overallStatus" ] Only valid when schema is vsphere.
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.
schema string added in 2.8	summary ← vsphere	Specify the output schema desired. The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1
tags boolean added in 2.8	no ← yes	Whether to show tags or not. If set True, shows tag information. If set False, hides tags information. vSphere Automation SDK and vCloud Suite SDK is required.
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 unique identifier. This is required if name or moid 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 5.5, 6.7

Examples

- name: Gather info from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    validate_certs: no
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

- name: Gather some info from a guest using the vSphere API output schema
  vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    schema: "vsphere"
    properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

- name: Gather some information about a guest using MoID
  vmware_guest_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
    schema: "vsphere"
    properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_moid_info

- name: Gather Managed object ID (moid) from a guest using the vSphere API output schema for REST Calls
  vmware_guest_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    schema: "vsphere"
    properties:
      - _moId
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: moid_info

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
instance dictionary	always	metadata about the virtual machine Sample: {'annotation': , 'current_snapshot': None, 'customvalues': {}, 'guest_consolidation_needed': False, 'guest_question': None, 'guest_tools_status': 'guestToolsNotRunning', 'guest_tools_version': '10247', 'hw_cores_per_socket': 1, 'hw_datastores': ['ds_226_3'], 'hw_esxi_host': '10.76.33.226', 'hw_eth0': {'addresstype': 'assigned', 'ipaddresses': None, 'label': 'Network adapter 1', 'macaddress': '00:50:56:87:a5:9a', 'macaddress_dash': '00-50-56-87-a5-9a', 'portgroup_key': None, 'portgroup_portkey': None, 'summary': 'VM Network'}, 'hw_files': ['[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.vmx', '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.nvram', '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.vmsd', '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/vmware.log', '[ds_226_3] u0001/u0001.vmdk'], 'hw_folder': '/DC0/vm/Discovered virtual machine', 'hw_guest_full_name': None, 'hw_guest_ha_state': None, 'hw_guest_id': None, 'hw_interfaces': ['eth0'], 'hw_is_template': False, 'hw_memtotal_mb': 1024, 'hw_name': 'ubuntu_t', 'hw_power_status': 'poweredOff', 'hw_processor_count': 1, 'hw_product_uuid': '4207072c-edd8-3bd5-64dc-903fd3a0db04', 'hw_version': 'vmx-13', 'instance_uuid': '5007769d-add3-1e12-f1fe-225ae2a07caf', 'ipv4': None, 'ipv6': None, 'module_hw': True, 'snapshots': [], 'tags': ['backup'], 'vnc': {}, 'moid': 'vm-42', 'vimref': 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-42'}

Status

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

Authors

• Loic Blot (@nerzhul) <[email protected]>

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