vmware_host_ntp_facts – Gathers facts about NTP configuration on an ESXi host

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vmware_host_ntp_facts – Gathers facts about NTP configuration on an ESXi host

New in version 2.7.


DEPRECATED

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

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about NTP configurations on an ESXi host.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

cluster_name

string

Name of the cluster.

NTP config facts about each ESXi server will be returned for the given cluster.

If esxi_hostname is not given, this parameter is required.

esxi_hostname

string

ESXi hostname.

NTP config facts about this ESXi server will be returned.

If cluster_name is not given, this parameter is required.

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.

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.

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 vSphere 6.5


Examples

- name: Gather NTP facts about all ESXi Host in the given Cluster
  vmware_host_ntp_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_host_ntp

- name: Gather NTP facts about ESXi Host
  vmware_host_ntp_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: host_ntp

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

hosts_ntp_facts

dictionary

hosts_ntp_facts

dict with hostname as key and dict with NTP facts as value


Sample:

{'10.76.33.226': [{'ntp_servers': [], 'time_zone_description': 'UTC', 'time_zone_gmt_offset': 0, 'time_zone_identifier': 'UTC', 'time_zone_name': 'UTC'}]}




Status

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

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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