vmware_guest_facts - Gather facts about a single VM¶

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Gather facts about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter required		Destination datacenter for the deploy operation
folder	Default: /vm	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 folder: vm/folder2 folder: folder2
hostname		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 supported added in version 2.6.
name		Name of the VM to work with This is required if UUID is not supplied.
name_match	Choices: first ← last	If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found
password		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 supported added in version 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port (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 supported added in version 2.6.
username		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 supported added in version 2.6. aliases: user, admin
uuid		UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier. This is required if name is not supplied.
validate_certs	Choices: no yes Default: True	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 supported added in version 2.6.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested on vSphere 5.5

Examples ¶

- name: Gather facts from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  vmware_guest_facts:
    hostname: 192.168.1.209
    username: administrator@vsphere.local
    password: vmware
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    validate_certs: no
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: facts

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
instance dict	always	metadata about the virtual machine Sample: None

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author ¶

Loic Blot (@nerzhul) <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>

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