ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.4.2.0-1 / module / vmware_host Add/remove ESXi host to/from vCenter | "added in version" 2.0 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac), Russell Teague (@mtnbikenc) preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.vmware_host (v2.4.2.0-1) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.4.2.0.post1
This module can be used to add/remove an ESXi host to/from vCenter.
- name: Add ESXi Host to vCenter vmware_host: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: datacenter_name cluster_name: cluster_name esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}' esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}' state: present delegate_to: localhost
port: default: 443 description: - The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: int state: choices: - absent - present default: present description: - Add or remove the host. hostname: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str password: aliases: - pass - pwd description: - The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str username: aliases: - admin - user description: - The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str proxy_host: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. - This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 required: false type: str proxy_port: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int cluster_name: description: - Name of the cluster to add the host. required: true esxi_hostname: description: - ESXi hostname to manage. required: true esxi_password: description: - ESXi password. required: true esxi_username: description: - ESXi username. required: true validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. - If set to C(yes), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. type: bool datacenter_name: description: - Name of the datacenter to add the host. required: true