ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.13 / module / vmware_guest_tools_wait Wait for VMware tools to become available | "added in version" 2.4 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Philippe Dellaert (@pdellaert) <philippe@dellaert.org> preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.vmware_guest_tools_wait (v2.8.13) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.13
This module can be used to wait for VMware tools to become available on the given VM and return facts.
- name: Wait for VMware tools to become available by UUID vmware_guest_facts: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" validate_certs: no datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}" folder: "/{{datacenter}}/vm" name: "{{ vm_name }}" delegate_to: localhost register: vm_facts
- name: Get UUID from previous task and pass it to this task vmware_guest_tools_wait: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" validate_certs: no uuid: "{{ vm_facts.instance.hw_product_uuid }}" delegate_to: localhost register: facts
- name: Wait for VMware tools to become available by name vmware_guest_tools_wait: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" validate_certs: no name: test-vm folder: "/{{datacenter}}/vm" delegate_to: localhost register: facts
name: description: - Name of the VM for which to wait until the tools become available. - This is required if uuid is not supplied. 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 uuid: description: - UUID of the VM for which to wait until the tools become available, if known. This is VMware's unique identifier. - This is required, if C(name) is not supplied. folder: description: - Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. - This is required only, if multiple VMs with same C(name) is found. - The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is C(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: 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 name_match: choices: - first - last default: first description: - If multiple VMs match the name, use the first or last found. 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 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(true), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. type: bool use_instance_uuid: default: false description: - Whether to use the VMWare instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. type: bool version_added: '2.8' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin
instance: description: metadata about the virtual machine returned: always sample: None type: dict