ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.15 / module / vcenter_folder Manage folders on given datacenter | "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde), Christian Kotte (@ckotte) <christian.kotte@gmx.de> preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.vcenter_folder (v2.8.15) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.15
This module can be used to create, delete, move and rename folder on then given datacenter.
- name: Create a VM folder on given datacenter vcenter_folder: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: datacenter_name folder_name: sample_vm_folder folder_type: vm state: present register: vm_folder_creation_result delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create a datastore folder on given datacenter vcenter_folder: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: datacenter_name folder_name: sample_datastore_folder folder_type: datastore state: present register: datastore_folder_creation_result delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create a sub folder under VM folder on given datacenter vcenter_folder: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: datacenter_name folder_name: sample_sub_folder parent_folder: vm_folder state: present register: sub_folder_creation_result delegate_to: localhost
- name: Delete a VM folder on given datacenter vcenter_folder: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' datacenter_name: datacenter_name folder_name: sample_vm_folder folder_type: vm state: absent register: vm_folder_deletion_result 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: - present - absent default: present description: - State of folder. - If set to C(present) without parent folder parameter, then folder with C(folder_type) is created. - If set to C(present) with parent folder parameter, then folder in created under parent folder. C(folder_type) is ignored. - If set to C(absent), then folder is unregistered and destroyed. 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 datacenter: aliases: - datacenter_name description: - Name of the datacenter. required: true 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 folder_name: description: - Name of folder to be managed. - This is case sensitive parameter. - Folder name should be under 80 characters. This is a VMware restriction. required: true folder_type: choices: - datastore - host - network - vm default: vm description: - This is type of folder. - If set to C(vm), then 'VM and Template Folder' is created under datacenter. - If set to C(host), then 'Host and Cluster Folder' is created under datacenter. - If set to C(datastore), then 'Storage Folder' is created under datacenter. - If set to C(network), then 'Network Folder' is created under datacenter. - This parameter is required, if C(state) is set to C(present) and parent_folder is absent. - This option is ignored, if C(parent_folder) is set. required: false parent_folder: description: - Name of the parent folder under which new folder needs to be created. - This is case sensitive parameter. - Please specify unique folder name as there is no way to detect duplicate names. - If user wants to create a folder under '/DC0/vm/vm_folder', this value will be 'vm_folder'. required: false 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
result: description: - string stating about result returned: success sample: Folder 'sub_network_folder' of type 'vm' created under vm_folder successfully. type: str