ansible.builtin.vmware_cluster_facts (v2.8.15) — module

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.8.15

Description

This module can be used to gather facts about clusters in VMWare infrastructure.

All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Usage examples

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- name: Gather cluster facts from given datacenter
  vmware_cluster_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_facts

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- name: Gather facts from datacenter about specific cluster
  vmware_cluster_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: DC0_C0
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_facts

Inputs

    
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

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:
    description:
    - Datacenter to search for cluster/s.
    - This parameter is required, if C(cluster_name) is not supplied.
    required: false

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.
    - If set, facts of this cluster will be returned.
    - This parameter is required, if C(datacenter) is not supplied.
    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

Outputs

clusters:
  description: metadata about the available clusters
  returned: always
  sample:
    DC0_C0:
      drs_default_vm_behavior: null
      drs_enable_vm_behavior_overrides: null
      drs_vmotion_rate: null
      enable_ha: null
      enabled_drs: true
      enabled_vsan: false
      ha_admission_control_enabled: null
      ha_failover_level: null
      ha_host_monitoring: null
      ha_restart_priority: null
      ha_vm_failure_interval: null
      ha_vm_max_failure_window: null
      ha_vm_max_failures: null
      ha_vm_min_up_time: null
      ha_vm_monitoring: null
      ha_vm_tools_monitoring: null
      vsan_auto_claim_storage: false
  type: dict