ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.15 / module / vmware_host_dns_facts Gathers facts about an ESXi host's DNS configuration information | "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.vmware_host_dns_facts (v2.8.15) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.15
This module can be used to gather facts about an ESXi host's DNS configuration information when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.
- name: Gather DNS facts about all ESXi Hosts in given Cluster vmware_host_dns_facts: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: cluster_name delegate_to: localhost
- name: Gather DNS facts about ESXi Host vmware_host_dns_facts: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' 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 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 from which the ESXi host belong to. - If C(esxi_hostname) is not given, this parameter is required. esxi_hostname: description: - ESXi hostname to gather facts from. - If C(cluster_name) is not given, this parameter is required. 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
hosts_dns_facts: description: metadata about DNS config from given cluster / host system returned: always sample: DC0_C0_H0: dhcp: true domain_name: localdomain host_name: localhost ip_address: - 8.8.8.8 search_doamin: - localdomain virtual_nic_device: vmk0 type: dict