ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.15 / module / vmware_host_package_facts Gathers facts about available packages on an ESXi host | "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) preview | supported by communityansible.builtin.vmware_host_package_facts (v2.8.15) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.15
This module can be used to gather facts about available packages and their status on an ESXi host.
- name: Gather facts about all ESXi Host in given Cluster vmware_host_package_facts: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: cluster_name delegate_to: localhost register: cluster_host_packages
- name: Gather facts about ESXi Host vmware_host_package_facts: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' delegate_to: localhost register: host_packages
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. - Package facts about each ESXi server will be returned for given cluster. - If C(esxi_hostname) is not given, this parameter is required. esxi_hostname: description: - ESXi hostname. - Package facts about this ESXi server will be returned. - 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_package_facts: description: - dict with hostname as key and dict with package facts as value returned: hosts_package_facts sample: hosts_package_facts: localhost.localdomain: [] type: dict