Deprecated

Removed in 2.13

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Reason:Deprecated in favour of C(_info) module. | Alternative:Use M(vmware_host_package_info) instead.

ansible.builtin._vmware_host_package_facts (v2.9.24) — module

Gathers facts about available packages on an ESXi host

| "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

deprecated | supported by community

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.24

Description

This module can be used to gather facts about available packages and their status on an ESXi host.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- 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
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- 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

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

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.
    type: str

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.
    type: str

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

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