community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_cfg_backup Backup / Restore / Reset ESXi host configuration Authors: Andreas Nafpliotis (@nafpliot-ibm)community.vmware.vmware_cfg_backup (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
This module can be used to perform various operations related to backup, restore and reset of ESXi host configuration.
- name: Save the ESXi configuration locally by authenticating directly against the ESXi host community.vmware.vmware_cfg_backup: hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' state: saved dest: /tmp/ delegate_to: localhost
- name: Save the ESXi configuration locally by authenticating against the vCenter and selecting the ESXi host community.vmware.vmware_cfg_backup: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' username: '{{ esxi_username }}' password: '{{ esxi_password }}' state: saved dest: /tmp/ delegate_to: localhost
src: description: - The file containing the ESXi configuration that will be restored. type: path dest: description: - The destination where the ESXi configuration bundle will be saved. Can be a folder or a file. - If a folder, the backup file will be saved in the folder with the default filename generated from the ESXi server. - If a file, the backup file will be saved with that filename. The file extension will always be .tgz. type: path 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 E(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. type: int state: choices: - saved - absent - loaded description: - If V(saved), the .tgz backup bundle will be saved in O(dest). - If V(absent), the host configuration will be reset to default values. - If V(loaded), the backup file in O(src) will be loaded to the ESXi host rewriting the hosts settings. required: true type: str 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 E(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int esxi_hostname: description: - Name of ESXi server. This is required only if authentication against a vCenter is done. required: false type: str validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. type: bool
dest_file: description: The full path of where the file holding the ESXi configurations was stored returned: changed sample: /tmp/configBundle-esxi.host.domain.tgz type: str