community.vmware.vmware_cluster_info (4.2.0) — module

Gather info about clusters available in given vCenter

Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde), Christian Neugum (@digifuchsi)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.vmware
      version: 4.2.0

Description

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

All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Gather cluster info from given datacenter
  community.vmware.vmware_cluster_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: ha-datacenter
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_info
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Gather info from datacenter about specific cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_cluster_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: DC0_C0
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_info
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Gather info from datacenter about specific cluster with tags
  community.vmware.vmware_cluster_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: DC0_C0
    show_tag: true
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_info
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Gather some info from a cluster using the vSphere API output schema
  vmware_cluster_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: DC0_C0
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - name
      - configuration.dasConfig.enabled
      - summary.totalCpu
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: cluster_info

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 E(VMWARE_PORT)
      will be used instead.
    type: int

schema:
    choices:
    - summary
    - vsphere
    default: summary
    description:
    - Specify the output schema desired.
    - The V(summary) output schema is the legacy output from the module.
    - The V(vsphere) output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires
      pyvmomi>6.7.1.
    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

show_tag:
    default: false
    description:
    - Tags related to cluster are shown if set to V(true).
    type: bool

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

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

properties:
    description:
    - Specify the properties to retrieve.
    - 'Example:'
    - '   properties: ['
    - '      "name",'
    - '      "configuration.dasConfig.enabled",'
    - '      "summary.totalCpu"'
    - '   ]'
    - Only valid when O(schema=vsphere).
    elements: str
    type: list

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

cluster_name:
    description:
    - Name of the cluster.
    - If set, information of this cluster will be returned.
    - This parameter is required, if O(datacenter) is not supplied.
    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

Outputs

clusters:
  description:
  - metadata about the available clusters
  returned: always
  sample:
    DC0_C0:
      datacenter: DC0
      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
      hosts:
      - folder: /DC0/host/DC0_C0
        name: esxi01.vsphere.local
      - folder: /DC0/host/DC0_C0
        name: esxi02.vsphere.local
      - folder: /DC0/host/DC0_C0
        name: esxi03.vsphere.local
      - folder: /DC0/host/DC0_C0
        name: esxi04.vsphere.local
      moid: domain-c9
      resource_summary:
        cpuCapacityMHz: 4224
        cpuUsedMHz: 87
        memCapacityMB: 6139
        memUsedMB: 1254
        pMemAvailableMB: 0
        pMemCapacityMB: 0
        storageCapacityMB: 33280
        storageUsedMB: 19953
      tags:
      - category_id: urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:9fbf83de-7903-442e-8004-70fd3940297c:GLOBAL
        category_name: sample_cluster_cat_0001
        description: ''
        id: urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:93d680db-b3a6-4834-85ad-3e9516e8fee8:GLOBAL
        name: sample_cluster_tag_0001
      vsan_auto_claim_storage: false
  type: dict