community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_guest_boot_info Gather info about boot options for the given virtual machine Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
Gather information about boot options for the given virtual machine.
- name: Gather info about virtual machine's boot order and related parameters community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" name: "{{ vm_name }}" register: vm_boot_order_info
- name: Gather information about virtual machine's boot order using MoID community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" moid: "vm-42" register: vm_moid_boot_order_info
moid: description: - Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance. - This is required if O(name) or O(uuid) is not supplied. type: str name: description: - Name of the VM to work with. - This is required if O(uuid) or O(moid) parameter is not supplied. type: str 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 uuid: description: - UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's BIOS UUID by default. - This is required if O(name) or O(moid) parameter is not supplied. 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 name_match: choices: - first - last default: first description: - If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found. 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 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 use_instance_uuid: default: false description: - Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. type: bool
vm_boot_info: description: metadata about boot order of virtual machine returned: always sample: current_boot_delay: 2000 current_boot_firmware: bios current_boot_order: - floppy - disk - ethernet - cdrom current_boot_retry_delay: 22300 current_boot_retry_enabled: true current_enter_bios_setup: true current_secure_boot_enabled: false type: dict