community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_guest_find Find the folder path(s) for a virtual machine by name or UUID Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>community.vmware.vmware_guest_find (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
Find the folder path(s) for a virtual machine by name or UUID
- name: Find Guest's Folder using name community.vmware.vmware_guest_find: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" name: testvm delegate_to: localhost register: vm_folder
- name: Find Guest's Folder using UUID community.vmware.vmware_guest_find: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" uuid: 38c4c89c-b3d7-4ae6-ae4e-43c5118eae49 delegate_to: localhost register: vm_folder
name: description: - Name of the VM to work with. - This is required if O(uuid) 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) 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 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
folders: description: List of folders for user specified virtual machine returned: on success sample: - /DC0/vm type: list