Try SpotterGather info about a single VM
Authors: Loic Blot (@nerzhul) <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections:
- name: community.vmware
version: 4.2.0Gather information about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster.
- name: Gather info from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: ha-datacenter
uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
delegate_to: localhost
register: info
- name: Gather some info from a guest using the vSphere API output schema
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
delegate_to: localhost
register: info
- name: Gather some information about a guest using MoID
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
moid: vm-42
schema: "vsphere"
properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_moid_info
- name: Gather Managed object ID (moid) from a guest using the vSphere API output schema for REST Calls
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties:
- _moId
delegate_to: localhost
register: moid_info
- name: Gather detailed information about tags and category associated with the given VM
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
tags: true
tag_details: true
register: detailed_tag_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) 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
tags:
default: false
description:
- Whether to show tags or not.
- If set V(true), shows tags information. Returns a list of tag names.
- If set V(false), hides tags information.
- vSphere Automation SDK is required.
type: bool
uuid:
description:
- UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
- This is required if O(name) or O(moid) is not supplied.
type: str
folder:
description:
- Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.
- This is required if O(name) is supplied.
- The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter
- 'Examples:'
- ' folder: /ha-datacenter/vm'
- ' folder: ha-datacenter/vm'
- ' folder: /datacenter1/vm'
- ' folder: datacenter1/vm'
- ' folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1'
- ' folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1'
- ' folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm'
- ' folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm'
- ' folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2'
type: str
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
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:
- Destination datacenter for the deploy operation
required: true
type: str
name_match:
choices:
- first
- last
default: first
description:
- If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found
type: str
properties:
description:
- Specify the properties to retrieve.
- If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply).
- Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API.
- 'Example:'
- ' properties: ['
- ' "config.hardware.memoryMB",'
- ' "config.hardware.numCPU",'
- ' "guest.disk",'
- ' "overallStatus"'
- ' ]'
- Only valid when O(schema=vsphere).
elements: str
required: false
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
tag_details:
default: false
description:
- If set V(true), detail information about tags returned.
- Without this flag, O(tags=true) returns a list of tag names.
- With this flag, O(tags=true) returns a list of dict about tag information with additional
details like category name, category id, and tag id.
- This parameter is added to maintain backward compatability.
type: bool
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
instance:
description: metadata about the virtual machine
returned: always
sample:
advanced_settings: {}
annotation: ''
current_snapshot: null
customvalues: {}
guest_consolidation_needed: false
guest_question: null
guest_tools_status: guestToolsNotRunning
guest_tools_version: '10247'
hw_cores_per_socket: 1
hw_datastores:
- ds_226_3
hw_esxi_host: 10.76.33.226
hw_eth0:
addresstype: assigned
ipaddresses: null
label: Network adapter 1
macaddress: 00:50:56:87:a5:9a
macaddress_dash: 00-50-56-87-a5-9a
portgroup_key: null
portgroup_portkey: null
summary: VM Network
hw_files:
- '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.vmx'
- '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.nvram'
- '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/ubuntu_t.vmsd'
- '[ds_226_3] ubuntu_t/vmware.log'
- '[ds_226_3] u0001/u0001.vmdk'
hw_folder: /DC0/vm/Discovered virtual machine
hw_guest_full_name: null
hw_guest_ha_state: null
hw_guest_id: null
hw_interfaces:
- eth0
hw_is_template: false
hw_memtotal_mb: 1024
hw_name: ubuntu_t
hw_power_status: poweredOff
hw_processor_count: 1
hw_product_uuid: 4207072c-edd8-3bd5-64dc-903fd3a0db04
hw_version: vmx-13
instance_uuid: 5007769d-add3-1e12-f1fe-225ae2a07caf
ipv4: null
ipv6: null
module_hw: true
moid: vm-42
snapshots: []
tags:
- backup
vimref: vim.VirtualMachine:vm-42
vnc: {}
type: dict