community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade (4.2.0) — module

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 upgrades the VMware Tools on Windows and Linux guests and reboots them.

Usage examples

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- name: Get VM UUID
  vmware_guest_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/{{datacenter}}/vm"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_facts

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- name: Upgrade VMware Tools using uuid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: "{{ vm_facts.instance.hw_product_uuid }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

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- name: Upgrade VMware Tools using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_upgrade:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    moid: vm-42
  delegate_to: localhost

Inputs

    
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 virtual machine 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

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

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 where the virtual machine exists.
    required: true
    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

force_upgrade:
    default: false
    description:
    - This flag overrides the guest operating system detection and forcibly upgrade VMware
      tools or open-vm-tools.
    - This is useful when VMware tools is too old and unable to detect the 'guestFamily'
      value.
    - Using this flag may sometime give unexpected results since module will override
      the default
    - behaviour of 'guestFamily' detection.
    required: false
    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

installer_options:
    description:
    - Command line options passed to the installer to modify the installation procedure
      for tools.
    required: false
    type: str
    version_added: 4.1.0
    version_added_collection: community.vmware