community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_host_config_info Gathers info about an ESXi host's advance configuration information Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)community.vmware.vmware_host_config_info (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
This module can be used to gather information about an ESXi host's advance configuration information when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
- name: Gather info about all ESXi Host in given Cluster community.vmware.vmware_host_config_info: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: cluster_name delegate_to: localhost
- name: Gather info about ESXi Host community.vmware.vmware_host_config_info: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' delegate_to: localhost
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 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 cluster_name: description: - Name of the cluster from which the ESXi host belong to. - If O(esxi_hostname) is not given, this parameter is required. type: str esxi_hostname: description: - ESXi hostname to gather information from. - If O(cluster_name) is not given, this parameter is required. 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
hosts_info: description: - dict with hostname as key and dict with host config information returned: always sample: 10.76.33.226: Annotations.WelcomeMessage: '' BufferCache.FlushInterval: 30000 BufferCache.HardMaxDirty: 95 BufferCache.PerFileHardMaxDirty: 50 BufferCache.SoftMaxDirty: 15 type: dict