community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_host_custom_attributes Manage custom attributes from VMware for the given ESXi host Authors: Hunter Christain (@exp-hc)community.vmware.vmware_host_custom_attributes (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 add, remove and update custom attributes for the given ESXi host.
- name: Add ESXi host custom attributes community.vmware.vmware_host_custom_attributes: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: host1 state: present attributes: - name: MyAttribute value: MyValue delegate_to: localhost register: attributes
- name: Remove ESXi host Attribute community.vmware.vmware_host_custom_attributes: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: host1 state: absent attributes: - name: MyAttribute delegate_to: localhost register: attributes
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 state: choices: - present - absent default: present description: - The action to take. - If set to V(present), then custom attribute is added or updated. - If set to V(absent), then custom attribute is removed. 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 attributes: default: [] description: - A list of name and value of custom attributes that needs to be manage. - Value of custom attribute is not required and will be ignored, if O(state=absent). elements: dict suboptions: name: description: - Name of the attribute. required: true type: str value: default: '' description: - Value of the attribute. type: str 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 esxi_hostname: description: - Name of the ESXi host to work with. - This is a required parameter required: true 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
custom_attributes: description: metadata about the ESXi host attributes returned: changed sample: mycustom: my_custom_value mycustom_2: my_custom_value_2 sample_1: sample_1_value sample_2: sample_2_value sample_3: sample_3_value type: dict