community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_host_dns_info Gathers info about an ESXi host's DNS configuration information Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)community.vmware.vmware_host_dns_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 DNS configuration information when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.
- name: Gather DNS info about all ESXi Hosts in given Cluster community.vmware.vmware_host_dns_info: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: cluster_name delegate_to: localhost
- name: Gather DNS info about ESXi Host community.vmware.vmware_host_dns_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_dns_info: description: metadata about DNS config from given cluster / host system returned: always sample: DC0_C0_H0: dhcp: true domain_name: localdomain host_name: localhost ip_address: - 8.8.8.8 search_domain: - localdomain virtual_nic_device: vmk0 type: dict