community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_host_feature_info Gathers info about an ESXi host's feature capability information Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_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 feature capability information when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
- name: Gather feature capability info about all ESXi Hosts in given Cluster community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_info: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}' delegate_to: localhost register: all_cluster_hosts_info
- name: Check if ESXi is vulnerable for Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) vulnerability community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_info: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}" register: features_set
- set_fact: ssbd : "{{ item.value }}" loop: "{{ features_set.host_feature_info[esxi_hostname] |json_query(name) }}" vars: name: "[?key=='cpuid.SSBD']"
- assert: that: - ssbd|int == 1 when: ssbd is defined
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 all host systems to be used for information gathering. - 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_feature_info: description: metadata about host's feature capability information returned: always sample: 10.76.33.226: - feature_name: cpuid.3DNOW key: cpuid.3DNOW value: '0' - feature_name: cpuid.3DNOWPLUS key: cpuid.3DNOWPLUS value: '0' type: dict