community.vmware.vmware_host_active_directory module – Joins an ESXi host system to an Active Directory domain or leaves it

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_host_active_directory.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to join or leave an ESXi host to or from an Active Directory domain.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ad_domain

aliases: domain, domain_name

string

AD Domain to join.

Default: ""

ad_password

string

Password for AD domain join.

Default: ""

ad_state

aliases: state

string

Whether the ESXi host is joined to an AD domain or not.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent" ← (default)

ad_user

string

Username for AD domain join.

Default: ""

cluster_name

string

Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used.

This parameter is required if esxi_hostname is not specified.

esxi_hostname

string

Name of the host system to work with.

This parameter is required if cluster_name is not specified.

hostname

string

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 VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.

Default: 443

proxy_host

string

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 VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.

proxy_port

integer

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 VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

validate_certs

boolean

Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: Join an AD domain
  community.vmware.vmware_host_active_directory:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    ad_domain: example.local
    ad_user: adjoin
    ad_password: Password123$
    ad_state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Leave AD domain
  community.vmware.vmware_host_active_directory:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    ad_state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

results

dictionary

metadata about host system’s AD domain join state

Returned: always

Sample: {"esxi01": {"ad_state": "present", "ad_state_current": "present", "ad_state_previous": "absent", "changed": true, "domain": "example.local", "membership_state": "ok", "msg": "Host joined to AD domain"}}

Authors

  • Christian Kotte (@ckotte)