community.vmware.vmware_guest_info module – Gather info about a single VM
Note
This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 5.9.0).
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_guest_info.
Synopsis
Gather information about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster.
Parameters
Parameter |
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Destination datacenter for the deploy operation This is required if |
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Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest. This is required if The folder should include the datacenter. ESX’s datacenter is ha-datacenter Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2 |
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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 |
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If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found Choices:
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The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Default: |
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Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API. Example: properties: [ “config.hardware.memoryMB”, “config.hardware.numCPU”, “guest.disk”, “overallStatus” ] Only valid when |
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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 |
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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 |
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Specify the output schema desired. The The Choices:
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If set Without this flag, With this flag, This parameter is added to maintain backward compatability. Choices:
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Whether to show tags or not. If set If set vSphere Automation SDK is required. Choices:
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Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. Choices:
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The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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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: Gather info from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: ha-datacenter
uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
delegate_to: localhost
register: info
- name: Gather some info from a guest using the vSphere API output schema
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
delegate_to: localhost
register: info
- name: Gather some information about a guest using MoID
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
moid: vm-42
schema: "vsphere"
properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_moid_info
- name: Gather Managed object ID (moid) from a guest using the vSphere API output schema for REST Calls
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties:
- _moId
delegate_to: localhost
register: moid_info
- name: Gather detailed information about tags and category associated with the given VM
community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
tags: true
tag_details: true
register: detailed_tag_info
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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metadata about the virtual machine Returned: always Sample: |