community.vmware.vmware_object_role_permission module – Manage local roles on an ESXi host or vCenter

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_object_role_permission.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to manage object permissions on the given host or vCenter.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

group

string

The group to be assigned permission.

Required if principal 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.

object_name

string / required

The object name to assigned permission.

object_type

string

The object type being targeted.

Choices:

  • "Folder" ← (default)

  • "VirtualMachine"

  • "Datacenter"

  • "ResourcePool"

  • "Datastore"

  • "Network"

  • "HostSystem"

  • "ComputeResource"

  • "ClusterComputeResource"

  • "DistributedVirtualSwitch"

  • "DistributedVirtualPortgroup"

  • "StoragePod"

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

principal

string

The user to be assigned permission.

Required if group is not specified.

If specifying domain user, required separator of domain uses backslash.

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.

recursive

boolean

Should the permissions be recursively applied.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

role

string / required

The role to be assigned permission.

User can also specify role name presented in Web UI.

state

string

Indicate desired state of the object’s permission.

When present, the permission will be added if it doesn’t already exist.

When absent, the permission is removed if it exists.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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

  • The login user must have the appropriate rights to administer permissions.

  • To set permissions on vCenter (not global!) level use object_type=Folder and object_name=rootFolder.

  • Permissions for a distributed switch must be defined and managed on either the datacenter or a folder containing the switch.

  • 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: Assign user to VM folder
  community.vmware.vmware_object_role_permission:
    hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
    role: Admin
    principal: user_bob
    object_name: services
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove user from VM folder
  community.vmware.vmware_object_role_permission:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    role: Admin
    principal: user_bob
    object_name: services
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Assign finance group to VM folder
  community.vmware.vmware_object_role_permission:
    hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
    role: Limited Users
    group: finance
    object_name: Accounts
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Assign view_user Read Only permission at root folder
  community.vmware.vmware_object_role_permission:
    hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
    role: ReadOnly
    principal: view_user
    object_name: rootFolder
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Assign domain user to VM folder
  community.vmware.vmware_object_role_permission:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    role: Admin
    principal: "vsphere.local\\domainuser"
    object_name: services
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

whether or not a change was made to the object’s role

Returned: always

Authors

  • Derek Rushing (@kryptsi)

  • Joseph Andreatta (@vmwjoseph)