community.vmware.vmware_host_facts – Gathers facts about remote ESXi hostsystem

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.7.0).

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

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

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gathers facts like CPU, memory, datastore, network and system etc. about ESXi host system.

  • Please specify hostname or IP address of ESXi host system as hostname.

  • If hostname or IP address of vCenter is provided as hostname and esxi_hostname is not specified, then the module will throw an error.

  • VSAN facts added in 2.7 version.

  • SYSTEM fact uuid added in 2.10 version.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6

  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
esxi_hostname
string
ESXi hostname.
Host facts about the specified ESXi server will be returned.
By specifying this option, you can select which ESXi hostsystem is returned if connecting to a vCenter.
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.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
password
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.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
integer
Default:
443
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.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
properties
list / elements=string
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: [
"hardware.memorySize",
"hardware.cpuInfo.numCpuCores",
"config.product.apiVersion",
"overallStatus"
]
Only valid when schema is vsphere.
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.
This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
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.
schema
string
    Choices:
  • summary ←
  • vsphere
Specify the output schema desired.
The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module
The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1
show_tag
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Tags related to Host are shown if set to True.
username
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.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

aliases: admin, user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Examples

- name: Gather vmware host facts
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
  register: host_facts
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather vmware host facts from vCenter
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
  register: host_facts
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather vmware host facts from vCenter with tag information
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    show_tag: True
  register: host_facts_tag
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get VSAN Cluster UUID from host facts
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
  register: host_facts
- set_fact:
    cluster_uuid: "{{ host_facts['ansible_facts']['vsan_cluster_uuid'] }}"

- name: Gather some info from a host using the vSphere API output schema
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - hardware.memorySize
      - hardware.cpuInfo.numCpuCores
      - config.product.apiVersion
      - overallStatus
  register: host_facts

- name: Gather information about powerstate and connection state
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - runtime.connectionState
      - runtime.powerState

- name: How to retrieve Product, Version, Build, Update info for ESXi from vCenter
  block:
    - name: Gather product version info for ESXi from vCenter
      community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
        schema: vsphere
        properties:
          - config.product
          - config.option
      register: gather_host_facts_result

    - name: Extract update level info from option properties
      set_fact:
        update_level_info: "{{ item.value }}"
      loop: "{{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.option }}"
      when:
        - item.key == 'Misc.HostAgentUpdateLevel'

    - name: The output of Product, Version, Build, Update info for ESXi
      debug:
        msg:
          - "Product : {{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.product.name }}"
          - "Version : {{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.product.version }}"
          - "Build   : {{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.product.build }}"
          - "Update  : {{ update_level_info }}"

Authors

  • Wei Gao (@woshihaoren)