vsphere_copy – Copy a file to a vCenter datastore

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Upload files to a vCenter datastore

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datacenter
- / required
The datacenter on the vCenter server that holds the datastore.
datastore
- / required
The datastore on the vCenter server to push files to.
host
- / required
The vCenter server on which the datastore is available.

aliases: hostname
login
- / required
The login name to authenticate on the vCenter server.

aliases: username
password
- / required
The password to authenticate on the vCenter server.
path
- / required
The file to push to the datastore on the vCenter server.
src
- / required
The file to push to vCenter
timeout
integer
added in 2.8
 Default:
10
The timeout in seconds for the upload to the datastore.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be set to no when no other option exists.

Notes

Note

  • This module ought to be run from a system that can access vCenter directly and has the file to transfer. It can be the normal remote target or you can change it either by using transport: local or using delegate_to.

  • Tested on vSphere 5.5

Examples

- vsphere_copy:
    host: '{{ vhost }}'
    login: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    src: /some/local/file
    datacenter: DC1 Someplace
    datastore: datastore1
    path: some/remote/file
  delegate_to: localhost

- vsphere_copy:
    host: '{{ vhost }}'
    login: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    src: /other/local/file
    datacenter: DC2 Someplace
    datastore: datastore2
    path: other/remote/file
  delegate_to: other_system

Status

Authors

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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