vmware_guest_powerstate – Manages power states of virtual machines in vCenter

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Power on / Power off / Restart a virtual machine.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
folder
string
Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.
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
force
boolean
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Ignore warnings and complete the actions.
This parameter is useful while forcing virtual machine state.
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.
moid
string
added in 2.9
Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.
This is required if name or uuid is not supplied.
name
string
Name of the virtual machine to work with.
Virtual machine names in vCenter are not necessarily unique, which may be problematic, see name_match.
name_match
string
    Choices:
  • first ←
  • last
If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found.
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
added in 2.5
 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.
proxy_host
string
added in 2.9
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
added in 2.9
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.
schedule_task_description
string
added in 2.9
Description of schedule task.
Valid only if scheduled_at is specified.
schedule_task_enabled
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Flag to indicate whether the scheduled task is enabled or disabled.
schedule_task_name
string
added in 2.9
Name of schedule task.
Valid only if scheduled_at is specified.
scheduled_at
string
Date and time in string format at which specified task needs to be performed.
The required format for date and time - 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm'.
Scheduling task requires vCenter server. A standalone ESXi server does not support this option.
state
string
    Choices:
  • powered-off
  • powered-on
  • reboot-guest
  • restarted
  • shutdown-guest
  • suspended
  • present ←
Set the state of the virtual machine.
state_change_timeout
integer
added in 2.6
 Default:
0
If the state is set to shutdown-guest, by default the module will return immediately after sending the shutdown signal.
If this argument is set to a positive integer, the module will instead wait for the VM to reach the poweredoff state.
The value sets a timeout in seconds for the module to wait for the state change.
use_instance_uuid
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
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
uuid
string
UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
This is required if name or moid is not supplied.
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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Examples

- name: Set the state of a virtual machine to poweroff
  vmware_guest_powerstate:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    folder: "/{{ datacenter_name }}/vm/my_folder"
    name: "{{ guest_name }}"
    state: powered-off
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy

- name: Set the state of a virtual machine to poweron using MoID
  vmware_guest_powerstate:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    folder: "/{{ datacenter_name }}/vm/my_folder"
    moid: vm-42
    state: powered-on
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy

- name: Set the state of a virtual machine to poweroff at given scheduled time
  vmware_guest_powerstate:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    folder: "/{{ datacenter_name }}/vm/my_folder"
    name: "{{ guest_name }}"
    state: powered-off
    scheduled_at: "09/01/2018 10:18"
    schedule_task_name: "task_00001"
    schedule_task_description: "Sample task to poweroff VM"
    schedule_task_enabled: True
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy_at_schedule_datetime

- name: Wait for the virtual machine to shutdown
  vmware_guest_powerstate:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "{{ guest_name }}"
    state: shutdown-guest
    state_change_timeout: 200
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: deploy

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