vmware_category – Manage VMware categories

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to create / delete / update VMware categories.
  • Tag feature is introduced in vSphere 6 version, so this module is not supported in the earlier versions of vSphere.
  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi
  • vSphere Automation SDK

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
category_cardinality
string
    Choices:
  • multiple ←
  • single
The category cardinality.
This parameter is ignored, when updating existing category.
category_description
string
Default:
""
The category description.
This is required only if state is set to present.
This parameter is ignored, when state is set to absent.
category_name
string / required
The name of category to manage.
hostname
string
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.
new_category_name
string
The new name for an existing category.
This value is used while updating an existing category.
password
string
The password of the vSphere vCenter server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

aliases: pass, pwd
protocol
string
    Choices:
  • http
  • https ←
The connection to protocol.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
The state of category.
If set to present and category does not exists, then category is created.
If set to present and category exists, then category is updated.
If set to absent and category exists, then category is deleted.
If set to absent and category does not exists, no action is taken.
Process of updating category only allows name, description change.
username
string
The username of the vSphere vCenter server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

aliases: admin, user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid.
Set to no 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.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Create a category
  vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
    category_name: Sample_Cat_0001
    category_description: Sample Description
    category_cardinality: 'multiple'
    state: present

- name: Rename category
  vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
    category_name: Sample_Category_0001
    new_category_name: Sample_Category_0002
    state: present

- name: Update category description
  vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
    category_name: Sample_Category_0001
    category_description: Some fancy description
    state: present

- name: Delete category
  vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
    category_name: Sample_Category_0002
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
category_results
dictionary
on success
dictionary of category metadata

Sample:
{'category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:d7120bda-9fa5-4f92-9d71-aa1acff2e5a8:GLOBAL', 'msg': 'Category NewCat_0001 updated.'}


Status

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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