vmware_guest_info – Gather info about a single VM¶
Synopsis¶
- Gather information about a single VM on a VMware ESX cluster.
- This module was called
vmware_guest_facts
before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
Aliases: vmware_guest_facts
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Examples¶
- name: Gather info from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
datacenter: ha-datacenter
validate_certs: no
uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
delegate_to: localhost
register: info
- name: Gather some info from a guest using the vSphere API output schema
vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
delegate_to: localhost
register: info
- name: Gather some information about a guest using MoID
vmware_guest_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
moid: vm-42
schema: "vsphere"
properties: ["config.hardware.memoryMB", "guest.disk", "overallStatus"]
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_moid_info
- name: Gather Managed object ID (moid) from a guest using the vSphere API output schema for REST Calls
vmware_guest_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
name: "{{ vm_name }}"
schema: "vsphere"
properties:
- _moId
delegate_to: localhost
register: moid_info
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Loic Blot (@nerzhul) <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>
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