vmware_host_service_manager – Manage services on a given ESXi host

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to manage (start, stop, restart) services on a given ESXi host.
  • If cluster_name is provided, specified service will be managed on all ESXi host belonging to that cluster.
  • If specific esxi_hostname is provided, then specified service will be managed on given ESXi host only.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster_name
string
Name of the cluster.
Service settings are applied to every ESXi host system/s in given cluster.
If esxi_hostname is not given, this parameter is required.
esxi_hostname
string
ESXi hostname.
Service settings are applied to this ESXi host system.
If cluster_name is not given, this parameter is required.
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
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.
service_name
string / required
Name of Service to be managed. This is a brief identifier for the service, for example, ntpd, vxsyslogd etc.
This value should be a valid ESXi service name.
service_policy
string
    Choices:
  • automatic
  • off
  • on
Set of valid service policy strings.
If set on, then service should be started when the host starts up.
If set automatic, then service should run if and only if it has open firewall ports.
If set off, then Service should not be started when the host starts up.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
  • restart
  • start ←
  • stop
Desired state of service.
State value 'start' and 'present' has same effect.
State value 'stop' and 'absent' has same effect.
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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Start ntpd service setting for all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  vmware_host_service_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    service_name: ntpd
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Start ntpd setting for an ESXi Host
  vmware_host_service_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    service_name: ntpd
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Start ntpd setting for an ESXi Host with Service policy
  vmware_host_service_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    service_name: ntpd
    service_policy: on
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Stop ntpd setting for an ESXi Host
  vmware_host_service_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    service_name: ntpd
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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