vmware_vm_info – Return basic info pertaining to a VMware machine guest¶
Synopsis¶
- Return basic information pertaining to a vSphere or ESXi virtual machine guest.
- Cluster name as fact is added in version 2.7.
- This module was called
vmware_vm_factsbefore Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
Aliases: vmware_vm_facts
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
- Tested on ESXi 6.7, vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.5
- From 2.8 and onwards, information are returned as list of dict instead of dict.
Examples¶
- name: Gather all registered virtual machines
vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: vminfo
- debug:
var: vminfo.virtual_machines
- name: Gather only registered virtual machine templates
vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
vm_type: template
delegate_to: localhost
register: template_info
- debug:
var: template_info.virtual_machines
- name: Gather only registered virtual machines
vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
vm_type: vm
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
var: vm_info.virtual_machines
- name: Get UUID from given VM Name
block:
- name: Get virtual machine info
vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.uuid }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"
- name: Get Tags from given VM Name
block:
- name: Get virtual machine info
vmware_vm_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_info
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.tags }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"
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¶
- Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
- Fedor Vompe (@sumkincpp)
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