community.vmware.vmware_category_facts – Gather facts about VMware tag categories¶
Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.9.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_category_facts
.
DEPRECATED¶
- Removed in
major release after 2021-12-01
- Why
Deprecated in favour of community.vmware.vmware_category_info module.
- Alternative
Use community.vmware.vmware_category_info instead.
Synopsis¶
This module can be used to gather facts about VMware tag categories.
Tag feature is introduced in vSphere 6 version, so this module is not supported in 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¶
Examples¶
- name: Gather facts about tag categories
community.vmware.vmware_category_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
delegate_to: localhost
register: all_tag_category_facts
- name: Gather category id from given tag category
community.vmware.vmware_category_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
delegate_to: localhost
register: tag_category_results
- set_fact:
category_id: "{{ item.category_id }}"
loop: "{{ tag_category_results.tag_category_facts|json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?category_name==`Category0001`]"
- debug: var=category_id
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
This module will be removed in a major release after 2021-12-01. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.
Authors¶
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)