community.vmware.vmware_category – Manage VMware 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.

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
associable_object_types list / elements=string	Choices: All objects Cluster Content Library Datacenter Datastore Datastore Cluster Distributed Port Group Distributed Switch Folder Host Library item Network Host Network Opaque Network Resource Pool vApp Virtual Machine	List of object types that can be associated with the given category.
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
port integer	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.
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 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.

Notes

Note

• Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Create a category
  community.vmware.vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    category_name: Sample_Cat_0001
    category_description: Sample Description
    category_cardinality: 'multiple'
    state: present

- name: Rename category
  community.vmware.vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    category_name: Sample_Category_0001
    new_category_name: Sample_Category_0002
    state: present

- name: Update category description
  community.vmware.vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    category_name: Sample_Category_0001
    category_description: Some fancy description
    state: present

- name: Delete category
  community.vmware.vmware_category:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    category_name: Sample_Category_0002
    state: absent

- name: Create category with 2 associable object types
  community.vmware.vmware_category:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    category_name: 'Sample_Category_0003'
    category_description: 'sample description'
    associable_object_types:
    - Datastore
    - Cluster
    state: present

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.'}

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)