community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s feature capability information¶
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_host_feature_info
.
Synopsis¶
This module can be used to gather information about an ESXi host’s feature capability information when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Examples¶
- name: Gather feature capability info about all ESXi Hosts in given Cluster
community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: all_cluster_hosts_info
- name: Check if ESXi is vulnerable for Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) vulnerability
community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_info:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
register: features_set
- set_fact:
ssbd : "{{ item.value }}"
loop: "{{ features_set.host_feature_info[esxi_hostname] |json_query(name) }}"
vars:
name: "[?key=='cpuid.SSBD']"
- assert:
that:
- ssbd|int == 1
when: ssbd is defined
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)