community.vmware.vmware_local_role_info – Gather info about local roles on an ESXi host¶
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_local_role_info
.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
Tested on ESXi 6.5
Be sure that the ESXi user used for login, has the appropriate rights to view roles
The module returns a list of dict in version 2.8 and above.
Examples¶
- name: Gather info about local role from an ESXi
community.vmware.vmware_local_role_info:
hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
register: fact_details
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Get Admin privileges
set_fact:
admin_priv: "{{ fact_details.local_role_info | selectattr('role_name', 'equalto', 'Admin') | map(attribute='privileges') | first }}"
- debug:
msg: "{{ admin_priv }}"
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)