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community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_facts – Gather facts about boot options for the given virtual machine

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.17.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_facts.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED 

Removed in: major release after 2021-12-01
Why: Deprecated in favour of community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info module.
Alternative: Use community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info instead.

Synopsis 

Gather facts about boot options for the given virtual machine.

Requirements 

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
hostname string	The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
moid string	Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance. This is required if `name` or `uuid` is not supplied.
name string	Name of the VM to work with. This is required if `uuid` or `moid` parameter is not supplied.
name_match string	If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found. Choices: first ← (default) last
password aliases: pass, pwd string	The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
port integer	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. Default: 443
proxy_host string	Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer	Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
use_instance_uuid boolean	Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID. Choices: no ← (default) yes
username aliases: admin, user string	The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
uuid string	UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware’s BIOS UUID by default. This is required if `name` or `moid` parameter is not supplied.
validate_certs boolean	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. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Notes 

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples 

- name: Gather facts about virtual machine's boot order and related parameters
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
  register: vm_boot_order_facts

- name: Gather facts about virtual machine's boot order using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    moid: "vm-42"
  register: vm_moid_boot_order_facts

Return Values 

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
vm_boot_facts dictionary	metadata about boot order of virtual machine Returned: always Sample: {“current_boot_delay”: 2000, “current_boot_firmware”: “bios”, “current_boot_order”: [“floppy”, “disk”, “ethernet”, “cdrom”], “current_boot_retry_delay”: 22300, “current_boot_retry_enabled”: true, “current_enter_bios_setup”: true, “current_secure_boot_enabled”: false}

Status 

This module will be removed in a major release after 2021-12-01. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)