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community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s feature capability information

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_host_feature_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_host_feature_info module.
Alternative: Use community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_info instead.

Synopsis 

This module can be used to gather facts 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 

Parameter	Comments
cluster_name string	Name of the cluster from all host systems to be used for facts gathering. If `esxi_hostname` is not given, this parameter is required.
esxi_hostname string	ESXi hostname to gather facts from. If `cluster_name` is not given, this parameter is required.
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.
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.
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.
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 feature capability facts about all ESXi Hosts in given Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_cluster_hosts_facts

- name: Check if ESXi is vulnerable for Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) vulnerability
  community.vmware.vmware_host_feature_facts:
    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_facts[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:

Key	Description
hosts_feature_facts dictionary	metadata about host’s feature capability information Returned: always Sample: {“10.76.33.226”: [{“feature_name”: “cpuid.3DNOW”, “key”: “cpuid.3DNOW”, “value”: “0”}, {“feature_name”: “cpuid.3DNOWPLUS”, “key”: “cpuid.3DNOWPLUS”, “value”: “0”}]}

Status 

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

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)