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community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle – Fetch logbundle file from ESXi

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_logbundle.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

This module can be used to fetch logbundle file from ESXi.

Requirements 

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

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
dest string / required	file destination on localhost, path must be exist.
esxi_hostname string / required	Name of the host system to fetch the logbundle.
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.
manifests list / elements=string	Logs to include in the logbundle file. Refer to the id key of the community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle_info module for values that can be specified in the manifest. Default: [“System:Base”, “System:CoreDumps”, “System:EsxImage”, “System:IOFilter”, “System:LoadESX”, “System:Modules”, “System:RDMA”, “System:ResourceGroups”, “System:TPM”, “System:VFlash”, “System:VMTools”, “System:VmiofPlugins”, “System:ntp”, “System:uwstats”, “Fcd:Catalog”, “VirtualMachines:CoreDumps”, “VirtualMachines:VirtualMachineStats”, “VirtualMachines:base”, “VirtualMachines:base”, “VirtualMachines:diskinfo”, “VirtualMachines:logs”, “Storage:FCoE”, “Storage:Multipathing”, “Storage:NAS”, “Storage:VSAN”, “Storage:VSANHealth”, “Storage:VSANIscsiTarget”, “Storage:VSANPerfStats”, “Storage:VSANPerfSvc”, “Storage:VSANTraces”, “Storage:VVOL”, “Storage:base”, “Storage:iodm”, “Storage:iscsi”, “FeatureStateSwitch:FeatureStateSwitch”, “Userworld:HostAgent”, “Userworld:ProcessInformation”, “Configuration:System”, “Logs:System”, “hostProfiles:SystemImageCacheHostProfile”, “hostProfiles:hostProfiles”, “FileSystem:VMFSDiskDump”, “FileSystem:base”, “ActiveDirectory:base”, “CIM:base”, “Hardware:base”, “Hardware:usb”, “Installer:base”, “Network:base”, “Network:dvs”, “Network:lacp”, “Network:nscd”, “Network:tcpip”, “IntegrityChecks:md5sums”]
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.
performance_data dictionary	Gather performance data for ESXi.
duration integer	Duration for which performance data is gathered. Default: 300
interval integer	Interval for which performance data is gathered. Default: 5
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

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

Examples 

- name: fetch logbundle file from ESXi
  community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    dest: ./esxi-log.tgz

- name: fetch logbundle file from ESXi with manifests
  community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    dest: ./esxi-log.tgz
    manifests:
      - System:Base
      - VirtualMachines:VirtualMachineStats

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
dest string	saved path of a logbundle file for ESXi Returned: on success Sample: {“changed”: true, “dest”: “./esxi-log.tgz”, “failed”: false, “gid”: 0, “group”: “root”, “mode”: “0644”, “owner”: “root”, “size”: 25783140, “state”: “file”, “uid”: 0}

Authors

sky-joker (@sky-joker)

community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle – Fetch logbundle file from ESXi

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values