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community.vmware.vmware_local_role_facts – Gather facts about local roles on an ESXi host

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_local_role_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_local_role_info module.
Alternative: Use community.vmware.vmware_local_role_info instead.

Synopsis 

This module can be used to gather facts about local role facts on an ESXi host

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

Examples 

- name: Gather facts about local role from an ESXi
  community.vmware.vmware_local_role_facts:
    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_facts['Admin']['privileges'] }}"
- debug:
    msg: "{{ admin_priv }}"

Return Values 

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

Key

Description

local_role_facts

dictionary

Facts about role present on ESXi host

Returned: always

Sample: [{“privileges”: [“Alarm.Acknowledge”, “Alarm.Create”, “Alarm.Delete”, “Alarm.DisableActions”], “role_id”: -12, “role_info_label”: “Ansible User”, “role_info_summary”: “Ansible Automation user”, “role_name”: “AnsiUser1”, “role_system”: true}, {“privileges”: [], “role_id”: -5, “role_info_label”: “No access”, “role_info_summary”: “Used for restricting granted access”, “role_name”: “NoAccess”, “role_system”: true}, {“privileges”: [“System.Anonymous”, “System.View”], “role_id”: -3, “role_info_label”: “View”, “role_info_summary”: “Visibility access (cannot be granted)”, “role_name”: “View”, “role_system”: true}]

Status 

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

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)