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community.vmware.vmware_host_facts module – Gathers facts about remote ESXi hostsystem

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.18.2).

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_facts.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis 

This module can be used to gathers facts like CPU, memory, datastore, network and system etc. about ESXi host system.
Please specify hostname or IP address of ESXi host system as hostname.
If hostname or IP address of vCenter is provided as hostname and esxi_hostname is not specified, then the module will throw an error.
VSAN facts added in 2.7 version.
SYSTEM fact uuid added in 2.10 version.
Please note that when ESXi host connection state is not connected, facts returned from vCenter might be stale.

Requirements 

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
esxi_hostname string	ESXi hostname. Host facts about the specified ESXi server will be returned. By specifying this option, you can select which ESXi hostsystem is returned if connecting to a vCenter.
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
properties list / elements=string	Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API. Example: properties: [ “hardware.memorySize”, “hardware.cpuInfo.numCpuCores”, “config.product.apiVersion”, “overallStatus” ] Only valid when `schema` is `vsphere`.
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.
schema string	Specify the output schema desired. The ‘summary’ output schema is the legacy output from the module The ‘vsphere’ output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1 Choices: summary ← (default) vsphere
show_tag boolean	Tags related to Host are shown if set to `True`. 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.
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: Gather vmware host facts
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
  register: host_facts
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather vmware host facts from vCenter
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
  register: host_facts
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather vmware host facts from vCenter with tag information
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    show_tag: True
  register: host_facts_tag
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Get VSAN Cluster UUID from host facts
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
  register: host_facts
- set_fact:
    cluster_uuid: "{{ host_facts['ansible_facts']['vsan_cluster_uuid'] }}"

- name: Gather some info from a host using the vSphere API output schema
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - hardware.memorySize
      - hardware.cpuInfo.numCpuCores
      - config.product.apiVersion
      - overallStatus
  register: host_facts

- name: Gather information about powerstate and connection state
  community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - runtime.connectionState
      - runtime.powerState

- name: How to retrieve Product, Version, Build, Update info for ESXi from vCenter
  block:
    - name: Gather product version info for ESXi from vCenter
      community.vmware.vmware_host_facts:
        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
        esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
        schema: vsphere
        properties:
          - config.product
          - config.option
      register: gather_host_facts_result

    - name: Extract update level info from option properties
      set_fact:
        update_level_info: "{{ item.value }}"
      loop: "{{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.option }}"
      when:
        - item.key == 'Misc.HostAgentUpdateLevel'

    - name: The output of Product, Version, Build, Update info for ESXi
      debug:
        msg:
          - "Product : {{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.product.name }}"
          - "Version : {{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.product.version }}"
          - "Build   : {{ gather_host_facts_result.ansible_facts.config.product.build }}"
          - "Update  : {{ update_level_info }}"

Authors

Wei Gao (@woshihaoren)

Collection links

Issue Tracker Homepage Repository (Sources)

community.vmware.vmware_host_facts module – Gathers facts about remote ESXi hostsystem

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples