vmware.vmware_rest.folder_moid lookup – Look up MoID for vSphere folder objects using vCenter REST API

Note

This lookup plugin is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 2.2.0).

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 vmware.vmware_rest.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vmware.vmware_rest.folder_moid.

New in version 2.1.0: of vmware.vmware_rest

Synopsis

  • Returns Managed Object Reference (MoID) of the vSphere folder object contained in the specified path.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.

  • vSphere 7.0.2 or greater

  • python >= 3.6

  • aiohttp

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

_terms

string / required

Path to query.

vcenter_hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

vcenter_password

string / required

The vSphere vCenter password.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

vcenter_rest_log_file

string

You can use this optional parameter to set the location of a log file.

This file will be used to record the HTTP REST interaction.

The file will be stored on the host that run the module.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_REST_LOG_FILE will be used instead.

vcenter_username

string / required

The vSphere vCenter username.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

vcenter_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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Examples

# lookup sample
- name: set connection info
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    connection_args:
        vcenter_hostname: "vcenter.test"
        vcenter_username: "[email protected]"
        vcenter_password: "1234"

- name: lookup MoID of the object
  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.folder_moid', '/my_dc/vm/foo/bar', **connection_args) }}"

- name: lookup MoID of the object inside the path
  ansible.builtin.debug: msg="{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.folder_moid', '/my_dc/vm/foo/') }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

_raw

string

MoID of the vSphere folder object

Returned: success

Sample: “group-v1029”

Authors

  • Alina Buzachis (@alinabuzachis)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.