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

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 3.11.1).

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

  • 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.

  • Connection state fact added in VMware collection 2.6.0.

  • Please note that when ESXi host connection state is not connected, facts returned from vCenter might be stale. Users are recommended to check connection state value and take appropriate decision in the playbook.

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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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:

  • false

  • true ← (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)