community.vmware.vmware_content_library_manager module – Create, update and delete VMware content library

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.1).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_content_library_manager.

Synopsis

  • Module to manage VMware content Library

  • Content Library feature is introduced in vSphere 6.0 version, so this module is not supported in the earlier versions of vSphere.

Requirements

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

  • vSphere Automation SDK

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

datastore_name

aliases: datastore

string

Name of the datastore on which backing content library is created.

This is required if state=present.

This parameter is ignored, when state=absent.

Currently only datastore backing creation is supported.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

library_description

string

The content library description.

This is required only if state=present.

This parameter is ignored, when state=absent.

Process of updating content library only allows description change.

library_name

string / required

The name of VMware content library to manage.

library_type

string

The content library type.

This is required only if state=resent.

This parameter is ignored, when state=absent.

Choices:

  • "local" ← (default)

  • "subscribed"

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter.

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

Default: 443

protocol

string

The connection to protocol.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https" ← (default)

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.

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.

ssl_thumbprint

string

The SHA1 SSL thumbprint of the subscribed content library to subscribe to.

This is required if library_type=subscribed and the library is https.

This parameter is ignored, when state=absent.

The information can be extracted using openssl using the following example: echo | openssl s_client -connect test-library.com:443 |& openssl x509 -fingerprint -noout

Default: ""

state

string

The state of content library.

If set to present and library does not exists, then content library is created.

If set to present and library exists, then content library is updated.

If set to absent and library exists, then content library is deleted.

If set to absent and library does not exists, no action is taken.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

subscription_url

string

The url of the content library to subscribe to.

This is required if library_type=subscribed.

This parameter is ignored, when state=absent.

Default: ""

update_on_demand

boolean

Whether to download all content on demand.

If set to true, all content will be downloaded on demand.

If set to false content will be downloaded ahead of time.

This is required if library_type=subscribed.

This parameter is ignored, when state=absent.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

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:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

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

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: Create Local Content Library
  community.vmware.vmware_content_library_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    library_name: test-content-lib
    library_description: 'Library with Datastore Backing'
    library_type: local
    datastore_name: datastore
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create Subscribed Content Library
  community.vmware.vmware_content_library_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    library_name: test-content-lib
    library_description: 'Subscribed Library with Datastore Backing'
    library_type: subscribed
    datastore_name: datastore
    subscription_url: 'https://library.url'
    ssl_thumbprint: 'aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:gg:hh:ii:jj:kk:ll:mm:nn:oo:pp:qq:rr:ss:tt'
    update_on_demand: true
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update Content Library
  community.vmware.vmware_content_library_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    library_name: test-content-lib
    library_description: 'Library with Datastore Backing'
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete Content Library
  community.vmware.vmware_content_library_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    library_name: test-content-lib
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

content_library_info

dictionary

library creation success and library_id

Returned: on success

Sample: {"library_description": "Test description", "library_id": "d0b92fa9-7039-4f29-8e9c-0debfcb22b72", "library_type": "LOCAL", "msg": "Content Library 'demo-local-lib-4' created."}

Authors

  • Pavan Bidkar (@pgbidkar)