community.vmware.vmware_vc_infraprofile_info module – List and Export VMware vCenter infra profile configs.

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.0).

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. 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_vc_infraprofile_info.

Synopsis

  • Module to manage VMware vCenter infra profile configs.

  • vCenter infra profile Library feature is introduced in vSphere 7.0 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

api

string

API which needs to be executed

Choices:

  • "export"

  • "import"

  • "list"

  • "validate"

config_path

string

Config file path which contains infra profile config JSON data, supports both relative and absolute path.

This parameter is required only when import,validate APIs are being used.

decryption_key

string

decryption_key argument for while doing import profile task as of now its not taken into account form API team.

description

string

Description of about encryption or decryption key.

encryption_key

string

encryption_key argument for while doing import profile task as of now its not taken into account form API team.

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.

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

profiles

string

A list of profile names to be exported, imported, and validated.

This parameter is not required while running for List API, not for export,import and validate.

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.

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: Get information about VC infraprofile
  vmware_vc_infraprofile_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: export vCenter appliance infra profile config
  vmware_vc_infraprofile_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    api: "export"
    profiles: "ApplianceManagement"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: validate vCenter appliance infra profile config
  vmware_vc_infraprofile_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    api: "validate"
    profiles: "ApplianceManagement"
    config_path: "export.json"

- name: import vCenter appliance infra profile config
  vmware_vc_infraprofile_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    api: "import"
    profiles: "ApplianceManagement"
    config_path: "import.json"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

export_infra

dictionary

A message about the exported file

Returned: On success with API set as “export”

Sample: {"export_config_json": "json exported to file"}

import_profile

dictionary

A message about import on import_profile spec

Returned: On success with API set as “import”

Sample: {"changed": true, "failed": false, "status": "0.0"}

list_infra

list / elements=string

A list of infra configs,

Returned: on success with API as “list”

Sample: [{"info": "ApplianceManagement", "name": "ApplianceManagement"}, {"info": "ApplianceNetwork", "name": "ApplianceNetwork"}, {"info": "Authentication & Authorization Management", "name": "AuthManagement"}]

validate_infra

dictionary

A message about validate on exported file

Returned: On success with API set as “validate”

Sample: {"changed": false, "failed": false, "status": "VALID"}

Authors

  • Naveenkumar G P (@ngp)