community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info module – Gather info vCenter settings

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.

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

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather information about vCenter settings.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

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.

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.

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.

Default: 443

properties

list / elements=string

Specify the properties to retrieve.

Example:

properties: [

“config.workflow.port”

]

Only valid when schema=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.

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.

Choices:

  • "summary" ← (default)

  • "vsphere"

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.

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: "Gather info about vCenter settings"
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  register: vcenter_settings_info

- name: "Gather some info from vCenter using the vSphere API output schema"
  community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - config.workflow.port
  register: vcenter_settings_info_vsphere_api

Return Values

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

Key

Description

vcenter_config_info

dictionary

dict of vCenter settings

Returned: success

Sample: {"db_event_cleanup_previous": true, "db_event_retention_previous": 30, "db_max_connections_previous": 50, "db_task_cleanup_previous": true, "db_task_retention_previous": 30, "directory_query_limit_previous": true, "directory_query_limit_size_previous": 5000, "directory_timeout_previous": 60, "directory_validation_period_previous": 1440, "directory_validation_previous": true, "logging_options_previous": "info", "mail_sender_previous": "", "mail_server_previous": "", "runtime_managed_address_previous": "", "runtime_server_name_previous": "vcenter.local", "runtime_unique_id_previous": 48, "snmp_1_community_previous": "public", "snmp_1_enabled_previous": true, "snmp_1_url_previous": "localhost", "snmp_2_community_previous": "", "snmp_2_enabled_previous": false, "snmp_2_url_previous": "", "snmp_3_community_previous": "", "snmp_3_enabled_previous": false, "snmp_3_url_previous": "", "snmp_4_community_previous": "", "snmp_4_enabled_previous": false, "snmp_4_url_previous": "", "snmp_receiver_1_port_previous": 162, "snmp_receiver_2_port_previous": 162, "snmp_receiver_3_port_previous": 162, "snmp_receiver_4_port_previous": 162, "timeout_long_operations_previous": 120, "timeout_normal_operations_previous": 30}

Authors

  • sky-joker (@sky-joker)