vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_guest_filesystem_directories module – Creates a directory in the guest operating system

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 2.3.1).

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

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

New in vmware.vmware_rest 2.0.0

Synopsis

• Creates a directory in the guest operating system. <p>

Requirements

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

• vSphere 7.0.2 or greater

• python >= 3.6

• aiohttp

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
create_parents boolean	Whether any parent directories should be created. If any failure occurs, some parent directories could be left behind. Choices: false true
credentials dictionary / required	The guest authentication data. This parameter is mandatory. Valid attributes are: interactive_session (bool): If {@term set}, theoperation will interact with the logged-in desktop session in the guest. This requires that the logged-on user matches the user specified by the {@link Credentials}. This is currently only supported for {@link Type#USERNAME_PASSWORD}. ([‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’]) This key is required with [‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’]. type (str): Types of guest credentials ([‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’]) This key is required with [‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’]. Accepted values: SAML_BEARER_TOKEN USERNAME_PASSWORD user_name (str): For {@link Type#SAML_BEARER_TOKEN}, this is the guest user to be associated with the credentials. For {@link Type#USERNAME_PASSWORD} this is the guest username. ([‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’]) password (str): password ([‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’]) saml_token (str): SAML Bearer Token ([‘absent’, ‘create_temporary’, ‘move’, ‘present’])
new_path string	The complete path to where the directory is moved or its new name. It cannot be a path to an existing directory or an existing file. Required with state=[‘move’]
parent_path string	The complete path to the directory in which to create the new directory.
path string	The complete path to the directory to be created. Required with state=[‘absent’, ‘move’, ‘present’]
prefix string	The prefix to be given to the new temporary directory. Required with state=[‘create_temporary’]
recursive boolean	If true, all files and subdirectories are also deleted. If false, the directory must be empty for the operation to succeed. Choices: false true
session_timeout float added in vmware.vmware_rest 2.1.0	Timeout settings for client session. The maximal number of seconds for the whole operation including connection establishment, request sending and response. The default value is 300s.
state string	Choices: "absent" "create_temporary" "move" "present" ← (default)
suffix string	The suffix to be given to the new temporary directory. Required with state=[‘create_temporary’]
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: false true ← (default)
vm string / required	Virtual Machine to perform the operation on. This parameter is mandatory.

Notes

Note

• Tested on vSphere 7.0.2

Examples

- name: Create a VM
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm:
    placement:
      cluster: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.cluster_moid', '/my_dc/host/my_cluster') }}"
      datastore: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.datastore_moid', '/my_dc/datastore/local') }}"
      folder: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.folder_moid', '/my_dc/vm') }}"
      resource_pool: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.resource_pool_moid', '/my_dc/host/my_cluster/Resources') }}"
    name: test_vm1
    guest_OS: RHEL_7_64
    hardware_version: VMX_11
    memory:
      hot_add_enabled: true
      size_MiB: 1024
    disks:
    - type: SATA
      backing:
        type: VMDK_FILE
        vmdk_file: '[local] test_vm1/{{ disk_name }}.vmdk'
    - type: SATA
      new_vmdk:
        name: second_disk
        capacity: 32000000000
    cdroms:
    - type: SATA
      sata:
        bus: 0
        unit: 2
    nics:
    - backing:
        type: STANDARD_PORTGROUP
        network: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.network_moid', '/my_dc/network/VM Network') }}"
  register: my_vm

- name: Create a directory in /tmp
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_guest_filesystem_directories:
    vm: '{{ my_vm.id }}'
    path: /tmp/my/path
    create_parents: true
    credentials:
      interactive_session: false
      type: USERNAME_PASSWORD
      user_name: root
      password: root

Authors

• Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
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• Repository (Sources)