community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle module – Fetch logbundle file from ESXi

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 6.1.0).

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.

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

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to fetch logbundle file from ESXi.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

dest

string / required

file destination on localhost, path must be exist.

download_timeout

integer

added in community.vmware 4.5.0

The user defined timeout in seconds of exporting the log file.

The default of the function this module uses is so low that you have to set this this to a higher value in all probabilty.

esxi_hostname

string / required

Name of the host system to fetch the logbundle.

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.

manifests

list / elements=string

Logs to include in the logbundle file.

Refer to the id key of the community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle_info module for values that can be specified in the manifest.

Default: ["System:Base", "System:CoreDumps", "System:EsxImage", "System:IOFilter", "System:LoadESX", "System:Modules", "System:RDMA", "System:ResourceGroups", "System:TPM", "System:VFlash", "System:VMTools", "System:VmiofPlugins", "System:ntp", "System:uwstats", "Fcd:Catalog", "VirtualMachines:CoreDumps", "VirtualMachines:VirtualMachineStats", "VirtualMachines:base", "VirtualMachines:base", "VirtualMachines:diskinfo", "VirtualMachines:logs", "Storage:FCoE", "Storage:Multipathing", "Storage:NAS", "Storage:VSAN", "Storage:VSANHealth", "Storage:VSANIscsiTarget", "Storage:VSANPerfStats", "Storage:VSANPerfSvc", "Storage:VSANTraces", "Storage:VVOL", "Storage:base", "Storage:iodm", "Storage:iscsi", "FeatureStateSwitch:FeatureStateSwitch", "Userworld:HostAgent", "Userworld:ProcessInformation", "Configuration:System", "Logs:System", "hostProfiles:SystemImageCacheHostProfile", "hostProfiles:hostProfiles", "FileSystem:VMFSDiskDump", "FileSystem:base", "ActiveDirectory:base", "CIM:base", "Hardware:base", "Hardware:usb", "Installer:base", "Network:base", "Network:dvs", "Network:lacp", "Network:nscd", "Network:tcpip", "IntegrityChecks:md5sums"]

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.

performance_data

dictionary

Gather performance data for ESXi.

duration

integer

Duration for which performance data is gathered.

Default: 300

interval

integer

Interval for which performance data is gathered.

Default: 5

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter server.

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

Default: 443

proxy_host

string

The 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

The 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 require API write access and hence are not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

  • Modules may rely on the ‘requests’ python library, which does not use the system certificate store by default. You can specify the certificate store by setting the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Note having this variable set may cause a ‘false’ value for the ‘validate_certs’ option to be ignored in some cases. Example: ‘export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/path/to/your/ca_bundle.pem’

Examples

- name: fetch logbundle file from ESXi
  community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    dest: ./esxi-log.tgz

- name: fetch logbundle file from ESXi with manifests
  community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    dest: ./esxi-log.tgz
    manifests:
      - System:Base
      - VirtualMachines:VirtualMachineStats

Return Values

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

Key

Description

dest

string

saved path of a logbundle file for ESXi

Returned: on success

Sample: "{'changed': True, 'dest': './esxi-log.tgz', 'failed': False, 'gid': 0, 'group': 'root', 'mode': '0644', 'owner': 'root', 'size': 25783140, 'state': 'file', 'uid': 0}"

Authors

  • sky-joker (@sky-joker)