vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary_info module – Returns a given local library.

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 4.4.0).

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 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.content_locallibrary_info.

New in vmware.vmware_rest 2.0.0

Requirements 

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

vSphere 7.0.3 or greater
python >= 3.6
aiohttp

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
library_id string	Identifier of the local library to return. The parameter must be the id of a resource returned by vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_info. Required with state=[‘get’]
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.
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 runs 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)

Examples 

- name: List Local Content Library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary_info:
  register: my_content_library

- name: List all Local Content Library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary_info:
  register: all_content_libraries

- name: Create a new local content library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary:
    name: local_library_001
    description: automated
    publish_info:
      published: true
      authentication_method: NONE
    storage_backings:
    - datastore_id: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.datastore_moid', '/my_dc/datastore/rw_datastore') }}"
      type: DATASTORE
    state: present
  register: ds_lib

- name: Retrieve the local content library information based upon id check mode
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary_info:
    library_id: '{{ ds_lib.id }}'
  register: result
  check_mode: true

Return Values 

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

Key

Description

value

list / elements=string

List all Local Content Library

Returned: On success

Sample: [{"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:22.940Z", "description": "automated", "id": "a66d5c73-57f8-4a3a-9361-292a55f68516", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:22.940Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/a66d5c73-57f8-4a3a-9361-292a55f68516/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:25.134Z", "description": "automated", "id": "3393956a-43ed-4e7f-bd96-eb39bd604445", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:25.134Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_0", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/3393956a-43ed-4e7f-bd96-eb39bd604445/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:26.342Z", "description": "automated", "id": "87f66f86-c046-45a7-9563-d59ea220babf", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:26.342Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_1", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/87f66f86-c046-45a7-9563-d59ea220babf/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:27.504Z", "description": "automated", "id": "f6c590c4-ae6d-4ad0-9362-378196e98a3c", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:27.504Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_2", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/f6c590c4-ae6d-4ad0-9362-378196e98a3c/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:28.821Z", "description": "automated", "id": "e8917499-2a4c-4b70-b39b-ae0caaef89c3", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:28.821Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_3", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/e8917499-2a4c-4b70-b39b-ae0caaef89c3/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:30.085Z", "description": "automated", "id": "630ebdfe-8913-45d3-aaa8-9c2fdecbb76b", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:30.085Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_4", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/630ebdfe-8913-45d3-aaa8-9c2fdecbb76b/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:31.482Z", "description": "automated", "id": "a046e2e5-bd55-4d04-9443-750a2ab35a6d", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:31.482Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_5", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/a046e2e5-bd55-4d04-9443-750a2ab35a6d/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:32.846Z", "description": "automated", "id": "b94383b1-7877-4dbd-8c33-51abc39451ff", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:32.846Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_6", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/b94383b1-7877-4dbd-8c33-51abc39451ff/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:34.218Z", "description": "automated", "id": "8e3efb68-cb84-4ce0-a65a-6c94cc6e6e00", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:34.218Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_7", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/8e3efb68-cb84-4ce0-a65a-6c94cc6e6e00/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:35.922Z", "description": "automated", "id": "0b12c0b3-6c6d-448d-9033-e054a70183e7", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:35.922Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_8", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/0b12c0b3-6c6d-448d-9033-e054a70183e7/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:37.796Z", "description": "automated", "id": "46454797-bbe0-415a-9fe9-3cf2f74a14db", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:37.796Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_9", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/46454797-bbe0-415a-9fe9-3cf2f74a14db/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}, {"creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:38.976Z", "description": "automated", "id": "209926aa-e3fe-46a5-95f2-501e82a5139b", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:02:38.976Z", "name": "my_library_on_nfs_10", "publish_info": {"authentication_method": "NONE", "persist_json_enabled": 0, "publish_url": "https://vcenter.test:443/cls/vcsp/lib/209926aa-e3fe-46a5-95f2-501e82a5139b/lib.json", "published": 1, "user_name": "vcsp"}, "server_guid": "52fb0b5e-ffc3-465b-bf4f-e4e6d5423cf5", "storage_backings": [{"storage_uri": "nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library", "type": "OTHER"}], "type": "LOCAL", "version": "2"}]

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vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary_info module – Returns a given local library.

Synopsis 

Requirements 

Parameters 

Notes 

Examples 

Return Values 

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vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary_info module – Returns a given local library.

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

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Synopsis 

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