vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_item_info module – Returns the ItemModel with the given identifier.

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 4.2.0).

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_library_item_info.

New in vmware.vmware_rest 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Returns the ItemModel with the given identifier.

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 library whose items should be returned.

The parameter must be the id of a resource returned by vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_info. Required with state=[‘list’]

library_item_id

string

Identifier of the library item to return.

The parameter must be the id of a resource returned by vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_item_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)

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 7.0.3

Examples

- name: Create a content library pointing on a NFS share
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_locallibrary:
    name: my_library_on_nfs
    description: automated
    publish_info:
      published: true
      authentication_method: NONE
    storage_backings:
    - storage_uri: nfs://datastore.test/srv/share/content-library
      type: OTHER
    state: present
  register: nfs_lib

- name: Get the list of items of the NFS library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_item_info:
    library_id: '{{ nfs_lib.id }}'
  register: lib_items

- name: Get the list of items of the NFS library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_item_info:
    library_id: '{{ nfs_lib.id }}'
  register: result

- 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: Get the (empty) list of items of the library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_item_info:
    library_id: '{{ ds_lib.id }}'
  register: result

- name: Create subscribed library
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_subscribedlibrary:
    name: sub_lib
    subscription_info:
      subscription_url: '{{ nfs_lib.value.publish_info.publish_url }}'
      authentication_method: NONE
      automatic_sync_enabled: false
      on_demand: true
    storage_backings:
    - datastore_id: "{{ lookup('vmware.vmware_rest.datastore_moid', '/my_dc/datastore/rw_datastore') }}"
      type: DATASTORE
  register: sub_lib

- name: Ensure the OVF is here
  vmware.vmware_rest.content_library_item_info:
    library_id: '{{ sub_lib.id }}'
  register: result

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

Return Values

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

Key

Description

value

list / elements=string

Ensure the OVF is here

Returned: On success

Sample: [{"cached": 0, "content_version": "2", "creation_time": "2022-11-23T20:06:05.707Z", "description": "an OVF example", "id": "f6618d6b-301b-4202-aa9c-12eb0c7536b1", "last_modified_time": "2022-11-23T20:06:06.062Z", "last_sync_time": "2022-11-23T20:06:06.061Z", "library_id": "8b4e355e-a463-44f1-9b04-d0786a49cc7d", "metadata_version": "1", "name": "golden_image", "security_compliance": 1, "size": 0, "source_id": "636ef270-b556-4972-924f-0d21b0f3bfce", "type": "ovf", "version": "1"}]

Authors

  • Ansible Cloud Team (@ansible-collections)