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vcenter_license - Manage VMware vCenter license keys

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Add and delete vCenter license keys.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
hostname
 yes
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter.
labels
 no
The optional labels of the license key to manage in vSphere vCenter.
This is dictionary with key/value pair.
license
 yes
The license key to manage in vSphere vCenter.
password
 yes
The password to log into to the vSphere vCenter.

aliases: pass, pwd
state
 no present
  • absent
  • present
Whether to add (present) or remove (absent) the license key.
username
 yes
The username to log into the vSphere vCenter.

aliases: admin, user

Examples

- name: Add a new vCenter license
  vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove an (unused) vCenter license
  vmware_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
licenses
list of license keys after module executed
 always list ['f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341', '143cc-0e942-b2955-3ea12-d006f']


Notes

Note

  • This module will also auto-assign the current vCenter to the license key if the product matches the license key, and vCenter us currently assigned an evaluation license only.
  • The evaluation license (00000-00000-00000-00000-00000) is not listed when unused.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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