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community.vmware.vmware_folder_info – Provides information about folders in a datacenter

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

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_folder_info.

Synopsis

  • The module can be used to gather a hierarchical view of the folders that exist within a datacenter

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datacenter
string / required
Name of the datacenter.

aliases: datacenter_name
hostname
string
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
password
string
The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
integer
Default:
443
The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host
string
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.
This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port
integer
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
string
The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

aliases: admin, user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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.
Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5
  • flat_folder_info added in VMware collection 1.4.0.
  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Provide information about vCenter folders
  community.vmware.vmware_folder_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: datacenter_name
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vcenter_folder_info

- name: Get information about folders
  community.vmware.vmware_folder_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: 'Asia-Datacenter1'
  register: r

- name: Set Managed object ID for the given folder
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    folder_mo_id: "{{ (r.flat_folder_info | selectattr('path', 'equalto', '/Asia-Datacenter1/vm/tier1/tier2') | map(attribute='moid'))[0] }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
flat_folder_info
list / elements=string
success
list of dict about folders in flat structure

Sample:
[{'moid': 'group-v3', 'path': '/Asia-Datacenter1/vm'}, {'moid': 'group-v44', 'path': '/Asia-Datacenter1/vm/tier1'}, {'moid': 'group-v45', 'path': '/Asia-Datacenter1/vm/tier1/tier2'}]
folder_info
dictionary
success
dict about folders

Sample:
{'datastoreFolders': {'moid': 'group-v10', 'path': '/DC01/datastore', 'subfolders': {'Local Datastores': {'path': '/DC01/datastore/Local Datastores', 'subfolders': {}}}}, 'hostFolders': {'moid': 'group-v21', 'path': '/DC01/host', 'subfolders': {}}, 'networkFolders': {'moid': 'group-v31', 'path': '/DC01/network', 'subfolders': {}}, 'vmFolders': {'moid': 'group-v41', 'path': '/DC01/vm', 'subfolders': {'Core Infrastructure Servers': {'moid': 'group-v42', 'path': '/DC01/vm/Core Infrastructure Servers', 'subfolders': {'Staging Network Services': {'moid': 'group-v43', 'path': '/DC01/vm/Core Infrastructure Servers/Staging Network Services', 'subfolders': {}}, 'VMware': {'moid': 'group-v44', 'path': '/DC01/vm/Core Infrastructure Servers/VMware', 'subfolders': {}}}}}}}


Authors

  • David Hewitt (@davidmhewitt)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_folder_info_module.html