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community.vmware.vsphere_file module – Manage files on a vCenter datastore

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 5.7.2).

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.vsphere_file.

Synopsis

  • Manage files on a vCenter datastore.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

datacenter

string / required

The datacenter on the vCenter server that holds the datastore.

datastore

string / required

The datastore on the vCenter server to push files to.

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.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

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.

path

aliases: dest

string / required

The file or directory on the datastore on the vCenter server.

port

integer

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.

Default: 443

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.

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.

state

string

The state of or the action on the provided path.

If absent, the file will be removed.

If directory, the directory will be created.

If file, more information of the (existing) file will be returned.

If touch, an empty file will be created if the path does not exist.

Choices:

  • "absent"
  • "directory"
  • "file" ← (default)
  • "touch"

timeout

integer

The timeout in seconds for the upload to the datastore.

Default: 10

username

aliases: admin, user

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.

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

  • The vSphere folder API does not allow to remove directory objects.
  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.
  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: Create an empty file on a datastore
  community.vmware.vsphere_file:
    hostname: '{{ vhost }}'
    username: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    datacenter: DC1 Someplace
    datastore: datastore1
    path: some/remote/file
    state: touch
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a directory on a datastore
  community.vmware.vsphere_file:
    hostname: '{{ vhost }}'
    username: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    datacenter: DC2 Someplace
    datastore: datastore2
    path: other/remote/file
    state: directory
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query a file on a datastore
  community.vmware.vsphere_file:
    hostname: '{{ vhost }}'
    username: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    datacenter: DC1 Someplace
    datastore: datastore1
    path: some/remote/file
    state: file
  delegate_to: localhost
  ignore_errors: true

- name: Delete a file on a datastore
  community.vmware.vsphere_file:
    hostname: '{{ vhost }}'
    username: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    datacenter: DC2 Someplace
    datastore: datastore2
    path: other/remote/file
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vsphere_file_module.html