Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection.
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_facts.
major release after 2021-12-01
Deprecated in favour of community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info module.
Use community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info instead.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| spec_name string | Name of customization specification to find. | |
| 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 |
| 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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. |
Note
- name: Gather facts about all customization specification
community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
delegate_to: localhost
register: all_custom_spec_facts
- name: Gather facts about customization specification with the given name
community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
spec_name: custom_linux_spec
delegate_to: localhost
register: custom_spec_facts
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| custom_spec_facts dictionary | always | metadata about the customization specification Sample: {'assignip-eee0d684-44b7-457c-8c55-2585590b0d99': {'change_version': '1523438001', 'description': 'sample description', 'dns_server_list': [], 'dns_suffix_list': [], 'domain': 'None', 'hostname': 'sample1', 'hw_clock_utc': None, 'last_updated_time': '2018-04-11T09:13:21+00:00', 'name': 'sample', 'nic_setting_map': [{'dns_domain': None, 'gateway': [], 'ip_address': '192.168.10.10', 'net_bios': None, 'nic_dns_server_list': [], 'primary_wins': None, 'secondry_wins': None, 'subnet_mask': '255.255.255.0'}], 'time_zone': None, 'type': 'Linux'}} |
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_guest_customization_facts_module.html