vmware_host_powerstate – Manages power states of host systems in vCenter
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- This module can be used to manage power states of host systems in given vCenter infrastructure.
- User can set power state to ‘power-down-to-standby’, ‘power-up-from-standby’, ‘shutdown-host’ and ‘reboot-host’.
- State ‘reboot-host’, ‘shutdown-host’ and ‘power-down-to-standby’ are not supported by all the host systems.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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cluster_name
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Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used.
This is required parameter if
esxi_hostname is not specified.
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esxi_hostname
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Name of the host system to work with.
This is required parameter if
cluster_name is not specified.
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force
boolean
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This parameter specify if the host should be proceeding with user defined powerstate regardless of whether it is in maintenance mode.
If
state set to
reboot-host and
force as
true , then host system is rebooted regardless of whether it is in maintenance mode.
If
state set to
shutdown-host and
force as
true , then host system is shutdown regardless of whether it is in maintenance mode.
If
state set to
power-down-to-standby and
force to
true , then all powered off VMs will evacuated.
Not applicable if
state set to
power-up-from-standby .
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hostname
string
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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 version 2.6.
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password
string
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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 version 2.6.
aliases: pass, pwd |
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port
integer
added in 2.5
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Default:
443
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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 version 2.6.
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state
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Set the state of the host system.
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timeout
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Default:
600
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This parameter defines timeout for
state set to
power-down-to-standby or
power-up-from-standby .
Ignored if
state set to
reboot-host or
shutdown-host .
This parameter is defined in seconds.
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username
string
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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 version 2.6.
aliases: admin, user |
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validate_certs
boolean
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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 version 2.6.
If set to
yes , please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
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Examples
- name: Set the state of a host system to reboot vmware_host_powerstate: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' validate_certs: no esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' state: reboot-host delegate_to: localhost register: reboot_host - name: Set the state of a host system to power down to standby vmware_host_powerstate: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' validate_certs: no esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' state: power-down-to-standby delegate_to: localhost register: power_down - name: Set the state of all host systems from cluster to reboot vmware_host_powerstate: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' validate_certs: no cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}' state: reboot-host delegate_to: localhost register: reboot_host
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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result
dictionary
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always |
metadata about host system's state
Sample:
{'esxi01': {'msg': "power down 'esxi01' to standby", 'error': ''}}
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Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>
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