community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info – Gather information about VMware vSphere Datacenters

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_datacenter_info.

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather information VMware vSphere Datacenters.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
datacenter string		The name of the datacenter to gather information for. If not provided, will gather information about all datacenters from the VMware infra. 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.
properties list / elements=string		Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vSphere API. Example: properties: [ "overallStatus" ] Only valid when `schema` is `vsphere`.
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.
schema string	Choices: summary ← vsphere	Specify the output schema desired. The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module. The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1.
show_tag boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Tags related to Datacenter are shown if set to `True`.
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
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Gather information about all datacenters
  community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather information about a particular datacenter
  community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather information about a particular datacenter
  community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    show_tag: True
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Gather vSphere schema information
  community.vmware.vmware_datacenter_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
    - configStatus
    - overallStatus

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
datacenter_info list / elements=string	always	Information about datacenter Sample: [{'configStatus': 'gray', 'moid': 'datacenter-2', 'name': 'Asia-Datacenter1'}]

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 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_datacenter_info_module.html

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