community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info – Gather info about boot options for the given virtual machine

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_guest_boot_info.

Synopsis

Gather information about boot options for the given virtual machine.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

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.
moid string		Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance. This is required if `name` or `uuid` is not supplied.
name string		Name of the VM to work with. This is required if `uuid` or `moid` parameter is not supplied.
name_match string	Choices: first ← last	If multiple virtual machines matching the name, use the first or last found.
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.
use_instance_uuid boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
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
uuid string		UUID of the instance to manage if known, this is VMware's BIOS UUID by default. This is required if `name` or `moid` parameter is not supplied.
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 info about virtual machine's boot order and related parameters
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
  register: vm_boot_order_info

- name: Gather information about virtual machine's boot order using MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    moid: "vm-42"
  register: vm_moid_boot_order_info

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
vm_boot_info dictionary	always	metadata about boot order of virtual machine Sample: {'current_boot_delay': 2000, 'current_boot_firmware': 'bios', 'current_boot_order': ['floppy', 'disk', 'ethernet', 'cdrom'], 'current_boot_retry_delay': 22300, 'current_boot_retry_enabled': True, 'current_enter_bios_setup': True, 'current_secure_boot_enabled': False}

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_guest_boot_info_module.html

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