community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_manager – Manage 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_manager.

Synopsis

This module can be used to manage 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
boot_delay integer	Default: 0	Delay in milliseconds before starting the boot sequence.
boot_firmware string	Choices: bios efi	Choose which firmware should be used to boot the virtual machine.
boot_order list / elements=string	Default: []	List of the boot devices.
boot_retry_delay integer	Default: 0	Specify the time in milliseconds between virtual machine boot failure and subsequent attempt to boot again. If set, will automatically set `boot_retry_enabled` to `True` as this parameter is required.
boot_retry_enabled boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set to `True`, the virtual machine that fails to boot, will try to boot again after `boot_retry_delay` is expired. If set to `False`, the virtual machine waits indefinitely for user intervention.
enter_bios_setup boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set to `True`, the virtual machine automatically enters BIOS setup the next time it boots. The virtual machine resets this flag, so that the machine boots proceeds normally.
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.
secure_boot_enabled boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Choose if EFI secure boot should be enabled. EFI secure boot can only be enabled with boot_firmware = efi
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: Change virtual machine's boot order and related parameters
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: testvm
    boot_delay: 2000
    enter_bios_setup: True
    boot_retry_enabled: True
    boot_retry_delay: 22300
    boot_firmware: bios
    secure_boot_enabled: False
    boot_order:
      - floppy
      - cdrom
      - ethernet
      - disk
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_boot_order

- name: Change virtual machine's boot order using Virtual Machine MoID
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_boot_manager:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    moid: vm-42
    boot_delay: 2000
    enter_bios_setup: True
    boot_retry_enabled: True
    boot_retry_delay: 22300
    boot_firmware: bios
    secure_boot_enabled: False
    boot_order:
      - floppy
      - cdrom
      - ethernet
      - disk
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vm_boot_order

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
vm_boot_status 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, 'previous_boot_delay': 10, 'previous_boot_firmware': 'efi', 'previous_boot_order': ['ethernet', 'cdrom', 'floppy', 'disk'], 'previous_boot_retry_delay': 10000, 'previous_boot_retry_enabled': True, 'previous_enter_bios_setup': False, 'previous_secure_boot_enabled': True}

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) <akasurde@redhat.com>

© 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_manager_module.html

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