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community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info – Gather info about VM customization specifications
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_customization_info.
Synopsis
- This module can be used to gather information about customization specifications.
 - All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.
 
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.
         | 
     |
| 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  true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- Tested on vSphere 6.0 and 6.5
 - All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.
 
Examples
- name: Gather info about all customization specification
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_custom_spec_info
- name: Gather info about customization specification with the given name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    spec_name: custom_linux_spec
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: custom_spec_info
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| custom_spec_info
        
        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'}}
         | 
     
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_customization_info_module.html