community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle – Fetch logbundle file from ESXi

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_host_logbundle.

Synopsis

This module can be used to fetch logbundle file from ESXi.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.7
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
dest string / required			file destination on localhost, path must be exist.
esxi_hostname string / required			Name of the host system to fetch the logbundle.
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.
manifests list / elements=string		Default: ["System:Base", "System:CoreDumps", "System:EsxImage", "System:IOFilter", "System:LoadESX", "System:Modules", "System:RDMA", "System:ResourceGroups", "System:TPM", "System:VFlash", "System:VMTools", "System:VmiofPlugins", "System:ntp", "System:uwstats", "Fcd:Catalog", "VirtualMachines:CoreDumps", "VirtualMachines:VirtualMachineStats", "VirtualMachines:base", "VirtualMachines:base", "VirtualMachines:diskinfo", "VirtualMachines:logs", "Storage:FCoE", "Storage:Multipathing", "Storage:NAS", "Storage:VSAN", "Storage:VSANHealth", "Storage:VSANIscsiTarget", "Storage:VSANPerfStats", "Storage:VSANPerfSvc", "Storage:VSANTraces", "Storage:VVOL", "Storage:base", "Storage:iodm", "Storage:iscsi", "FeatureStateSwitch:FeatureStateSwitch", "Userworld:HostAgent", "Userworld:ProcessInformation", "Configuration:System", "Logs:System", "hostProfiles:SystemImageCacheHostProfile", "hostProfiles:hostProfiles", "FileSystem:VMFSDiskDump", "FileSystem:base", "ActiveDirectory:base", "CIM:base", "Hardware:base", "Hardware:usb", "Installer:base", "Network:base", "Network:dvs", "Network:lacp", "Network:nscd", "Network:tcpip", "IntegrityChecks:md5sums"]	Logs to include in the logbundle file. Refer to the id key of the community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle_info module for values that can be specified in the manifest.
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
performance_data dictionary			Gather performance data for ESXi.
	duration integer	Default: 300	Duration for which performance data is gathered.
	interval integer	Default: 5	Interval for which performance data is gathered.
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.
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

All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: fetch logbundle file from ESXi
  community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    dest: ./esxi-log.tgz

- name: fetch logbundle file from ESXi with manifests
  community.vmware.vmware_host_logbundle:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    dest: ./esxi-log.tgz
    manifests:
      - System:Base
      - VirtualMachines:VirtualMachineStats

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
dest string	on success	saved path of a logbundle file for ESXi Sample: {'changed': True, 'dest': './esxi-log.tgz', 'failed': False, 'gid': 0, 'group': 'root', 'mode': '0644', 'owner': 'root', 'size': 25783140, 'state': 'file', 'uid': 0}

Authors

sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 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_host_logbundle_module.html

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