community.vmware.vmware_host_powerstate – Manages power states of host systems in vCenter

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_powerstate.

Synopsis

This module can be used to manage power states of host systems in given vCenter infrastructure.
User can set power state to ‘power-down-to-standby’, ‘power-up-from-standby’, ‘shutdown-host’ and ‘reboot-host’.
State ‘reboot-host’, ‘shutdown-host’ and ‘power-down-to-standby’ are not supported by all the host systems.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster_name string		Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used. This is required parameter if `esxi_hostname` is not specified.
esxi_hostname string		Name of the host system to work with. This is required parameter if `cluster_name` is not specified.
force boolean	Choices: no ← yes	This parameter specify if the host should be proceeding with user defined powerstate regardless of whether it is in maintenance mode. If `state` set to `reboot-host` and `force` as `true`, then host system is rebooted regardless of whether it is in maintenance mode. If `state` set to `shutdown-host` and `force` as `true`, then host system is shutdown regardless of whether it is in maintenance mode. If `state` set to `power-down-to-standby` and `force` to `true`, then all powered off VMs will evacuated. Not applicable if `state` set to `power-up-from-standby`.
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.
state string	Choices: power-down-to-standby power-up-from-standby shutdown-host ← reboot-host	Set the state of the host system.
timeout integer	Default: 600	This parameter defines timeout for `state` set to `power-down-to-standby` or `power-up-from-standby`. Ignored if `state` set to `reboot-host` or `shutdown-host`. This parameter is defined in seconds.
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: Set the state of a host system to reboot
  community.vmware.vmware_host_powerstate:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    state: reboot-host
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: reboot_host

- name: Set the state of a host system to power down to standby
  community.vmware.vmware_host_powerstate:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    state: power-down-to-standby
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: power_down

- name: Set the state of all host systems from cluster to reboot
  community.vmware.vmware_host_powerstate:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    state: reboot-host
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: reboot_host

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
result dictionary	always	metadata about host system's state Sample: {'esxi01': {'error': '', 'msg': "power down 'esxi01' to standby"}}

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_host_powerstate_module.html

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