community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager – Manage association of VMware tags with VMware objects

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_tag_manager.

Synopsis

This module can be used to assign / remove VMware tags from the given VMware objects.
Tag feature is introduced in vSphere 6 version, so this module is not supported in the earlier versions of vSphere.
All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi
vSphere Automation SDK

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead.
moid string added in 1.4.0 of community.vmware		Managed object ID for the given object. Required if `object_name` is not set.
object_name string		Name of the object to work with. For DistributedVirtualPortgroups the format should be "switch_name:portgroup_name" Required if `moid` is not set.
object_type string / required	Choices: VirtualMachine Datacenter ClusterComputeResource HostSystem DistributedVirtualSwitch DistributedVirtualPortgroup Datastore DatastoreCluster ResourcePool Folder	Type of object to work with.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead.
protocol string	Choices: http https ←	The connection to protocol.
proxy_host string added in 1.12.0 of community.vmware		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.
proxy_port integer added in 1.12.0 of community.vmware		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: present absent add ← remove set	If `state` is set to `add` or `present` will add the tags to the existing tag list of the given object. If `state` is set to `remove` or `absent` will remove the tags from the existing tag list of the given object. If `state` is set to `set` will replace the tags of the given objects with the user defined list of tags.
tag_names list / elements=raw / required		List of tag(s) to be managed. User can also specify category name by specifying colon separated value. For example, "category_name:tag_name". User can also specify tag and category as dict, when tag or category contains colon. See example for more information. Added in version 2.10. User can skip category name if you have unique tag names.
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. 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.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Add tags to a virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    tag_names:
      - Sample_Tag_0002
      - Category_0001:Sample_Tag_0003
    object_name: Fedora_VM
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    state: add
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Specify tag and category as dict
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    tag_names:
      - tag: tag_0001
        category: cat_0001
      - tag: tag_0002
        category: cat_0002
    object_name: Fedora_VM
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    state: add
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a tag from a virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    tag_names:
      - Sample_Tag_0002
    object_name: Fedora_VM
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    state: remove
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add tags to a distributed virtual switch
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    tag_names:
      - Sample_Tag_0003
    object_name: Switch_0001
    object_type: DistributedVirtualSwitch
    state: add
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add tags to a distributed virtual portgroup
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    tag_names:
      - Sample_Tag_0004
    object_name: Switch_0001:Portgroup_0001
    object_type: DistributedVirtualPortgroup
    state: add
  delegate_to: localhost


- name: Get information about folders
  community.vmware.vmware_folder_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: 'Asia-Datacenter1'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: r
- name: Set Managed object ID for the given folder
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    folder_mo_id: "{{ (r.flat_folder_info | selectattr('path', 'equalto', '/Asia-Datacenter1/vm/tier1/tier2') | map(attribute='moid'))[0] }}"
- name: Add tags to a Folder using managed object id
  community.vmware.vmware_tag_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    tag_names:
      - Sample_Cat_0004:Sample_Tag_0004
    object_type: Folder
    moid: "{{ folder_mo_id }}"
    state: add
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
tag_status list / elements=string	on success	metadata about tags related to object configuration Sample: {'current_tags': ['backup', 'security'], 'desired_tags': ['security'], 'previous_tags': ['backup', 'security']}

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
Frederic Van Reet (@GBrawl)

© 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_tag_manager_module.html

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