community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation – VM inventory registration operation

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.6.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation.

Synopsis

  • This module can register or unregister VMs to the inventory.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster
string
Specify a cluster name to register VM.
datacenter
string
Destination datacenter for the register/unregister operation.
This parameter is case sensitive.
esxi_hostname
string
The ESXi hostname where the virtual machine will run.
This parameter is case sensitive.
folder
string
Description folder, absolute path of the target folder.
The folder should include the datacenter. ESX's datacenter is ha-datacenter.
This parameter is case sensitive.
Examples:
folder: /ha-datacenter/vm
folder: ha-datacenter/vm
folder: /datacenter1/vm
folder: datacenter1/vm
folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1
folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1
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.
name
string / required
Specify VM name to be registered in the inventory.
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
path
string
Specify the path of vmx file.
Examples:
[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx
[datastore1] vm/vm.vmtx
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.
resource_pool
string
Specify a resource pool name to register VM.
This parameter is case sensitive.
Resource pool should be child of the selected host parent.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Specify the state the virtual machine should be in.
if set to present, register VM in inventory.
if set to absent, unregister VM from inventory.
template
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to register VM as a template.
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 virtual machine to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
If virtual machine does not exists, then this parameter is ignored.
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.

Examples

- name: Register VM to inventory
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    template: false
    path: "[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx"
    state: present

- name: Register VM in resource pool
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    resource_pool: "{{ resource_pool }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    template: false
    path: "[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx"
    state: present

- name: Register VM in Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    cluster: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    template: false
    path: "[datastore1] vm/vm.vmx"
    state: present

- name: UnRegister VM from inventory
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_register_operation:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
    folder: "/vm"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
    state: absent

Authors

  • sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_guest_register_operation_module.html