community.vmware.vcenter_license – Manage VMware vCenter license keys

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.vcenter_license.

Synopsis

  • Add and delete vCenter, ESXi server license keys.

Requirements

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

  • pyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cluster_name
string
Name of the cluster to apply vSAN license.
datacenter
string
The datacenter name to use for the operation.
esxi_hostname
string
The hostname of the ESXi server to which the specified license will be assigned.
This parameter is optional.
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.
Environment variable supported added in Ansible 2.6.
labels
dictionary
Default:
{"source": "ansible"}
The optional labels of the license key to manage in vSphere vCenter.
This is dictionary with key/value pair.
license
string / required
The license key to manage in vSphere vCenter.
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.
Environment variable supported added in Ansible 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
integer
added in 2.5 of ansible.builtin
Default:
443
The port number of the vSphere vCenter server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.
Environment variable supported added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host
string
added in 2.9 of ansible.builtin
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 2.9 of ansible.builtin
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:
  • absent
  • present ←
Whether to add (present) or remove (absent) the license key.
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.
Environment variable supported 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 supported added in Ansible 2.6.
If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

  • This module will also auto-assign the current vCenter to the license key if the product matches the license key, and vCenter us currently assigned an evaluation license only.
  • The evaluation license (00000-00000-00000-00000-00000) is not listed when unused.
  • If esxi_hostname is specified, then will assign the license key to the ESXi host.
  • If esxi_hostname is not specified, then will just register the license key to vCenter inventory without assigning it to an ESXi host.
  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Add a new vCenter license
  community.vmware.vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove an (unused) vCenter license
  community.vmware.vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add ESXi license and assign to the ESXi host
  community.vmware.vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-dd502
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add vSAN license and assign to the given cluster
  community.vmware.vcenter_license:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    license: f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-dd502
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
licenses
list / elements=string
always
list of license keys after module executed

Sample:
['f600d-21ae3-5592b-249e0-cc341', '143cc-0e942-b2955-3ea12-d006f']


Authors

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

© 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/vcenter_license_module.html