community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_facts – Gather facts about VM customization specifications

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_guest_customization_facts.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in: major release after 2021-12-01
Why: Deprecated in favour of community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info module.
Alternative: Use community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_info instead.

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather facts about customization specifications.
All parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
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.
spec_name string		Name of customization specification to find.
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

Tested on vSphere 6.0 and 6.5
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Gather facts about all customization specification
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_custom_spec_facts

- name: Gather facts about customization specification with the given name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_customization_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    spec_name: custom_linux_spec
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: custom_spec_facts

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
custom_spec_facts dictionary	always	metadata about the customization specification Sample: {'assignip-eee0d684-44b7-457c-8c55-2585590b0d99': {'change_version': '1523438001', 'description': 'sample description', 'dns_server_list': [], 'dns_suffix_list': [], 'domain': 'None', 'hostname': 'sample1', 'hw_clock_utc': None, 'last_updated_time': '2018-04-11T09:13:21+00:00', 'name': 'sample', 'nic_setting_map': [{'dns_domain': None, 'gateway': [], 'ip_address': '192.168.10.10', 'net_bios': None, 'nic_dns_server_list': [], 'primary_wins': None, 'secondry_wins': None, 'subnet_mask': '255.255.255.0'}], 'time_zone': None, 'type': 'Linux'}}

Status

This module will be removed in a major release after 2021-12-01. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

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_guest_customization_facts_module.html