community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_info – Gather info about VMware tools installed in VM

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_tools_info.

Synopsis

  • Gather information about the VMware tools installed in virtual machine.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datacenter
string
The datacenter name to which virtual machine belongs to.
folder
string
Destination folder, absolute or relative path to find an existing guest.
This is required if name is supplied.
The folder should include the datacenter. ESXi server's datacenter is ha-datacenter.
Examples:
folder: /ha-datacenter/vm
folder: ha-datacenter/vm
folder: /datacenter1/vm
folder: datacenter1/vm
folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1
folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1
folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm
folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm
folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2
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.
moid
string
Managed Object ID of the instance to manage if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.
This is required if name or uuid is not supplied.
name
string
Name of the VM to get VMware tools info.
This is required if uuid or moid is not supplied.
name_match
string
    Choices:
  • first ←
  • last
If multiple VMs matching the name, use the first or last found.
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.
use_instance_uuid
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to use the VMware instance UUID rather than the BIOS UUID.
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 instance to manage if known, this is VMware's unique identifier.
This is required if name or moid is not supplied.
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, 6.5, 6.7
  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Gather VMware tools info installed in VM specified by uuid
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vmtools_info

- name: Gather VMware tools info installed in VM specified by name
  community.vmware.vmware_guest_tools_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter: "{{ datacenter_name }}"
    name: "{{ vm_name }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: vmtools_info

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
vmtools_info
dictionary
always
metadata about the VMware tools installed in virtual machine

Sample:
{'vm_guest_fullname': 'Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)', 'vm_guest_hostname': 'test', 'vm_guest_id': 'windows9_64Guest', 'vm_hw_version': 'vmx-14', 'vm_ipaddress': '10.10.10.10', 'vm_moid': None, 'vm_name': 'test_vm', 'vm_tools_install_status': 'toolsOk', 'vm_tools_install_type': 'guestToolsTypeMSI', 'vm_tools_last_install_count': 0, 'vm_tools_running_status': 'guestToolsRunning', 'vm_tools_upgrade_policy': 'manual', 'vm_tools_version': 10341, 'vm_tools_version_status': 'guestToolsCurrent', 'vm_use_instance_uuid': False, 'vm_uuid': None}


Authors

© 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_tools_info_module.html