community.vmware.vmware_object_custom_attributes_info – Gather custom attributes of an object

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_object_custom_attributes_info.

New in version 1.11.0: of community.vmware

Synopsis

  • This module can be gathered custom attributes of an object.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.6
  • 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.
moid
string
Managed Object ID of the instance to get if known, this is a unique identifier only within a single vCenter instance.
This is required if object_name is not supplied.
object_name
string
Name of the object to work with.

aliases: name
object_type
string / required
    Choices:
  • Datacenter
  • Cluster
  • HostSystem
  • ResourcePool
  • Folder
  • VirtualMachine
  • DistributedVirtualSwitch
  • DistributedVirtualPortgroup
  • Datastore
Type of an object to work with.
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.
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

  • Supports check_mode.
  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Gather custom attributes of a virtual machine
  community.vmware.vmware_object_custom_attributes_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    object_name: "{{ object_name }}"
  register: vm_attributes

- name: Gather custom attributes of a virtual machine with moid
  community.vmware.vmware_object_custom_attributes_info:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: false
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    moid: "{{ moid }}"
  register: vm_attributes

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
custom_attributes
list / elements=string
always
list of custom attributes of an object.

Sample:
[ { "attribute": "example01", "key": 132, "type": "VirtualMachine", "value": "10" }, { "attribute": "example02", "key": 131, "type": "VirtualMachine", "value": "20" }, { "attribute": "example03", "key": 130, "type": "VirtualMachine", "value": null } ]


Authors

  • sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_object_custom_attributes_info_module.html