community.vmware.vmware_host_ssl_facts – Gather facts of ESXi host system about SSL

• 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_host_ssl_info module.

Alternative

Use community.vmware.vmware_host_ssl_info instead.

Synopsis

• This module can be used to gather facts of the SSL thumbprint information for a host.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Gather SSL thumbprint information about all ESXi Hosts in given Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_ssl_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_host_ssl_facts

- name: Get SSL Thumbprint info about "{{ esxi_hostname }}"
  community.vmware.vmware_host_ssl_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  register: ssl_facts
- set_fact:
    ssl_thumbprint: "{{ ssl_facts['host_ssl_facts'][esxi_hostname]['ssl_thumbprints'][0] }}"
- debug:
    msg: "{{ ssl_thumbprint }}"
- name: Add ESXi Host to vCenter
  vmware_host:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    esxi_username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    esxi_password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
    esxi_ssl_thumbprint: '{{ ssl_thumbprint }}'
    state: present

Return Values

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

Status

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

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)