community.vmware.vmware_category_facts – Gather facts about VMware tag categories

• 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_category_info module.

Alternative

Use community.vmware.vmware_category_info instead.

Synopsis

• This module can be used to gather facts about VMware tag categories.
• Tag feature is introduced in vSphere 6 version, so this module is not supported in earlier versions of vSphere.
• All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi
• vSphere Automation SDK

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Gather facts about tag categories
  community.vmware.vmware_category_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_tag_category_facts

- name: Gather category id from given tag category
  community.vmware.vmware_category_facts:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: tag_category_results

- set_fact:
    category_id: "{{ item.category_id }}"
  loop: "{{ tag_category_results.tag_category_facts|json_query(query) }}"
  vars:
    query: "[?category_name==`Category0001`]"
- debug: var=category_id

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)