vmware_local_user_manager - Manage local users on an ESXi host

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manage local users on an ESXi host

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi installed

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
hostname
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 supported added in version 2.6.
local_user_description
Description for the user.
local_user_name
required
The local user name to be changed.
local_user_password
The password to be set.
password
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 supported added in version 2.6.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
(added in 2.5)
 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 supported added in version 2.6.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the user. If the user already exists when state=present, the user info is updated
username
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 supported added in version 2.6.

aliases: user, admin
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
True
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 supported added in version 2.6.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on ESXi 6.0
  • Be sure that the ESXi user used for login, has the appropriate rights to create / delete / edit users

Examples

# Example vmware_local_user_manager command from Ansible Playbooks
- name: Add local user to ESXi
  local_action:
      module: vmware_local_user_manager
      hostname: esxi_hostname
      username: root
      password: vmware
      local_user_name: foo

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Andreas Nafpliotis

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/vmware_local_user_manager_module.html