vmware_host_config_manager - Manage advance configurations about an ESXi host

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• This module can be used to manage advance configuration information about an ESXi host when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Manage Log level setting for all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  vmware_host_config_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
    options:
        'Config.HostAgent.log.level': 'info'

- name: Manage Log level setting for an ESXi Host
  vmware_host_config_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    options:
        'Config.HostAgent.log.level': 'verbose'

- name: Manage multiple settings for an ESXi Host
  vmware_host_config_manager:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    options:
        'Config.HostAgent.log.level': 'verbose'
        'Annotations.WelcomeMessage': 'Hello World'
        'Config.HostAgent.plugins.solo.enableMob': false

Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)