vmware_vm_shell - Run commands in a VMware guest operating system

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

Synopsis

• Module allows user to run common system administration commands in the guest operating system.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Run command inside a vm
  vmware_vm_shell:
    hostname: myVSphere
    username: myUsername
    password: mySecret
    datacenter: myDatacenter
    folder: /vm
    vm_id: NameOfVM
    vm_username: root
    vm_password: superSecret
    vm_shell: /bin/echo
    vm_shell_args: " $var >> myFile "
    vm_shell_env:
      - "PATH=/bin"
      - "VAR=test"
    vm_shell_cwd: "/tmp"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: shell_command_output

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

• Ritesh Khadgaray (@ritzk)
• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)