vmware_vswitch_facts – Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s vswitch configurations

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This module can be used to gather facts about an ESXi host’s vswitch configurations 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: Gather vswitch facts about all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  vmware_vswitch_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
    delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_hosts_vswitch_facts

- name: Gather firewall facts about ESXi Host
  vmware_vswitch_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_vswitch_facts

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)