vmware_object_role_permission – Manage local roles on an ESXi host

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

Synopsis

• This module can be used to manage object permissions on the given host.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.7
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Assign user to VM folder
  vmware_object_role_permission:
    role: Admin
    principal: user_bob
    object_name: services
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove user from VM folder
  vmware_object_role_permission:
    role: Admin
    principal: user_bob
    object_name: services
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Assign finance group to VM folder
  vmware_object_role_permission:
    role: Limited Users
    group: finance
    object_name: Accounts
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Assign view_user Read Only permission at root folder
  vmware_object_role_permission:
    role: ReadOnly
    principal: view_user
    object_name: rootFolder
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

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

• Derek Rushing (@kryptsi)
• Joseph Andreatta (@vmwjoseph)