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vmware_host_service_facts - Gathers facts about an ESXi host’s services

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to gather facts about an ESXi host’s services.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
cluster_name
Name of the cluster.
Service facts about each ESXi server will be returned for given cluster.
If esxi_hostname is not given, this parameter is required.
esxi_hostname
ESXi hostname.
Service facts about this ESXi server will be returned.
If cluster_name is not given, this parameter is required.
hostname
required
The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter.
password
required
The password of the vSphere vCenter.

aliases: pass, pwd
port
(added in 2.5)
Default:
443
The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.
username
required
The username of the vSphere vCenter.

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.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Gather facts about all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  vmware_host_service_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
  register: cluster_host_services

- name: Gather facts about ESXi Host
  vmware_host_service_facts:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  register: host_services

Status

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

Author

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@akasurde)

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