community.vmware.vmware_custom_attribute module – Manage custom attributes definitions

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 6.2.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_custom_attribute.

New in community.vmware 3.2.0

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis

This module can be used to add and remove custom attributes definitions for various vSphere objects.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
custom_attribute string / required	Name of the custom attribute.
hostname string	The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead.
object_type string / required	Type of the object the custom attribute is associated with. Choices: `"Cluster"` `"Datacenter"` `"Datastore"` `"DistributedVirtualPortgroup"` `"DistributedVirtualSwitch"` `"Folder"` `"Global"` `"HostSystem"` `"ResourcePool"` `"VirtualMachine"`
password aliases: pass, pwd string	The password of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port integer	The port number of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Default: `443`
proxy_host string	The address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead.
proxy_port integer	The port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
state string	Manage definition of custom attributes. If set to `present` and definition not present, then custom attribute definition is created. If set to `present` and definition is present, then no action taken. If set to `absent` and definition is present, then custom attribute definition is removed. If set to `absent` and definition is absent, then no action taken. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
username aliases: admin, user string	The username of the vSphere vCenter server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Notes

Note

All modules require API write access and hence are not supported on a free ESXi license.
All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.
Modules may rely on the ‘requests’ python library, which does not use the system certificate store by default. You can specify the certificate store by setting the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Note having this variable set may cause a ‘false’ value for the ‘validate_certs’ option to be ignored in some cases. Example: ‘export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/path/to/your/ca_bundle.pem’

Examples

- name: Add VM Custom Attribute Definition
  community.vmware.vmware_custom_attribute:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    state: present
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    custom_attribute: custom_attr_def_1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: defs

- name: Remove VM Custom Attribute Definition
  community.vmware.vmware_custom_attribute:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    state: absent
    object_type: VirtualMachine
    custom_attribute: custom_attr_def_1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: defs

Authors

Mario Lenz (@mariolenz)

Collection links

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_custom_attribute_module.html