community.vmware.vmware_host_capability_info module – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s capability information

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_host_capability_info.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather information about an ESXi host’s capability information when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
cluster_name string	Name of the cluster from all host systems to be used for information gathering. If `esxi_hostname` is not given, this parameter is required.
esxi_hostname string	ESXi hostname to gather information from. If `cluster_name` is not given, this parameter is required.
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.
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.
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: Gather capability info about all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  community.vmware.vmware_host_capability_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_cluster_hosts_info

- name: Gather capability info about ESXi Host
  community.vmware.vmware_host_capability_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: hosts_info

Return Values

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

Key	Description
hosts_capability_info dictionary	metadata about host’s capability info Returned: always Sample: `{"esxi_hostname_0001": {"accel3dSupported": false, "backgroundSnapshotsSupported": false, "checkpointFtCompatibilityIssues": [], "checkpointFtSupported": false, "cloneFromSnapshotSupported": true, "cpuHwMmuSupported": true}}`

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_host_capability_info_module.html