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# vmware_vm_info – Return basic info pertaining to a VMware machine guest

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

## Synopsis

- Return basic information pertaining to a vSphere or ESXi virtual machine guest.
- Cluster name as fact is added in version 2.7.
- This module was called `vmware_vm_facts` before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: vmware_vm_facts

## Requirements

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

- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
folder string added in 2.9 |  | Specify a folder location of VMs to gather information from. Examples: folder: /ha-datacenter/vm folder: ha-datacenter/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm folder: datacenter1/vm folder: /datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: datacenter1/vm/folder1 folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: folder1/datacenter1/vm folder: /folder1/datacenter1/vm/folder2
hostname string |  | The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
password string |  | The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer added in 2.5 | Default: 443 | The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string added in 2.9 |  | 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. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer added in 2.9 |  | 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.
show_attribute boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Attributes related to VM guest shown in information only when this is set `true`.
show_tag boolean added in 2.9 | Choices: no ← yes | Tags related to virtual machine are shown if set to `True`.
username string |  | The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | 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. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vm_type string added in 2.5 | Choices: all ← vm template | If set to `vm`, then information are gathered for virtual machines only. If set to `template`, then information are gathered for virtual machine templates only. If set to `all`, then information are gathered for all virtual machines and virtual machine templates.

## Notes

Note

- Tested on ESXi 6.7, vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.5
- From 2.8 and onwards, information are returned as list of dict instead of dict.

## Examples

    - name: Gather all registered virtual machines
      vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vminfo

    - debug:
        var: vminfo.virtual_machines

    - name: Gather only registered virtual machine templates
      vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        vm_type: template
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: template_info

    - debug:
        var: template_info.virtual_machines

    - name: Gather only registered virtual machines
      vmware_vm_info:
        hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
        username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
        password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
        vm_type: vm
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: vm_info

    - debug:
        var: vm_info.virtual_machines

    - name: Get UUID from given VM Name
      block:
        - name: Get virtual machine info
          vmware_vm_info:
            hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
            username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
            password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
            folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
          delegate_to: localhost
          register: vm_info

        - debug:
            msg: "{{ item.uuid }}"
          with_items:
            - "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
          vars:
            query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"

    - name: Get Tags from given VM Name
      block:
        - name: Get virtual machine info
          vmware_vm_info:
            hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
            username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
            password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
            folder: "/datacenter/vm/folder"
          delegate_to: localhost
          register: vm_info

        - debug:
            msg: "{{ item.tags }}"
          with_items:
            - "{{ vm_info.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
          vars:
            query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
virtual_machines list | success | list of dictionary of virtual machines and their information Sample: [{'guest_name': 'ubuntu_t', 'cluster': None, 'esxi_hostname': '10.76.33.226', 'guest_fullname': 'Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)', 'ip_address': '', 'mac_address': ['00:50:56:87:a5:9a'], 'power_state': 'poweredOff', 'uuid': '4207072c-edd8-3bd5-64dc-903fd3a0db04', 'vm_network': {'00:50:56:87:a5:9a': {'ipv4': ['10.76.33.228'], 'ipv6': []}}, 'attributes': {'job': 'backup-prepare'}, 'tags': [{'category_id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceCategory:b316cc45-f1a9-4277-811d-56c7e7975203:GLOBAL', 'category_name': 'cat_0001', 'description': '', 'id': 'urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:43737ec0-b832-4abf-abb1-fd2448ce3b26:GLOBAL', 'name': 'tag_0001'}]}]

## Status

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

### Authors

- Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
- Fedor Vompe (@sumkincpp)

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