vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_guest_identity_info module – Returns identification information about the guest operating system of a virtual machine.

Note

This module is part of the vmware.vmware_rest collection (version 5.0.0).

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 vmware.vmware_rest.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_guest_identity_info.

New in vmware.vmware_rest 5.0.0

Synopsis

  • Returns identification details that VMware Tools reports about the guest operating system running inside a virtual machine.

  • The information includes the guest operating system family, its full product name, the configured hostname, and the primary IP address.

  • VMware Tools must be installed and running in the guest for this information to be available.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

session_timeout

float

Timeout in seconds for the whole operation including connection establishment, request sending, and response.

Default: 300.0

vcenter_hostname

string / required

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

vcenter_password

string / required

The vSphere vCenter password.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

vcenter_port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.

vcenter_rest_log_file

string

Optional path to a log file for HTTP REST interaction.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_REST_LOG_FILE will be used instead.

vcenter_username

string / required

The vSphere vCenter username.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

vcenter_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)

vm

string / required

Identifier of the virtual machine whose guest identity information is returned.

Must be the managed object identifier (MOID) of a virtual machine, as returned by vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_info.

Notes

Note

  • Generated from vSphere API spec 9.1.0.

  • Compatible with vSphere API 7.0.3.

  • Compatible with vSphere API 8.0.2.

Examples

- name: Look up the VM called test_vm1 in the inventory
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_info:
    filter_names:
      - test_vm1
  register: search_result

- name: Get guest identity information for the VM
  vmware.vmware_rest.vcenter_vm_guest_identity_info:
    vm: "{{ search_result.value[0].vm }}"
  register: guest_identity

- name: Display the guest hostname and IP address
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ guest_identity.value.host_name }} has address {{ guest_identity.value.ip_address }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

info

list / elements=dictionary

The same information as value, returned as a list for consistency with other info modules.

This endpoint returns a single item, so the list always contains one element.

Returned: On success

Sample: [{"family": "LINUX", "full_name": {"args": [], "default_message": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64-bit)", "id": "vmsg.guestos.rhel9_64Guest.label"}, "host_name": "test-vm1.example.com", "ip_address": "10.0.2.15", "name": "RHEL_9_64"}]

value

dictionary

Guest operating system identification details for the virtual machine.

Returned as a dictionary because this endpoint always describes a single virtual machine.

Returned: On success

Sample: {"family": "LINUX", "full_name": {"args": [], "default_message": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64-bit)", "id": "vmsg.guestos.rhel9_64Guest.label"}, "host_name": "test-vm1.example.com", "ip_address": "10.0.2.15", "name": "RHEL_9_64"}

Authors

  • Ansible Eco Content Team (@eco-ansible-content)