Hi Marco,
Yeah, I can, But I need vm_guest_facts values.
Can you give me the output of below playbook?
# Deploy a guest from a template*
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
vars:
vcenter_hostname: virtvcsami1.virtlab.local
vcenter_user: [email protected]
vcenter_pass: Esxilab!1
vcenter_datastore: vsanDatastore
vcenter_datacenter: DatacenterMI
tasks:
- name: Gather VMware guest facts
vmware_vm_facts:
validate_certs: False
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
vm_type: vm
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_guest_facts
- debug: msg="{{ vm_guest_facts }}"
Thanks,
Indian velumani
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 2:54 PM Marco Reale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Indian
>
> ok but do you have any chance to give me the working code about what I'm
> asking for?
>
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 9:35 PM Indian Velumani <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> Use this below module I already used this. It is working for me.
>>
>> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/vmware_guest_facts_module.html
>>
>>
>> - name: Gather facts from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as
>> 'ha-datacenter'
>> vmware_guest_facts:
>> hostname: 192.168.1.209
>> username: [email protected]
>> password: vmware
>> datacenter: ha-datacenter
>> validate_certs: no
>> uuid: 421e4592-c069-924d-ce20-7e7533fab926
>> delegate_to: localhost
>> register: facts
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:36 AM Marco Reale <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi indian
>>>
>>> Before all thanks for your kind reply.
>>> If you read my post (I hope it is clear enough), basically I need to get
>>> ONLY the mac address of a specific VM "testvm", put it in a variable and,
>>> using the regex, add it in a file.
>>> Do you have a vsphere to test my playbook?
>>> Please note that i did lot of internet searches and it seems that the
>>> hard part is to make working the folowing code that should do the trick:
>>>
>>> debug: msg="{{ vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines['testvm'].mac_address }}"
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Marco
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Il gio 6 giu 2019, 9:28 AM Indian Velumani <[email protected]> ha
>>> scritto:
>>>
>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>
>>>> Correct if I am wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Your base goal is to achieve adding a host based on the output of
>>>> *vmware_vm_facts
>>>> *in order to communicate or execute some
>>>> a function on that VM via ansible.
>>>>
>>>> For that, you can use dynamic host configuration in Ansible. That will
>>>> add a host dynamically and execute the module based on
>>>> your configuration.
>>>>
>>>> If you want any further help regarding please let me know. I will help
>>>> you.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Indian Velumani
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 3:02 AM Marco Reale <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there someone that coul help on this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Il mer 22 mag 2019, 10:55 PM Marco Reale <[email protected]> ha
>>>>> scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have to goals with my plabook:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a) get mac address from a specific VM running on vsphere
>>>>>>
>>>>>> b) add it to my inventory file
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My test environment is:
>>>>>> -Vsphere 6.5
>>>>>> -Ansible 2.7 running on Centos 7.6
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been able to make point a) following this post How retrieve
>>>>>> the name of specific dictionary - Ansible
>>>>>> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53453718/how-retrieve-the-name-of-specific-dictionary-ansible>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Playbook:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Deploy a guest from a template*
>>>>>> - hosts: 127.0.0.1
>>>>>> vars:
>>>>>> vcenter_hostname: virtvcsami1.virtlab.local
>>>>>> vcenter_user: [email protected]
>>>>>> vcenter_pass: Esxilab!1
>>>>>> vcenter_datastore: vsanDatastore
>>>>>> vcenter_datacenter: DatacenterMI
>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>> - name: Gather VMware guest facts
>>>>>> vmware_vm_facts:
>>>>>> validate_certs: False
>>>>>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
>>>>>> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
>>>>>> password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
>>>>>> vm_type: vm
>>>>>> delegate_to: localhost
>>>>>> register: vm_guest_facts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - debug: msg="{{ item.value.mac_address }}"
>>>>>> loop: "{{ vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines|dict2items }}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but now I still have two problems to solve:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem 1)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Playbook gets ALL virtual machines while I need to get just a VM
>>>>>> named "testvm"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [root@nlnxmi1 testvmcdromiso]# ansible-playbook getvminfo.yml
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PLAY [127.0.0.1]
>>>>>> ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>>>>>> TASK [Gathering Facts]
>>>>>> *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>>>>>> ok: [127.0.0.1]
>>>>>> TASK [Gather VMware guest facts]
>>>>>> *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>>>>>> ok: [127.0.0.1 -> localhost]
>>>>>> TASK [debug]
>>>>>> ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>>>>>> ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item={'key': u'kubemst01', 'value':
>>>>>> {u'guest_fullname': u'CentOS 7 (64-bit)', u'vm_network':
>>>>>> {u'00:50:56:be:de:b9': {u'ipv4': [u'192.168.40.31'], u'ipv6':
>>>>>> [u'fe80::250:56ff:febe:deb9']}, u'52:54:00:62:fe:fe': {u'ipv4':
>>>>>> [u'192.168.122.1'], u'ipv6': []}}, u'cluster': u'VirtlabMI',
>>>>>> u'esxi_hostname': u'virtesxmi3.virtlab.local', u'mac_address':
>>>>>> [u'00:50:56:be:de:b9'], u'power_state': u'poweredOn', u'ip_address':
>>>>>> u'192.168.40.31', u'uuid': u'423e7580-1ca4-a6ca-5cb4-5b8fa963d527'}}) =>
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "msg": [ "00:50:56:be:de:b9" ] }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item={'key': u'testvm', 'value':
>>>>>> {u'guest_fullname': >u'CentOS 7 (64-bit)', u'vm_network': {}, u'cluster':
>>>>>> u'VirtlabMI', >u'esxi_hostname': u'virtesxmi1.virtlab.local',
>>>>>> u'mac_address': >[u'00:50:56:be:a3:a0'], u'power_state': u'poweredOn',
>>>>>> u'ip_address': u'', >u'uuid': u'423e8645-ca2a-1097-2e1c-624810a461d1'}})
>>>>>> =>
>>>>>> { "msg": [ "00:50:56:be:a3:a0" ] } ......
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Trying to solve this tedious problem I posted on stackoverflow (
>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56243269/ansible-vmware-vm-facts-get-mac-address-for-a-specific-vm-and-write-it-to-exist/56245634#56245634)
>>>>>> and a user gave me this suggestion:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----from stackoverflow----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not a problem. It looks like the vmware_vm_facts module
>>>>>> returns a dictionary, so just ask for the vm you want:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - debug: msg="{{ vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines['testvm'].mac_address
>>>>>> }}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So....I changed my playbook as suggested:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Deploy a guest from a template*
>>>>>> - hosts: 127.0.0.1
>>>>>> vars:
>>>>>> vcenter_hostname: virtvcsami1.virtlab.local
>>>>>> vcenter_user: [email protected]
>>>>>> vcenter_pass: Esxilab!1
>>>>>> vcenter_datastore: vsanDatastore
>>>>>> vcenter_datacenter: DatacenterMI
>>>>>> tasks:
>>>>>> - name: Gather VMware guest facts
>>>>>> vmware_vm_facts:
>>>>>> validate_certs: False
>>>>>> hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
>>>>>> username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
>>>>>> password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
>>>>>> vm_type: vm
>>>>>> delegate_to: localhost
>>>>>> register: vm_guest_facts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # - debug: msg="{{ item.value.mac_address }}"
>>>>>> # loop: "{{ vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines|dict2items }}"
>>>>>> - debug: msg="{{
>>>>>> vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines['testvm'].mac_address }}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but is this way I get an error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [root@nlnxmi1 testvmcdromiso]# ansible-playbook getvminfo.yml
>>>>>> ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>>>>> did not find expected key
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The error appears to have been in
>>>>>> '/etc/ansible/testvmcdromiso/getvminfo.yml': line 22, column 4, but may
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The offending line appears to be:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #loop: "{{ vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines|dict2items }}"
>>>>>> - debug: msg="{{
>>>>>> vm_guest_facts.virtual_machines['testvm'].mac_address }}"
>>>>>> ^ here
>>>>>> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
>>>>>> missing quotes. >Always quote template expression brackets when they
>>>>>> start a value. For instance:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> with_items:
>>>>>> - {{ foo }}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should be written as:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> with_items:
>>>>>> - "{{ foo }}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately the user on stackoverflow didn't reply anymore. This
>>>>>> mailing list is last chance to get it working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem 2)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Add mac address to existing inventory file or, if not possible, at
>>>>>> least in some file
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just as a stupid test I tried adding the following code at the end:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - set_fact: vm_mac_address="prova"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - name: Register host to Inventory
>>>>>> lineinfile:
>>>>>> path: /etc/ansible/testvmcdromiso/inventory
>>>>>> regexp: '(testvm)'
>>>>>> line: '\1 macaddres={{ vm_mac_address }}'
>>>>>> backrefs: yes [root@nlnxmi1 testvmcdromiso]# cat inventory
>>>>>> [testhost]
>>>>>> testvm macaddress=prova
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but as you can see I just used a "fixed" string instead I need to get
>>>>>> the mac address from the running vm but never figure it out even after 2
>>>>>> days of attempts :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm just a beginner with ansible. Could you please help me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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