I am trying to accomplish a similar task but to add an IP address to the
inventory instead of mac.
This works for me to get the IP address displayed in msg. How do you then
take the result and send to inventory file? I see you setting fact for the
MAC address.
I also am not having any luck passing a variable of vm_name to be used in
the query. It can only take the hard coded name.
---
# Get facts of a VM.
- name: Get facts of "{{ vm_name }}"
hosts: 127.0.0.1
gather_facts: false
connection: local
become: False
vars_files:
- vcenter_vars.yml
tasks:
- set_fact:
vm_name: "{{ vm_name }}"
datacenter: "{{ datacenter }}"
- name: Get facts VM
vmware_vm_facts:
hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
validate_certs: no
vm_type: vm
delegate_to: localhost
register: vm_facts
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.ip_address }}"
with_items:
- "{{ vm_facts.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
vars:
query: "[?guest_name== 'awxtest' ]"
On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 5:36:20 AM UTC-4, Indian Velumani wrote:
>
> 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]
> <javascript:>> 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]
>> <javascript:>> 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]
>>> <javascript:>> 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]
>>>> <javascript:>> 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]
>>>>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi guys
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there someone that coul help on this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Il mer 22 mag 2019, 10:55 PM Marco Reale <[email protected]
>>>>>> <javascript:>> 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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