So again experts & it could be a feature request ...
## How can we dynamicailly update OS custome attribute
- name: Set Custom Attributes
community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
validate_certs: False
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
state: present
name: 'dev-1'
attributes:
- name: OS
value: 'Windows Server 2019'
ansible all -m setup -a "filter=ansible_distribution_version" -o =====>>
can be used as "value" in above ?
On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 3:46:51 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:
> Thanks for Reply Abhijit .. i already saw ur module -
> community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes
>
> I am doing this already which powershell with one liner
>
> Get-VM $($line.name) |Set-Annotation -CustomAttribute "OS" -Value
> $($line.os)
>
>
> The power of ansible is it can talk on OS level & Vmware powercli does
> only on vCenter level
>
> vCenter sees OS os with Vmwre-tools as CentOS7 .. ok gr8 .. but when it
> comes to say Ubuntu it simply says Ubuntu 64 bit & not Ubuntu18
>
> Now we know with Ansible "fatcs & filter" we can get OS details ... so
> that can somehow read & push into custom attributes ? If yes that will be
> awesome.
>
> ansible all -m setup -a "filter=ansible_distribution_version" -o
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 8:26:00 PM UTC-8 Abhijeet Kasurde wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> You can set and get custom values like
>>
>> - name: Set Custom Attributes
>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
>> validate_certs: False
>> hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
>> username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
>> password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
>> state: present
>> name: 'dev-1'
>> attributes:
>> - name: OS
>> value: 'Windows Server 2019'
>>
>> - name: Get guest information
>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
>> validate_certs: False
>> hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
>> username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
>> password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
>> name: 'dev-1'
>> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
>>
>>
>> The output will be like -
>>
>> ok: [localhost] => {
>> "changed": false,
>> "instance": {
>> "annotation": "",
>> "current_snapshot": null,
>> "customvalues": {
>> "OS": "Windows Server 2019"
>> },
>> ...
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 6:25 PM Dick Visser <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> That's not really an example of the actual data structure. So for the
>>> moment the answer is that what you want should be possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 09:58, [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for Reply, just to give you more context
>>>>
>>>> The custom attributes i have added are
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OS
>>>> Application
>>>> Owner
>>>>
>>>> Etc...
>>>>
>>>> Now why OS ? That is as the OS seen by vCenter is say Ubuntu .,... but
>>>> it does not tell if that is Ubuntu18.04 or Ubuntu20.04 ... so i have added
>>>> them manually for now.. but looking for way to Automate that.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 10:46:52 PM UTC-8 [email protected]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You could override the values by combining it with a specially crafter
>>>>> dictionary, or loop over it, etc.
>>>>> How exactly you do this depends on the data structure, but the module
>>>>> documentation does not mention any such custom attributes.
>>>>> If you have an example of your playbook and the resulting data
>>>>> structure?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 06:03, [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hi
>>>>> >
>>>>> > anyone can suggest Please if we can update the say a 'custom
>>>>> attribute' called OS from OS level with below
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_vm_info_module.html
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Say i want to use Windows 2019 DataCenter .. which is not aviable
>>>>> btw in vCenter 6.7 .. so getting that as ansible facts and add to
>>>>> attributes somehow
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks
>>>>> >
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>> Abhijeet Kasurde
>>
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