Thanks Rodrigues. The ended up using separate inventory file for each vcenter and than specifying them with multiple -i flags like so: ansible-inventory -i inventory_file1.yml -i inventory_file2.yml -i inventory_file3.yml to get all the vms in all the vcenters.
On Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 12:25:41 PM UTC-5 Rodrigues wrote: > Not sure exactly what details you need from VMs, but defining vcenters as > vars or part of your inventory will get you a list of vms using > vmware_vm_info. Just update the vars section and add as many VCs as you'd > like. You will end up with a list of vcenters and whitin the VM details. > > --- > - hosts: localhost > connection: local > gather_facts: false > vars: > vcenters: > - vc1 > - vc2 > - vc3 > vcenter_username: "[email protected]" > vcenter_password: "password" > tasks: > > - name: Gather all registered virtual machines > community.vmware.vmware_vm_info: > hostname: '{{ item }}' > username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' > password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' > validate_certs: False > delegate_to: localhost > register: myvm > with_items: '{{ vcenters }}' > - name: debug > debug: > msg: "{{ myvm }}" > > On Sunday, 23 January 2022 at 12:28:08 UTC [email protected] wrote: > >> I am trying to collect all vms in four different vcenters to create >> inventory and further act on the that inventory. Using vmware_vm_inventory, >> I can target one vcenter and hostname does not support a list: >> >> plugin: vmware_vm_inventory strict: False hostname: 10.65.223.31 username >> : [email protected] password: XXXXXYYZZ validate_certs: False >> with_tags: True >> >> I can make hostname as variable and provide it at runtime but then I will >> have run the playbook four times. >> >> Is there a way to collect vms from all four vcenters and then run tasks >> on them? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/87f5a9e1-84c5-4422-942b-a2b2e6f3a578n%40googlegroups.com.
