Hi,
OK, answering my own question, I was able to send the parsed vm_list
content to a file using this task:
- name: Copy list to file
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
dest: <path_to_file_here>
line: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}"
state: present
create: yes
loop: "{{ vm_list.virtual_machines }}"
There would be a different/better way of accomplishing that...?
Thanks again,
Alex
On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM Alex Wanderley <alex.wander...@edmonton.ca>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I understand this is the basics, but I'm still learning... Could anybody
> help?
>
> This play collects all VMs in a VMware cluster and prints their names:
> - name: List VMs in cluster
> become: no
> hosts: localhost
> gather_facts: no
> connection: local
>
> tasks:
>
> - name: Collect list of VMs in cluster
> community.vmware.vmware_vm_info:
> validate_certs: false
> register: vm_list
>
> - name: Print list
> ansible.builtin.debug:
> msg: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}"
> loop: "{{ vm_list.virtual_machines }}"
>
> Its output is looking like:
> ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'xxxxxx', 'guest_fullname':
> 'Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn',
> 'ip_address': 'xxxxxx', 'mac_address': ['xxxxxx'], 'uuid': 'xxxxxx',
> 'instance_uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'vm_network': {'xxxxxx': {'ipv4': ['xxxxxx'],
> 'ipv6': []}}, 'esxi_hostname': 'xxxxxx', 'datacenter': 'xxxxxx', 'cluster':
> 'xxxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder':
> 'xxxxxx', 'moid': 'xxxxxx', 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxxxx', 'url':
> 'xxxxxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => {
> "msg": "server01"
> }
> ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'xxxxxx', 'guest_fullname':
> 'Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn',
> 'ip_address': 'xxxxxx', 'mac_address': ['xxxxxx'], 'uuid': 'xxxxxx',
> 'instance_uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'vm_network': {'xxxxxx': {'ipv4': ['xxxxxx'],
> 'ipv6': []}}, 'esxi_hostname': 'xxxxxx', 'datacenter': 'xxxxxx', 'cluster':
> 'xxxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder':
> 'xxxxxx', 'moid': 'xxxxxx', 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxxxx', 'url':
> 'xxxxxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => {
> "msg": "server02"
> }
> ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'xxxxxx', 'guest_fullname':
> 'Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn',
> 'ip_address': 'xxxxxx', 'mac_address': ['xxxxxx'], 'uuid': 'xxxxxx',
> 'instance_uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'vm_network': {'xxxxxx': {'ipv4': ['xxxxxx'],
> 'ipv6': []}}, 'esxi_hostname': 'xxxxxx', 'datacenter': 'xxxxxx', 'cluster':
> 'xxxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder':
> 'xxxxxx', 'moid': 'xxxxxx', 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxxxx', 'url':
> 'xxxxxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => {
> "msg": "server03"
> }
>
> Two questions, if you don't mind..:
> 01 - How, if even possible, could I have the output looking like something
> like this?
> ok: [localhost]
> msg": "server01"
> ok: [localhost]
> msg": "server02"
> ok: [localhost]
> msg": "server03"
>
> 02 - Would it be possible to send the loop output to a file?
> I know that the whole "{{ vm_list }}" content can be send to a file using:
> - name: Copy list to file
> ansible.builtin.copy:
> content: "{{ vm_list | to_yaml }}"
> dest: "{{ path_to_file }}"
> But I'd like to create a file with the already parsed content
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Alex
>
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