vmware_vm_inventory filter

[Todd Schaal]

I have the vmware_vm_inventory plugin working.  My issue is that it returns everything, including powered-off vms.  I can filter them out when I run my playbooks,  but I'd prefer they not be in my inventory in the first place.  Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

[Abhijeet Kasurde]

Could you please share your inventory plugin config?  What you want to achieve with small example?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:58 PM Todd Schaal <tasc...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have the vmware_vm_inventory plugin working.  My issue is that it returns everything, including powered-off vms.  I can filter them out when I run my playbooks,  but I'd prefer they not be in my inventory in the first place.  Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

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Abhijeet Kasurde

[Todd Schaal]

here is my config

plugin: vmware_vm_inventory

strict: False

hostname: {{ vcenter_host }}.{{ domain_name }}

username: {{ vcenter_user }}

password: {{ vcenter_password }}

validate_certs: False

with_tags: True

ansible_python_interpreter: /tmp/vminv_virtualenv/bin/python

I run 

python $(which ansible-inventory) --list -i ./{{ vcenter_host }}.{{ inventory_yaml }} --vault-password-file={{ password_file }}  -y > ../{{ inventory_directory }}/hosts.{{ vcenter_host }}.ymlansible-inventory -i <config.yml> -y

here is what I get:

all:

  children:

    Application: {}

    CFG: {}

    DEMO: {}

    DEV:

      hosts:

        *********:

          ansible_host: *********

          config.cpuHotAddEnabled: false

          config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false

          config.hardware.numCPU: 4

          config.instanceUuid: 5026aa79-6b5e-8310-46be-850498deb8a4

          config.name: *********

          config.template: false

          guest.guestId: windows8Server64Guest

          guest.guestState: running

          guest.hostName: *********

          guest.ipAddress: *********

          name: *********

          runtime.maxMemoryUsage: 16384

        *********:

          ansible_host: *********

          config.cpuHotAddEnabled: false

          config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false

          config.hardware.numCPU: 4

          config.instanceUuid: 50265e22-8599-48cf-c6ed-3f060416f733

          config.name: *********

          config.template: false

          guest.guestId: windows8Server64Guest

          guest.guestState: running

          guest.hostName: *********

          guest.ipAddress: *********

          name: *********

          runtime.maxMemoryUsage: 16384

        

....

 poweredOff:  <want to exclude>

      hosts:

        20100608p_ws2k8ex64sp2:

          config.cpuHotAddEnabled: false

          config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false

          config.hardware.numCPU: 1

          config.instanceUuid: 5014d83b-9acb-1c2a-b830-1e78080ce71c

          config.name: 20100608p_WS2K8Ex64SP2

          config.template: false

          guest.guestId: null

          guest.guestState: notRunning

          guest.hostName: null

          guest.ipAddress: null

          name: 20100608p_WS2K8Ex64SP2

          runtime.maxMemoryUsage: null

        20150928-w2k12r2:

          config.cpuHotAddEnabled: true

          config.cpuHotRemoveEnabled: false

          config.hardware.numCPU: 2

          config.instanceUuid: 5288e531-2433-c90a-f922-d5b956ebb018

          config.name: 20150928-w2k12r2

          config.template: false

          guest.guestId: null

          guest.guestState: notRunning

          guest.hostName: WIN-PJKUVJ4HV62

          guest.ipAddress: null

          name: 20150928-w2k12r2

          runtime.maxMemoryUsage: null

On Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 9:42:34 AM UTC-7, Abhijeet Kasurde wrote:

Could you please share your inventory plugin config?  What you want to achieve with small example?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:58 PM Todd Schaal <tasc...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have the vmware_vm_inventory plugin working.  My issue is that it returns everything, including powered-off vms.  I can filter them out when I run my playbooks,  but I'd prefer they not be in my inventory in the first place.  Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

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Thanks,

Abhijeet Kasurde