vmware_local_user_info – Gather info about users on the given ESXi host

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

• This module can be used to gather information about users present on the given ESXi host system in VMware infrastructure.
• All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.
• User must hold the ‘Authorization.ModifyPermissions’ privilege to invoke this module.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer added in 2.5	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string added in 2.9		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer added in 2.9		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

• Tested on ESXi 6.5

Examples

- name: Gather info about all Users on given ESXi host system
  vmware_local_user_info:
    hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: all_user_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
local_user_info dictionary	always	metadata about all local users Sample: [{'role': 'admin', 'description': 'Administrator', 'group': False, 'user_id': 0, 'user_name': 'root', 'shell_access': True}, {'role': 'admin', 'description': 'DCUI User', 'group': False, 'user_id': 100, 'user_name': 'dcui', 'shell_access': False}]

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
• Christian Kotte (@ckotte)

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