ansible/test/integration/targets/vmware_guest/tasks/check_mode.yml

# Test code for the vmware_guest module.
# Copyright: (c) 2018, Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)

- name: Perform all operation in check mode
  vmware_guest:
    validate_certs: False
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: "{{ virtual_machines[0].name }}"
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    state: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - absent
    - present
    - poweredoff
    - poweredon
    - restarted
    - suspended
    - shutdownguest
    - rebootguest
  register: check_mode_state
  check_mode: yes

- debug:
    var: check_mode_state

- name: assert that changes were made
  assert:
    that:
      - "check_mode_state.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [true]"
      - "check_mode_state.results|map(attribute='vm_name')|unique|list == [ virtual_machines[0].name ]"

- name: Perform all operation on non-existent VM in check mode
  vmware_guest:
    validate_certs: False
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    name: non_existent_vm
    datacenter: "{{ dc1 }}"
    state: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - present
    - poweredoff
    - poweredon
    - restarted
    - suspended
  register: check_mode_state
  check_mode: yes

- debug:
    var: check_mode_state

- name: assert that changes were made
  assert:
    that:
      - "check_mode_state.results|map(attribute='changed')|unique|list == [true]"
      - "check_mode_state.results|map(attribute='desired_operation')|unique|list == ['deploy_vm']"