@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# (c) 2015, 2016 Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray () gmail.com>
# Copyright: (c) 2015-16, Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray () gmail.com>
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
from __future__ import absolute_import , division , print_function
@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
DOCUMENTATION = '''
- - -
module : vmware_vm_shell
short_description : Execute a process in VM
short_description : Run commands in a VMware guest operating system
description :
- Start a program in a VM without the need for network connection
version_added : 2.1
author : " Ritesh Khadgaray (@ritzk) "
- Module allows user to run common system administration commands in the guest operating system .
version_added : " 2.1 "
author :
- Ritesh Khadgaray ( @ritzk )
- Abhijeet Kasurde ( @akasurde )
notes :
- Tested on vSphere 5.5
- Only the first match against vm_id is used , even if there are multiple matches
@ -30,16 +32,12 @@ requirements:
options :
datacenter :
description :
- The datacenter hosting the VM
- Will help speed up search
required : False
default : None
- The datacenter hosting the virtual machine .
- If set , it will help to speed up virtual machine search .
cluster :
description :
- The cluster hosting the VM
- Will help speed up search
required : False
default : None
- The cluster hosting the virtual machine .
- If set , it will help to speed up virtual machine search .
folder :
description :
- Destination folder , absolute or relative path to find an existing guest or create the new guest .
@ -60,54 +58,45 @@ options:
version_added : " 2.4 "
vm_id :
description :
- The identification for the VM
- Name of the virtual machine to work with .
required : True
vm_id_type :
description :
- The identification tag for the VM
- The VMware identification method by which the virtual machine will be identified .
default : vm_name
choices :
- ' uuid '
- ' dns_name '
- ' inventory_path '
- ' vm_name '
required : False
vm_username :
description :
- The user to connect to the VM .
required : False
default : None
- The user to login - in to the virtual machine .
required : True
vm_password :
description :
- The password used to login to the VM .
required : False
default : None
- The password used to login - in to the virtual machine .
required : True
vm_shell :
description :
- The absolute path to the program to start . On Linux this is executed via bash .
- The absolute path to the program to start .
- On Linux , shell is executed via bash .
required : True
vm_shell_args :
description :
- The argument to the program .
required : False
default : None
vm_shell_env :
description :
- Comma separated list of envirnoment variable , specified in the guest OS notation
required : False
default : None
- Comma separated list of environment variable , specified in the guest OS notation .
vm_shell_cwd :
description :
- The current working directory of the application from which it will be run
required : False
default : None
- The current working directory of the application from which it will be run .
extends_documentation_fragment : vmware . documentation
'''
EXAMPLES = '''
- name : shell execution
local_action :
module : vmware_vm_shell
- name : Run command inside a vm
vmware_vm_shell :
hostname : myVSphere
username : myUsername
password : mySecret
@ -122,22 +111,28 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
- " PATH=/bin "
- " VAR=test "
vm_shell_cwd : " /tmp "
delegate_to : localhost
register : shell_command_output
'''
try :
from pyVmomi import vim , vmodl
HAS_PYVMOMI = True
except ImportError :
HAS_PYVMOMI = False
pass
from ansible . module_utils . basic import AnsibleModule
from ansible . module_utils . vmware import ( connect_to_api , find_cluster_by_name , find_datacenter_by_name ,
find_vm_by_id , vmware_argument_spec)
find_vm_by_id , HAS_PYVMOMI, vmware_argument_spec)
# https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/execute_program_in_vm.py
def execute_command ( content , vm , vm_username , vm_password , program_path , args = " " , env = None , cwd = None ) :
def execute_command ( content , vm , params ) :
vm_username = params [ ' vm_username ' ]
vm_password = params [ ' vm_password ' ]
program_path = params [ ' vm_shell ' ]
args = params [ ' vm_shell_args ' ]
env = params [ ' vm_shell_env ' ]
cwd = params [ ' vm_shell_cwd ' ]
creds = vim . vm . guest . NamePasswordAuthentication ( username = vm_username , password = vm_password )
cmdspec = vim . vm . guest . ProcessManager . ProgramSpec ( arguments = args , envVariables = env , programPath = program_path , workingDirectory = cwd )
@ -148,17 +143,17 @@ def execute_command(content, vm, vm_username, vm_password, program_path, args=""
def main ( ) :
argument_spec = vmware_argument_spec ( )
argument_spec . update ( dict ( datacenter = dict ( default = None , type = ' str ' ) ,
cluster = dict ( default = None , type = ' str ' ) ,
argument_spec . update ( dict ( datacenter = dict ( type = ' str ' ) ,
cluster = dict ( type = ' str ' ) ,
folder = dict ( type = ' str ' , default = ' /vm ' ) ,
vm_id = dict ( required = True , type = ' str ' ) ,
vm_id = dict ( type = ' str ' , required = True ) ,
vm_id_type = dict ( default = ' vm_name ' , type = ' str ' , choices = [ ' inventory_path ' , ' uuid ' , ' dns_name ' , ' vm_name ' ] ) ,
vm_username = dict ( required = False , type = ' str ' ) ,
vm_password = dict ( required = False , type = ' str ' , no_log = True ) ,
vm_shell = dict ( required = True , type = ' str ' ) ,
vm_username = dict ( type = ' str ' , required = True ) ,
vm_password = dict ( type = ' str ' , no_log = True , required = True ) ,
vm_shell = dict ( type = ' str ' , required = True ) ,
vm_shell_args = dict ( default = " " , type = ' str ' ) ,
vm_shell_env = dict ( default = None , type = ' list ' ) ,
vm_shell_cwd = dict ( default = None , type = ' str ' ) ) )
vm_shell_env = dict ( type = ' list ' ) ,
vm_shell_cwd = dict ( type = ' str ' ) ) )
module = AnsibleModule ( argument_spec = argument_spec ,
supports_check_mode = False ,
@ -168,36 +163,33 @@ def main():
if not HAS_PYVMOMI :
module . fail_json ( changed = False , msg = ' pyvmomi is required for this module ' )
try :
p = module . params
datacenter_name = p [ ' datacenter ' ]
cluster_name = p [ ' cluster ' ]
folder = p [ ' folder ' ]
content = connect_to_api ( module )
datacenter = None
if datacenter_name :
datacenter = find_datacenter_by_name ( content , datacenter_name )
if not datacenter :
module . fail_json ( changed = False , msg = " datacenter not found " )
cluster = None
if cluster_name :
cluster = find_cluster_by_name ( content , cluster_name , datacenter )
if not cluster :
module . fail_json ( changed = False , msg = " cluster not found " )
if p [ ' vm_id_type ' ] == ' inventory_path ' :
vm = find_vm_by_id ( content , vm_id = p [ ' vm_id ' ] , vm_id_type = " inventory_path " , folder = folder )
else :
vm = find_vm_by_id ( content , vm_id = p [ ' vm_id ' ] , vm_id_type = p [ ' vm_id_type ' ] , datacenter = datacenter , cluster = cluster )
if not vm :
module . fail_json ( msg = ' VM not found ' )
msg = execute_command ( content , vm , p [ ' vm_username ' ] , p [ ' vm_password ' ] ,
p [ ' vm_shell ' ] , p [ ' vm_shell_args ' ] , p [ ' vm_shell_env ' ] , p [ ' vm_shell_cwd ' ] )
datacenter_name = module . params [ ' datacenter ' ]
cluster_name = module . params [ ' cluster ' ]
folder = module . params [ ' folder ' ]
content = connect_to_api ( module )
datacenter = None
if datacenter_name :
datacenter = find_datacenter_by_name ( content , datacenter_name )
if not datacenter :
module . fail_json ( changed = False , msg = " Unable to find %(datacenter)s datacenter " % module . params )
cluster = None
if cluster_name :
cluster = find_cluster_by_name ( content , cluster_name , datacenter )
if not cluster :
module . fail_json ( changed = False , msg = " Unable to find %(cluster)s cluster " % module . params )
if module . params [ ' vm_id_type ' ] == ' inventory_path ' :
vm = find_vm_by_id ( content , vm_id = module . params [ ' vm_id ' ] , vm_id_type = " inventory_path " , folder = folder )
else :
vm = find_vm_by_id ( content , vm_id = module . params [ ' vm_id ' ] , vm_id_type = module . params [ ' vm_id_type ' ] , datacenter = datacenter , cluster = cluster )
if not vm :
module . fail_json ( msg = ' Unable to find virtual machine. ' )
try :
msg = execute_command ( content , vm , module . params )
module . exit_json ( changed = True , uuid = vm . summary . config . uuid , msg = msg )
except vmodl . RuntimeFault as runtime_fault :
module . fail_json ( changed = False , msg = runtime_fault . msg )