VMware: Handle duplicate VM names in vmware_vm_facts (#45412)

This fix changes facts returned from vmware_vm_facts to list of dict from
dict of dict.

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>

docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.8.rst

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ Noteworthy module changes
 
 * The ``docker_swarm_service`` module no longer sets a default for the ``user`` option. Before, the default was ``root``.
 
+* ``vmware_vm_facts`` used to return dict of dict with virtual machine's facts. Ansible 2.8 and onwards will return list of dict with virtual machine's facts.
+  Please see module ``vmware_vm_facts`` documentation for example.
+
+
 Plugins
 =======
 

lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vmware/vmware_vm_facts.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ author:
 - Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
 notes:
 - Tested on vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.5
+- From 2.8 and onwards, facts are returned as list of dict instead of dict.
 requirements:
 - python >= 2.6
 - PyVmomi
@@ -78,16 +79,32 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 
 - debug:
     var: vm_facts.virtual_machines
+
+- name: Get UUID from given VM Name
+  vmware_vm_facts:
+    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
+    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
+    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
+    vm_type: vm
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  register: vm_facts
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ item.uuid }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ vm_facts.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
+  vars:
+    query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''
 virtual_machines:
-  description: dictionary of virtual machines and their facts
+  description: list of dictionary of virtual machines and their facts
   returned: success
-  type: dict
-  sample:
+  type: list
+  sample: [
     {
-      "ubuntu_t": {
+        "guest_name": "ubuntu_t",
         "cluster": null,
         "esxi_hostname": "10.76.33.226",
         "guest_fullname": "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)",
@@ -98,8 +115,8 @@ virtual_machines:
         "power_state": "poweredOff",
         "uuid": "4207072c-edd8-3bd5-64dc-903fd3a0db04",
         "vm_network": {}
-      }
     }
+  ]
 '''
 
 try:
@@ -118,10 +135,10 @@ class VmwareVmFacts(PyVmomi):
     # https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/getallvms.py
     def get_all_virtual_machines(self):
         """
-        Function to get all virtual machines and related configurations information
+        Get all virtual machines and related configurations information
         """
         virtual_machines = get_all_objs(self.content, [vim.VirtualMachine])
-        _virtual_machines = {}
+        _virtual_machines = []
 
         for vm in virtual_machines:
             _ip_address = ""
@@ -161,26 +178,25 @@ class VmwareVmFacts(PyVmomi):
                 cluster_name = summary.runtime.host.parent.name
 
             virtual_machine = {
-                summary.config.name: {
-                    "guest_fullname": summary.config.guestFullName,
-                    "power_state": summary.runtime.powerState,
-                    "ip_address": _ip_address,  # Kept for backward compatibility
-                    "mac_address": _mac_address,  # Kept for backward compatibility
-                    "uuid": summary.config.uuid,
-                    "vm_network": net_dict,
-                    "esxi_hostname": esxi_hostname,
-                    "cluster": cluster_name,
-                }
+                "guest_name": summary.config.name,
+                "guest_fullname": summary.config.guestFullName,
+                "power_state": summary.runtime.powerState,
+                "ip_address": _ip_address,  # Kept for backward compatibility
+                "mac_address": _mac_address,  # Kept for backward compatibility
+                "uuid": summary.config.uuid,
+                "vm_network": net_dict,
+                "esxi_hostname": esxi_hostname,
+                "cluster": cluster_name,
             }
 
             vm_type = self.module.params.get('vm_type')
             is_template = _get_vm_prop(vm, ('config', 'template'))
             if vm_type == 'vm' and not is_template:
-                _virtual_machines.update(virtual_machine)
+                _virtual_machines.append(virtual_machine)
             elif vm_type == 'template' and is_template:
-                _virtual_machines.update(virtual_machine)
+                _virtual_machines.append(virtual_machine)
             elif vm_type == 'all':
-                _virtual_machines.update(virtual_machine)
+                _virtual_machines.append(virtual_machine)
         return _virtual_machines
 
 
@@ -190,7 +206,7 @@ def main():
         vm_type=dict(type='str', choices=['vm', 'all', 'template'], default='all'),
     )
     module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,
-                           supports_check_mode=False)
+                           supports_check_mode=True)
 
     vmware_vm_facts = VmwareVmFacts(module)
     _virtual_machines = vmware_vm_facts.get_all_virtual_machines()

test/integration/targets/vmware_vm_facts/tasks/main.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 - name: kill vcsim
   uri:
     url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/killall
+
 - name: start vcsim
   uri:
     url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/spawn?cluster=2
@@ -29,8 +30,7 @@
 
 - debug: var=vcsim_instance
 
-# Testcase 0001: Get detail of vms from given esxi
-- name: get facts about available vms
+- name: Get facts about available vms
   vmware_vm_facts:
     validate_certs: false
     hostname: "{{ vcsim }}"
@@ -38,25 +38,42 @@
     password: "{{ vcsim_instance['json']['password'] }}"
   register: vm_facts_0001
 
-- debug:
-    msg: "{{ vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'].keys() }}"
+- name: Verify if VM facts exist
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "item.esxi_hostname is defined"
+      - "item.guest_fullname is defined"
+      - "item.ip_address is defined"
+      - "item.mac_address is defined"
+      - "item.power_state is defined"
+      - "item.uuid is defined"
+      - "item.vm_network is defined"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ vm_facts_0001.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
+  vars:
+    query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"
+
 
-- name: get all VMs
-  uri:
-    url: http://{{ vcsim }}:5000/govc_find?filter=VM
-  register: host_info_result
+- name: Get facts about available vms in check mode
+  vmware_vm_facts:
+    validate_certs: false
+    hostname: "{{ vcsim }}"
+    username: "{{ vcsim_instance['json']['username'] }}"
+    password: "{{ vcsim_instance['json']['password'] }}"
+  register: vm_facts_0001
+  check_mode: yes
 
-- name: verify if VM exists
+- name: Verify if VM facts exist in check mode
   assert:
     that:
-      - "{{ item | basename in vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'].keys()}}"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['cluster'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['esxi_hostname'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['guest_fullname'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['ip_address'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['mac_address'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['power_state'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['uuid'] is defined"
-      - "vm_facts_0001['virtual_machines'][item | basename]['vm_network'] is defined"
+      - "item.esxi_hostname is defined"
+      - "item.guest_fullname is defined"
+      - "item.ip_address is defined"
+      - "item.mac_address is defined"
+      - "item.power_state is defined"
+      - "item.uuid is defined"
+      - "item.vm_network is defined"
   with_items:
-    - "{{ host_info_result['json'] }}"
+    - "{{ vm_facts_0001.virtual_machines | json_query(query) }}"
+  vars:
+    query: "[?guest_name=='DC0_H0_VM0']"