# Ansible VMware external inventory script settings [vmware] # The resolvable hostname or ip address of the vsphere server=vcenter # The port for the vsphere API #port=443 # The username with access to the vsphere API username=administrator@vsphere.local # The password for the vsphere API password=vmware # Verify the server's SSL certificate #validate_certs = True # Specify the number of seconds to use the inventory cache before it is # considered stale. If not defined, defaults to 0 seconds. #cache_max_age = 3600 # Specify the directory used for storing the inventory cache. If not defined, # caching will be disabled. #cache_path = ~/.cache/ansible # Max object level refers to the level of recursion the script will delve into # the objects returned from pyvomi to find serializable facts. The default # level of 0 is sufficient for most tasks and will be the most performant. # Beware that the recursion can exceed python's limit (causing traceback), # cause sluggish script performance and return huge blobs of facts. # If you do not know what you are doing, leave this set to 1. #max_object_level=1 # Lower the keynames for facts to make addressing them easier. #lower_var_keys=True # Host alias for objects in the inventory. VMWare allows duplicate VM names # so they can not be considered unique. Use this setting to alter the alias # returned for the hosts. Any atributes for the guest can be used to build # this alias. The default combines the config name and the config uuid and # expects that the ansible_host will be set by the host_pattern. #alias_pattern={{ config.name + '_' + config.uuid }} # Host pattern is the value set for ansible_host and ansible_ssh_host, which # needs to be a hostname or ipaddress the ansible controlhost can reach. #host_pattern={{ guest.ipaddress }} # Host filters are a comma separated list of jinja patterns to remove # non-matching hosts from the final result. # EXAMPLES: # host_filters={{ config.guestid == 'rhel7_64Guest' }} # host_filters={{ config.cpuhotremoveenabled != False }},{{ runtime.maxmemoryusage >= 512 }} # host_filters={{ config.cpuhotremoveenabled != False }},{{ runtime.maxmemoryusage >= 512 }} # The default is only gueststate of 'running' #host_filters={{ guest.gueststate == "running" }} # Groupby patterns enable the user to create groups via any possible jinja # expression. The resulting value will the groupname and the host will be added # to that group. Be careful to not make expressions that simply return True/False # because those values will become the literal group name. The patterns can be # comma delimited to create as many groups as necessary #groupby_patterns={{ guest.guestid }},{{ 'templates' if config.template else 'guests'}}