/ap-vmware-utils

Various ansible playbooks for vmware

Get private variables

infra-data.yml

Or maybe, if vmware_inventory.py setup break things

infra-data.yml -i inventory/local

Presently mainly use to define vcenter_hostname and vcenter_username

Get secret private variables

infra-secret.yml

Presently mainly use to define vcenter_password from a vault file

Configure vmware_inventory.py

inventory.yml -i inventory/local
  • make link to vmware_inventory.py in inventory dir using dedicated ressource name
  • copy vmware_inventory.ini in inventory dir using dedicated ressource name
  • configure named ini file using imported data and secret vars

Fill ansible fact cache

refresh_inventory.yml -i inventory/local
  • Currently use default cache_max_age of 3600.

Alternative way to call vmware_inventory

Using passwordstore.org password manager instead of ansible vault.

env VMWARE_PASSWORD=$(pass oxa/vcenter) ansible local -m meta -a noop

Show a prettified version of facts

jq . < .cache/ansible/ansible-vmware.cache > tmp/ansible-vmware.js

Prepare to generate a mapping from guest to UUID

jq='[._meta.hostvars[] | { name: .name, uuid: .config.uuid }]'
jq "$jq" < .cache/ansible/ansible-vmware.cache > tmp/vmname2uuid.js

The final jq script

jq='[._meta.hostvars[] | { (.name): .config.uuid }] | reduce .[] as $i ({}; .+ $i) | { vmname2uuid: . }';
jq='reduce ._meta.hostvars[] as $i ({}; .+ { ($i.name): $i.config.uuid }) | { vmname2uuid: . }';
jq "$jq" < .cache/ansible/ansible-vmware.cache > tmp/vmname2uuid.js