optionalg / ansible-vmware

Simple python script which uses PySphere to fill the Ansible inventory from VMWare vCenter.

Ansible Inventory from VMWare

Simple python script which uses PySphere to fill the Ansible inventory from VMWare vCenter. Originally Cloned from: Github repository = Official Website

My fork has added an option to override the strict SSL Cert Validation: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0476/ as well as command line option parsing with argparse.

Installation

Install PySphere:

pip install -U pysphere

Edit the script's login data and VCenter server FQDN:

server_fqdn = "vcenter.example.org"
server_username = "jdoe"
server_password = "secure_passw0rd"

Test it:

Get all powered on VM's:

python2 query.py --list

Output:

{
    "no_group": {
        "hosts": [
            "vm0031",
            "vm0032",
            [...]
            "vm0999"
        ]
    },
    "local": [
        "127.0.0.1"
    ]
}

Get one VM:

python2 query.py --host vm0032

Output:

{
    "admin": "[email protected]",
    "source_database": "VMWare"
}

Nonexistent VM:

python2 query.py --host nonexist

Output:

[Error]: [Object Not Found]: Could not find a VM named 'notexist'

Do a simple ansible ping:

ANSIBLE_HOSTS="/home/remy/git/vmware-ansible/query.py" ansible all -m ping

Result:

vm0032 | success >> {
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}

vm0034 | success >> {
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}

Usage

Either export the ANSIBLE_HOSTS variable to always use the VMWare inventory:

export ANSIBLE_HOSTS="/home/remy/git/vmware-ansible/query.py"

Or preface each ansible command:

ANSIBLE_HOSTS="/home/remy/git/vmware-ansible/query.py" ansible all -m apt -a "upgrade=safe"

Notes

Tested with both vCenter 5.1 and 5.5, Python 2.

Does not support grouping by datacenter or resource group

Thanks to JP Mens's article for the inspiration.