Ansible Quick Start Guide

VMware host power state control module

This module manages the physical equipment of the VMware infrastructure. The ESX/ESXi hosts are where the computer resources are stored. This module manages the power status of the hosts. It can very handy when scheduling a reboot after maintenance, an update, or a fix. The following example playbook shows how this module can be used:

    - name: restart ESXi host      vmware_guest_snapshot:          hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"          username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"          password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"          validate_certs: no          esxi_hostname: esxihost1.lab.edu          state: reboot-host      delegate_to: localhost