Thanks a lot Abhijit .. i will give it a try & report issue if any.
On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 9:30:23 PM UTC-8 Abhijeet Kasurde wrote:
> You can do this using dynamic inventory and delegate_to
>
> Here is how -
>
> 1. Gather facts about virtual machines
> 2. Gather facts about custom attributes using vmware_guest_info
> 3. Compare and change if needed
>
> you can see this playbook
>
> ---
> - hosts: running
> tasks:
> - setup:
> register: r
>
> - debug:
> msg: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
>
> - name: Get custom attributes information
> vmware_guest_info:
> name: CentOS7_Rest
> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
> folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm/
> register: vm_info
> delegate_to: localhost
>
> - debug:
> msg: "{{ vm_info }}"
>
> - name: Update OS information
> vmware_guest_custom_attributes:
> name: CentOS7_Rest
> datacenter: Asia-Datacenter1
> folder: /Asia-Datacenter1/vm/
> state: present
> attributes:
> - name: OS
> value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
> when: vm_info.instance.customvalues.OS !=
> r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
> delegate_to: localhost
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 4:12 AM [email protected] <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I will give 1 more reason .. eg someone upgrade OS from 16.04 to 20.04 ..
>> may forget to update the custom attributes...
>>
>> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 2:41:08 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Here are my custom attributes
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Capture.JPG]
>>>
>>>
>>> Today these are populated with
>>> community.vmware.vmware_guest_custom_attributes
>>>
>>>
>>> But that is manually from the file.. it has human error possible
>>>
>>> eg Ubuntu 20.04 folks may type Ubuntu20.4
>>>
>>>
>>> There is facts which ansible gather has the OS info.. eg -m setup -a
>>> "filter=ansible_distribution_version"
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it somehow possible to get the OS info populated "automatically" with
>>> a playbook .. ie update the custom attributes dynamically with real time
>>> data ?
>>>
>>> Any suggestions Please ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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