Thanks Abhijit, Awesome , it worked !!!!
Only issue is
value: "{{ r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution }}"
when: vm_info.instance.customvalues.OS !=
r.ansible_facts.ansible_distribution
that Just give Ubuntu ... is it possible to extract the info from setup
module ie below part..
"ansible_lsb": {
"codename": "bionic",
* "description": "Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS",*
"id": "Ubuntu",
"major_release": "18",
"release": "18.04"
},
Hopefully that is also present in CentOS nodes that way .. so the
description part ...
r.ansible_facts.ansible_lsb.description ? will do ..
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:49 PM [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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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