vsphere_copy - Copy a file to a vCenter datastore

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datacenter
required
The datacenter on the vCenter server that holds the datastore.
datastore
required
The datastore on the vCenter server to push files to.
host
required
The vCenter server on which the datastore is available.

aliases: hostname
login
required
The login name to authenticate on the vCenter server.

aliases: username
password
required
The password to authenticate on the vCenter server.
path
required
The file to push to the datastore on the vCenter server.
src
required
The file to push to vCenter
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be set to no when no other option exists.

Notes

Note

  • This module ought to be run from a system that can access vCenter directly and has the file to transfer. It can be the normal remote target or you can change it either by using transport: local or using delegate_to.
  • Tested on vSphere 5.5

Examples

- vsphere_copy:
    host: '{{ vhost }}'
    login: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    src: /some/local/file
    datacenter: DC1 Someplace
    datastore: datastore1
    path: some/remote/file
  delegate_to: localhost

- vsphere_copy:
    host: '{{ vhost }}'
    login: '{{ vuser }}'
    password: '{{ vpass }}'
    src: /other/local/file
    datacenter: DC2 Someplace
    datastore: datastore2
    path: other/remote/file
  delegate_to: other_system

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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