Hello, I understand this is the basics, but I'm still learning... Could anybody help?
This play collects all VMs in a VMware cluster and prints their names: - name: List VMs in cluster become: no hosts: localhost gather_facts: no connection: local tasks: - name: Collect list of VMs in cluster community.vmware.vmware_vm_info: validate_certs: false register: vm_list - name: Print list ansible.builtin.debug: msg: "{{ item['guest_name'] }}" loop: "{{ vm_list.virtual_machines }}" Its output is looking like: ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'xxxxxx', 'guest_fullname': 'Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn', 'ip_address': 'xxxxxx', 'mac_address': ['xxxxxx'], 'uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'instance_uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'vm_network': {'xxxxxx': {'ipv4': ['xxxxxx'], 'ipv6': []}}, 'esxi_hostname': 'xxxxxx', 'datacenter': 'xxxxxx', 'cluster': 'xxxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder': 'xxxxxx', 'moid': 'xxxxxx', 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxxxx', 'url': 'xxxxxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => { "msg": "server01" } ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'xxxxxx', 'guest_fullname': 'Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn', 'ip_address': 'xxxxxx', 'mac_address': ['xxxxxx'], 'uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'instance_uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'vm_network': {'xxxxxx': {'ipv4': ['xxxxxx'], 'ipv6': []}}, 'esxi_hostname': 'xxxxxx', 'datacenter': 'xxxxxx', 'cluster': 'xxxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder': 'xxxxxx', 'moid': 'xxxxxx', 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxxxx', 'url': 'xxxxxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => { "msg": "server02" } ok: [localhost] => (item={'guest_name': 'xxxxxx', 'guest_fullname': 'Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)', 'power_state': 'poweredOn', 'ip_address': 'xxxxxx', 'mac_address': ['xxxxxx'], 'uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'instance_uuid': 'xxxxxx', 'vm_network': {'xxxxxx': {'ipv4': ['xxxxxx'], 'ipv6': []}}, 'esxi_hostname': 'xxxxxx', 'datacenter': 'xxxxxx', 'cluster': 'xxxxxx', 'resource_pool': None, 'attributes': {}, 'tags': [], 'folder': 'xxxxxx', 'moid': 'xxxxxx', 'datastore_url': [{'name': 'xxxxxx', 'url': 'xxxxxx'}], 'allocated': {}}) => { "msg": "server03" } Two questions, if you don't mind..: 01 - How, if even possible, could I have the output looking like something like this? ok: [localhost] msg": "server01" ok: [localhost] msg": "server02" ok: [localhost] msg": "server03" 02 - Would it be possible to send the loop output to a file? I know that the whole "{{ vm_list }}" content can be send to a file using: - name: Copy list to file ansible.builtin.copy: content: "{{ vm_list | to_yaml }}" dest: "{{ path_to_file }}" But I'd like to create a file with the already parsed content Thanks a lot, Alex -- [image: Edmonton_sig_RGB_S.jpg] Alex Wanderley Application and Infrastructure Analyst II Server Solutions & Automation Financial and Corporate Services | Open City and Technology 780-496-4156 Office 780-819-0273 Mobile City of Edmonton Century Place, 19th Floor 9803 102A Avenue NW Edmonton AB, T5J 3A3 All information contained in this email post is proprietary to the City of Edmonton, confidential and intended only for the addressed recipient. If you have received this post in error, please disregard the contents, inform the sender of the misdirection, and remove it from your system. The copying, dissemination or distribution of this email, if misdirected, is strictly prohibited. -- *The contents of this message and any attachment(s) are confidential, proprietary to the City of Edmonton, and are intended only for the addressed recipient. If you have received this in error, please disregard the contents, inform the sender of the misdirection, and remove it from your system. The copying, dissemination, or distribution of this message, if misdirected, is strictly prohibited.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CADp8UUQ_WZEuEWWxMVZ14xhQdRfpVvbD7rBQwXSqJhvodK%3Dxpw%40mail.gmail.com.