tag_vm.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    vm: "vms/1000000000029"
    tags:
      - { category: "department", name: "finance"}
      - { category: "lifecycle", name: "retire_full"}

  tasks:
    - debug: var=manageiq.api_url
    - debug: var=manageiq.api_token
    - name: Set the single vm tag URL
      set_fact:
        vm_tag_url: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/{{ vm }}/tags"

    - debug: var=vm_tag_url
    - name: Set the tags for a single vm
      uri:
        url: "{{ vm_tag_url }}"
        method: POST
        body_format: json
        body:
          action: assign
          resources : "{{ tags }}"
        validate_certs: False
        headers:
          X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
          Content-Type: "application/json"
        status_code: 200
      register: output

    - debug: var=output.json.results[0].success

    - name: Check if the VM was successfully tagged
      fail: msg="{{output.json.results[0].message}}"
      when: output.json.results[0].success == false

# Bulk tagging
#
    - name: Set the bulk tag URL
      set_fact:
        bulk_tag_url: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/vms"

    - name: Set the array for bulk tagging
      set_fact:
        bulk_tags: "{{ bulk_tags|default([]) + [ { 'href': item, 'tags': tags } ] }}"
      with_items:
        - "api/{{ vm }}"
        - "api/vms/1000000000045"
 
    - name: Set the bulk tag
      uri:
        url: "{{ bulk_tag_url }}"
        method: POST
        body_format: json
        body:
          action: assign_tags
          resources : "{{ bulk_tags }}"
        validate_certs: False
        headers:
          X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
          Content-Type: "application/json"
        status_code: 200
      register: output

    - debug: var=output.json.results[0].success

    - name: Check if the VM was successfully bulk tagged
      fail: msg="{{output.json.results[0].message}}"
      when: output.json.results[0].success == false